The Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) works to prevent hate violence in our communities by centering experiences of the people most marginalized. Educational programs combine awareness raising, physical empowerment, leadership development and activism.

CAE centers the needs of women, girls, people who are Trans, Gender-Non Conforming and LGBQ, especially those at increased risk from racism and xenophobia. Through Empowerment Self-Defense programs, people at high risk learn evidence-based methods to stay safer. Upstander workshops move anyone from being a bystander to violence, to becoming someone with tools to actively intervene and help heal. Youth Power programs empower young people to become leaders against violence in their own lives and in their communities. In 2020, CAE worked from our home in Brooklyn with more than 3,000 New Yorkers across the five boroughs. We are currently remote and come to you through digital platforms and safe, social distancing outdoor gatherings.

“As an activist, Brooklyn-resident, woman of color, and lesbian mom, I believe CAE to be a remarkable organization. Personally, I am grateful for CAE—a place where teen and adult women work together for societal change, where children have a voice, where women come seeking self-defense skills and grow into powerful martial artists and dynamic leaders, and where an actively feminist, anti-heterosexist, anti-racist, anti-oppression atmosphere imbues all work.”

—former CAE student

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