For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression (FORGE)
FORGE provides peer support primarily to those on the female-to-male (FTM) gender spectrum and local Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies (SOFFAs). Over the years, our scope has grown to include everyone in the transgender community, and many of our programs have become national. You’ll find information about the training and technical assistance we provide, plus descriptions of our major current projects.
Tags: aging, antiviolence, national, resources, trans, FTM, transgender, education
Kansas City Anti-Violence Project
The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP) is a Missouri nonprofit corporation committed to providing domestic violence, sexual assault, and hate crimes advocacy and education to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
Tags: antiviolence, education, kansas city, lgbt, resources, support, domestic violence, sexual assault, hate crimes, western missouri
L.E.A.D. Institute Deafline
The Leadership through Education & Advocacy for the Deaf, offers Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs, Drug and Alcohol Programs, HIV/Aids Awareness Programs, Training and Education for all of these programs and a 24 hour Crisis Line, all under one roof.
800-380-3323 or 573-445-5059
Tags: crisis line, deaf, mental health, midmissouri, people with disabilities, support, antiviolence, domestic violence, sexual assault, drugs, alcohol, hiv/aids
Soulforce
Soulforce is committed to relentless nonviolent resistance to bring freedom to lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender, and queer people from religious & political oppression.
Tags: antiviolence, education, outreach, resistance, advocacy, oppression, national, freedom, equality, politics
St. Louis Anti-Violence Advocacy Project
The mission of ALIVE is to provide education and advocacy that addresses intimate and sociopolitical violence and oppression based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
Tags: advocacy, antiviolence, lgbt, st louis, support, education, activism, violence
Synergy Services
At Synergy we envision a world without family violence, abuse or neglect. Synergy Services, Inc. began in 1970 as Synergy House, the only shelter for runaway and homeless youth in western Missouri. Today, Synergy provides a full continuum of care to assist individuals and families with immediate respite from violence, and services which empower clients to find and choose good options for future safety and success. In addition, we provide supportive services to families in crisis in an effort to prevent violence and focus on community education and social change in an effort to build a safer and more humane society.
Tags: advocacy, antiviolence, families, kansas city, resources, support, youth, abuse, neglect, homeless, shelter, crisis, education, western missouri
Veronica’s Voice
Our mission is to connect with American victims of commercial sexual exploitation (prostitution) of all ages, to encourage, educate and empower them to make lifestyle changes, which lead to recovery of their mind, body and spirit.
Tags: antiviolence, kansas city, resources, support, youth, prostitution, education