AAVP recognizes that there are voices missing from the violence prevention table. It's not that the communities those voices belong to are not doing work to end violence. It's more like we have not made enough room at the violence prevention table for everyone to have a seat. AAVP is endeavoring to change that through community conversations. AAVP wants to partner with underrepresented communities and those that are working within those communities to address violence. We

AAVP has grown to include over 30 organizations all working toward ending violence in Anchorage. Many programs focus on youth while others work to reduce violence by addressing contributing factors like substance abuse, poverty, homelessness, racism and other elements of inequities. Other programs offer intervention, education and awareness programming in attempt to help victims of violence while working to change the culture around violence. Many also help parents learn to