It was a day of celebration last Tuesday as the Urban Peace Institute hosted a ceremony for the latest graduating cohort of the Urban Peace Academy.
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Institute is heartbroken and enraged by the mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo. Enough is enough.
Read MoreThe Watts Walking Club has started again! Every Friday, community leaders, law enforcement officers, and intervention workers join together in neighborhood walks for community safety.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute was pleased to host a team of school-based intervention workers from Visalia Unified School District.
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Academy re-launched in February 2022 with 25 participants who are committed to creating peace in their communities through violence intervention.
Read MoreBen “Taco” Owens, a longtime leader in the community violence intervention field, shares his story of becoming a Peacemaker and how he has seen the work evolve.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute and our partners advocated for the establishment of a new Department of Youth Development to transform youth services in Los Angeles County.
Read MoreVictory! In February 2022, the Urban Peace Institute proposed and passed an amendment to remove all funding from Los Angeles County School Based Probation.
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Institute joined its partners in the Los Angeles Youth Uprising Coalition (LAYUP), including the Arts and Healing Justice Network, to make holiday cards for incarcerated youth.
Read MoreChapter T.W.O., the Urban Peace Institute’s longtime violence intervention partner, gave out Thanksgiving meals in four different locations across Los Angeles before the holiday break.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute sends our deepest gratitude for all our supporters and allies over this past year. Thank you.
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Institute traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with national leaders to educate them on the effectiveness of peacemakers to reduce violence.
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Institute joined Gabby Giffords and fellow violence intervention leaders at SoFi Stadium to speak about the importance of peacemakers to end gun violence.
Read MoreTina Padilla, a well-respected community intervention worker, shares her story of what led her to become a peacemaker.
Read MoreNicole Brown explains the frustrating journey in efforts to fully fund Youth Justice Reimagined In Los Angeles County.
Read MoreUPI welcomed Paula Litt to our Board of Directors this past weekend.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute launched a new video series, Peace on our Streets, where we talk intervention and impact in the community.
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Institute trained a new cohort of peace ambassadors to stop violence and create peace on the streets of Los Angeles.
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Institute has trained over 4,700 violence intervention workers, community members, and law enforcement officers!
Read MoreUrban 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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