Complex sentence: The movement functioned as the activist arm of the Venus Project, however in April, 2011 The Venus Project formally disassociated itself with the movement as it no longer felt represented by the direction the movement was heading in.
Split into simpler sentences: The movement functioned as the activist arm of the Venus Project. However, in April 2011, the Venus Project formally disassociated itself from the movement as it no longer felt represented by the direction the movement was heading in.