UPI recently joined with partners in Oakland for a special gathering of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance grantees and partners. MBK Rising! gathered a growing network of leaders and partners that are committed to breaking down barriers that too often leave boys and young men of color at a disadvantage. UPI is one of the Liberty Hill Foundation’s key implementation partners for the Unlock Justice initiative, which recently gained funding from the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance to empower youth organizing in Los Angeles County to end youth incarceration and expand successful youth-violence reduction programs.