A tragic shooting took place during Summer Night Lights (SNL) at Algin Sutton Recreation Center.
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LA County youth remain unsafe in the care of the Probation Department.
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Urban Peace Institute was grateful to host Office of Justice Programs staff for site visits to South LA neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
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Following in the footsteps of Giffords' powerful Community Violence Intervention Conference, the Los Angeles Violence Intervention Coalition hosted a gathering with peacemakers from across the country.
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The Summer Night Lights (SNL) initiative kicked off last week at 44 parks across Los Angeles.
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Urban Peace Institute is proud to congratulate the newest graduating class of peacemakers from the Urban Peace Academy!
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Urban Peace Institute and the Los Angeles Violence Intervention Coalition gathered at City Hall to meet with Deputy Mayor of Community Safety, Karren Lane.
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When I first started working on youth justice at the Urban Peace Institute, I was appalled by the horrific conditions of the County’s juvenile facilities used to house system-impacted youth.
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We had a blast celebrating intervention workers at last Friday's We Love Peacemakers event!
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Urban Peace Institute trained street outreach workers and "community connectors" in Racine, Wisconsin last week.
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Urban Peace Institute's three School Safety Collaboratives are up and running in the Watts, Harvard Park, and South Park communities of South Los Angeles.
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Urban Peace Institute launched another session of the Urban Peace Academy to train Los Angeles peacemakers in community violence intervention.
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Urban Peace Institute launched the first Credible Messengers training this week to support the Department of Youth Development's new pilot program.
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Urban Peace Institute will further reduce violence and broaden community safety in the new year. We are pleased to share our goals for 2023 with you.
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Everybody Deserves Peace follows the incredible work of four graduates of the Urban Peace Academy as they embark on a journey to end gun violence and create lasting peace throughout Los Angeles.
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In this holiday season, we are grateful to all our partners and supporters who are devoted to achieving peace in communities throughout Los Angeles.
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This morning at City Hall, Urban Peace Institute released the LA Peace Plan, a transformative vision for community safety in Los Angeles for the next 10 years. The plan presents a comprehensive strategy to create lasting peace in the city, developed in cooperation with the city’s leading anti-violence experts.
Urban Peace Institute is thrilled to announce that our organization was selected as a recipient of the 2022 LA2050 Grants Challenge!
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A recent article and video in The Guardian features Urban Peace Institute's Peace Fellow, Claudia Bracho, discussing the vital role of women in intervention.
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Urban Peace Institute is celebrating the passage of $12.8M in Care First Community Investment funding for Peacemakers.
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