Urban Peace Institute is bustling with community-based practitioner trainings this spring and summer!
Read MoreUPI attended the 2024 Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Grantee Conference in Chicago.
Read MoreUPI announced $7,400,000 in federal earmark funding to implement the LA Peacemakers Initiative.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute is excited to support the launch of the C.R.I.S.E.S. Act Grant Pilot Program.
Read MoreCommunity violence intervention has come a long way since the days when I began.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute is proud of the latest cohort of peacemakers that graduated from the Urban Peace Academy.
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Read MoreUPI trained community violence intervention workers from seven Everytown grantee organizations in Atlanta this week.
Read MoreUPI hosted a welcome celebration for the three new members of our Board of Directors.
Read MoreUPI’s School Safety Collaboratives are taking on safety campaigns in South LA to ensure youth can get to and from school without fear of violence.
Read MoreUPI led a Community Walk on Saturday alongside community leaders and participants of the Harvard Park School Safety Collaborative!
Read MoreWE DID IT! AB 28, the historic Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Act, was signed by Governor Newsom!
Read MoreThe Urban Peace Academy launched the second session this year to train and support peacemakers in the Los Angeles region.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute is celebrating the community intervention workers and agencies who helped carry out the LA Mayor’s Summer Night Lights.
Read MoreA tragic shooting took place during Summer Night Lights (SNL) at Algin Sutton Recreation Center.
Read MoreLA County youth remain unsafe in the care of the Probation Department.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute was grateful to host Office of Justice Programs staff for site visits to South LA neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
Read MoreFollowing 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.
Read MoreThe Summer Night Lights (SNL) initiative kicked off last week at 44 parks across Los Angeles.
Read MoreUrban Peace Institute is proud to congratulate the newest graduating class of peacemakers from the Urban Peace Academy!
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