#StillCONNECTedNYC: In response to COVID-19, CONNECT has adopted virtual programming to support one another and stay safe, peaceful and sane. Learn more.

CONNECT works with NYC's communities to prevent interpersonal violence and promote gender justice.

ABOUT US

Our Mission

CONNECT seeks to create safe families and peaceful communities by transforming the beliefs, behaviors, and institutions that perpetuate violence.
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46
Trainings offered each year
42
Workshops offered annually
14
Father's Day Pledges to date
161
Community events annually

Our Programs

Our work transforms the culture of violence and to build the capacity of communities to respond to the complex needs of survivors and their families.
Transformative Education

Transformative Education

The CONNECT TRAINING INSTITUTE (CTI) transforms the understanding of community leaders, social service professionals, advocates, teachers and activists about the causes, consequences and complex dynamics of intimate and gender violence.
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Community Building

Community Building

As part of a comprehensive approach to eliminating family violence, the Community Empowerment Program (CEP) helps local organizations across New York City respond to the needs of victims and survivors in their own communities.
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Events & Training

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Our circles, roundtables, workshops and seminars are safe spaces where people can name and challenge the dynamics of power and control and explore the way these dynamics create and sustain violence in our particular racial, ethnic and sociocultural locations.


Upcoming events

What you can do

Pledge Against Violence
Pledge Against Violence
Join hundreds of fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, and everyone in between as they renew their pledges against violence.
Join Our Events
Join Our Events
Throughout the year, we host numerous workshops, circles, dialogues, screenings and more. Learn more about our events.
Train with CONNECT
We train community leaders and practitioners on the dynamics and consequences of intimate and gender violence.

Support CONNECT

For over fifteen years, CONNECT’s mission has been to uproot and end violence. But this is not just an ideal. It’s our every day work. If you share our vision of healthy relationships, safe families and peaceful communities, please help us sustain our critical work, year-round.
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