UPI welcomed Paula Litt to our Board of Directors this past weekend.
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Urban Peace Institute launched a new video series, Peace on our Streets, where we talk intervention and impact in the community.
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The Urban Peace Institute trained a new cohort of peace ambassadors to stop violence and create peace on the streets of Los Angeles.
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The Urban Peace Institute has trained over 4,700 violence intervention workers, community members, and law enforcement officers!
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Urban Peace Institute partners with Los Angeles County Office of Diversion and Re-entry, Division of Youth Diversion and Development (YDD) to coordinate trainings for community-based providers who work with vulnerable youth.
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The Los Angeles Violence Intervention Coalition secured a funding victory: Los Angeles Supervisors successfully advocated to invest $11.3 million to #FundPeacemakers.
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Women Against Gun Violence selects Urban Peace Institute for the Courageous Leadership Award.
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H.E.L.P.E.R. Foundation delivers meals and bouquets to spread peace in the Venice community.
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Urban Peace Institute has been selected for the Super Bowl LVI Legacy Program.
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Los Angeles Youth Uprising Coalition rally in front of Board of Supervisors urging to fully fund $75 million towards Youth Justice Reimagined.
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Los Angeles’ African American and Latino residents are dying at the highest rates due to COVID-19. UPI is taking urgent action to save the lives of people of color in Los Angeles’ most underserved and marginalized communities.
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The Leadership Institute graduation celebrates 30 South Los Angeles residents who have strengthened their civic leadership in the Emerging Leaders, Advanced Leaders and Congress cohorts.
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President Biden released the American Rescue Plan earlier today, calling for a $5 billion investment to support violence prevention and intervention programs. The Urban Peace Institute and Los Angeles Intervention Coalition applauds this historic announcement.
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The Urban Peace Institute believes public safety must be redefined to extend beyond the enforcement of punitive laws that negatively impact communities of color.
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The Los Angeles City Council voted to provide $2.15 million to hire and train community peace ambassadors to help prevent gun and gang violence.
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This past year has proved the most challenging in the Urban Peace Institute’s history as our work shifted to combat two public health crises: gun violence and COVID-19.
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Were you placed on a gang injunction by the City of Los Angeles? If so, read this important information about your rights and the settlement of a class action lawsuit.
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Increased public and philanthropic investment is needed to expand the capacity and increase the number of gang intervention and outreach workers who create peace on streets and support communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UPI’s report examines Orange County’s public spending and investments in its criminal justice system. Our findings demonstrate that public investments are not meeting the needs of Orange County’s vulnerable residents and communities of color.
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Urban Peace Institute’s Recommendations for Police Reform, Accountability, and Embracing Community Based Alternatives
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