Peace in Our Cities
@peaceinourcities.org
🏙️ Preserving lives and helping cities thrive by reducing and preventing urban violence.
Secretariat: Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, @nyucic.bsky.social, @stanleycenter.org. #PiOC
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Secretariat: Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, @nyucic.bsky.social, @stanleycenter.org. #PiOC
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💡 In late July 2025, civil society organizations + the city gov't of Rosario, came together in a tailored peer exchange that revealed key insights into advancing violence prevention through community mediation + multistakeholder collaboration.
📥 Full report:
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📥 Full report:
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January 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
💡 In late July 2025, civil society organizations + the city gov't of Rosario, came together in a tailored peer exchange that revealed key insights into advancing violence prevention through community mediation + multistakeholder collaboration.
📥 Full report:
buff.ly/b9hJjTt
📥 Full report:
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🌍 In 2025, #PiOC brought together gov'ts, civil society, & researchers to share strategies on reducing violence & strengthening peace.
🌟 In 2026, we look forward to building on the momentum for another impactful year working in partnership with all of you.
2025 recap ⤵️
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🌟 In 2026, we look forward to building on the momentum for another impactful year working in partnership with all of you.
2025 recap ⤵️
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January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
🌍 In 2025, #PiOC brought together gov'ts, civil society, & researchers to share strategies on reducing violence & strengthening peace.
🌟 In 2026, we look forward to building on the momentum for another impactful year working in partnership with all of you.
2025 recap ⤵️
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🌟 In 2026, we look forward to building on the momentum for another impactful year working in partnership with all of you.
2025 recap ⤵️
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🙌 @peaceinourcities.org is happy to see the positive impact that our programs can have on our city members, and we look forward to seeing Casper implementing these changes.
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City considers public safety, health improvements following Peace in Our Cities partnership
CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper City Council will consider adopting a broad set of recommendations aimed at reducing violence, addressing homelessness,
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January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
🙌 @peaceinourcities.org is happy to see the positive impact that our programs can have on our city members, and we look forward to seeing Casper implementing these changes.
Read more:
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Read more:
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🗞️ A recent Oil City News article shares how the city of Casper is working to implement changes into its public safety programs and policies following a city exchange with the city of Edmonton, Canada, organized by PiOC.
City considers public safety, health improvements following Peace in Our Cities partnership
CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper City Council will consider adopting a broad set of recommendations aimed at reducing violence, addressing homelessness,
oilcity.news
January 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
🗞️ A recent Oil City News article shares how the city of Casper is working to implement changes into its public safety programs and policies following a city exchange with the city of Edmonton, Canada, organized by PiOC.
🌟Please welcome our newest member, Vox Populi Ecuador Foundation, to the #PeaceinOurCities network!
💡 Their work focuses on developing projects that address the needs of marginalized populations in Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨, & prioritizing the promotion of human rights.
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💡 Their work focuses on developing projects that address the needs of marginalized populations in Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨, & prioritizing the promotion of human rights.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🌟Please welcome our newest member, Vox Populi Ecuador Foundation, to the #PeaceinOurCities network!
💡 Their work focuses on developing projects that address the needs of marginalized populations in Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨, & prioritizing the promotion of human rights.
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💡 Their work focuses on developing projects that address the needs of marginalized populations in Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨, & prioritizing the promotion of human rights.
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🌟Please welcome our newest member, AfroReggae, to the #PeaceinOurCities network!
📲 AfroReggae’s mission is to transform lives through inclusion, culture, and innovation, using digital culture as a tool to create opportunities and combat prejudice.
Learn more: buff.ly/EEFKbUz
📲 AfroReggae’s mission is to transform lives through inclusion, culture, and innovation, using digital culture as a tool to create opportunities and combat prejudice.
Learn more: buff.ly/EEFKbUz
December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌟Please welcome our newest member, AfroReggae, to the #PeaceinOurCities network!
📲 AfroReggae’s mission is to transform lives through inclusion, culture, and innovation, using digital culture as a tool to create opportunities and combat prejudice.
Learn more: buff.ly/EEFKbUz
📲 AfroReggae’s mission is to transform lives through inclusion, culture, and innovation, using digital culture as a tool to create opportunities and combat prejudice.
Learn more: buff.ly/EEFKbUz
📰 Our latest newsletter is out now!
Highlights include:
🔦 New members spotlight.
📑 Rosario City Exchange Report.
🖥️ #PiOC Mano Dura Webinar.
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#PeaceinOurCities #SaferCities
Highlights include:
🔦 New members spotlight.
📑 Rosario City Exchange Report.
🖥️ #PiOC Mano Dura Webinar.
Check it out ⤵️
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Subscribe to receive regular updates ⤵️
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#PeaceinOurCities #SaferCities
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📰 Our latest newsletter is out now!
Highlights include:
🔦 New members spotlight.
📑 Rosario City Exchange Report.
🖥️ #PiOC Mano Dura Webinar.
Check it out ⤵️
buff.ly/5S4jZc0
Subscribe to receive regular updates ⤵️
buff.ly/B6qNyKy
#PeaceinOurCities #SaferCities
Highlights include:
🔦 New members spotlight.
📑 Rosario City Exchange Report.
🖥️ #PiOC Mano Dura Webinar.
Check it out ⤵️
buff.ly/5S4jZc0
Subscribe to receive regular updates ⤵️
buff.ly/B6qNyKy
#PeaceinOurCities #SaferCities
“[A peace] operation will be much more efficient if we first have a large, robust research layer of organized crime.”—@carolinaricardo.bsky.social, Executive Director of @soudapaz.bsky.social, emphasizes the importance of sustainable peace, communication, and data.
Live:
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Live:
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“[A peace] operation will be much more efficient if we first have a large, robust research layer of organized crime.”—@carolinaricardo.bsky.social, Executive Director of @soudapaz.bsky.social, emphasizes the importance of sustainable peace, communication, and data.
Live:
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Live:
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🌐 There is an increasing global appetite for punitive and effective policies.
🪧 The false dilemma between “tough-on-crime” and “soft-on-crime.”
⭕ Why extremes fail (this is a complex systems problem).
📝 Strategies to address violence and crime.
🎥 Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🪧 The false dilemma between “tough-on-crime” and “soft-on-crime.”
⭕ Why extremes fail (this is a complex systems problem).
📝 Strategies to address violence and crime.
🎥 Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🌐 There is an increasing global appetite for punitive and effective policies.
🪧 The false dilemma between “tough-on-crime” and “soft-on-crime.”
⭕ Why extremes fail (this is a complex systems problem).
📝 Strategies to address violence and crime.
🎥 Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🪧 The false dilemma between “tough-on-crime” and “soft-on-crime.”
⭕ Why extremes fail (this is a complex systems problem).
📝 Strategies to address violence and crime.
🎥 Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
💡 Enrique Betancourt, Author of “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches,” shares key points from the guide, including:
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
💡 Enrique Betancourt, Author of “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches,” shares key points from the guide, including:
This guide is PiOC’s offer of support to members & allies who are aiming to achieve meaningful violence reduction & prevention.”—Jai-Ayla Sutherland, Program Officer, Mass Violence & Atrocities at @stanleycenter.org.
Available in English, Spanish, + Portuguese: peaceinourcities.org/resources/ta...
Available in English, Spanish, + Portuguese: peaceinourcities.org/resources/ta...
Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches - Peace in Our Cities
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December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This guide is PiOC’s offer of support to members & allies who are aiming to achieve meaningful violence reduction & prevention.”—Jai-Ayla Sutherland, Program Officer, Mass Violence & Atrocities at @stanleycenter.org.
Available in English, Spanish, + Portuguese: peaceinourcities.org/resources/ta...
Available in English, Spanish, + Portuguese: peaceinourcities.org/resources/ta...
🌐 “Right now, there is growing popularity or demand for Mono Dura, or tough-on-crime approaches, particularly in the Western hemisphere. Members of Peace in Our Cities have routinely raised concerns about the increased demand for tough-on-crime approaches to public security challenges.
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🌐 “Right now, there is growing popularity or demand for Mono Dura, or tough-on-crime approaches, particularly in the Western hemisphere. Members of Peace in Our Cities have routinely raised concerns about the increased demand for tough-on-crime approaches to public security challenges.
💬 They’ll discuss how policymakers and local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, with balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer long-term solutions for public safety challenges.
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#PeaceinOurCities #PiOC
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#PeaceinOurCities #PiOC
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tackling the False Dilemma of Mano Dura: Communications Guidance for Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches . After registering, you will receive a...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tackling the False Dilemma of Mano Dura: Communications Guidance for Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches . After registering, you will receive a...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
💬 They’ll discuss how policymakers and local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, with balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer long-term solutions for public safety challenges.
🎥 Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#PeaceinOurCities #PiOC
🎥 Tune in live: nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#PeaceinOurCities #PiOC
📣 Happening now! Join us for a conversation with Enrique Betancourt, author of “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches,” and @carolinaricardo.bsky.social, Executive Director of @soudapaz.bsky.social.
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📣 Happening now! Join us for a conversation with Enrique Betancourt, author of “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches,” and @carolinaricardo.bsky.social, Executive Director of @soudapaz.bsky.social.
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🔗 Freely access the full volume through ibmv.org or @springernature.com: buff.ly/VwRwiOQ.
🔗 Freely access the full volume through ibmv.org or @springernature.com: buff.ly/VwRwiOQ.
Solutions to Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Reflecting on Human Rights Day
Published in Social Sciences and Law, Politics & International Studies
communities.springernature.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
📖 Read the full blog: buff.ly/wHHS1kx
🔗 Freely access the full volume through ibmv.org or @springernature.com: buff.ly/VwRwiOQ.
🔗 Freely access the full volume through ibmv.org or @springernature.com: buff.ly/VwRwiOQ.
These are harms rooted in the social and environmental systems that shape daily life in urban spaces.
🔍 While violence concentrates unevenly across cities, solutions exist—from public health approaches to balanced strategies linking prevention & accountability.
🔍 While violence concentrates unevenly across cities, solutions exist—from public health approaches to balanced strategies linking prevention & accountability.
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
These are harms rooted in the social and environmental systems that shape daily life in urban spaces.
🔍 While violence concentrates unevenly across cities, solutions exist—from public health approaches to balanced strategies linking prevention & accountability.
🔍 While violence concentrates unevenly across cities, solutions exist—from public health approaches to balanced strategies linking prevention & accountability.
On #HumanRightsDay, how can we reflect on our own agency to build safer, more peaceful, and more just cities—grounded in the inherent rights of all people?
PiOC Secretariat member Jai-Ayla Sutherland highlights insights on how city-led action can confront inequality + identity-based violence. 🏙️
PiOC Secretariat member Jai-Ayla Sutherland highlights insights on how city-led action can confront inequality + identity-based violence. 🏙️
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
On #HumanRightsDay, how can we reflect on our own agency to build safer, more peaceful, and more just cities—grounded in the inherent rights of all people?
PiOC Secretariat member Jai-Ayla Sutherland highlights insights on how city-led action can confront inequality + identity-based violence. 🏙️
PiOC Secretariat member Jai-Ayla Sutherland highlights insights on how city-led action can confront inequality + identity-based violence. 🏙️
💬 Enrique Betancourt, author of the guide, & Instituto Sou da Paz's Carolina Ricardo, will explore how policymakers & local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, w/ balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer solutions for public safety challenges.
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
💬 Enrique Betancourt, author of the guide, & Instituto Sou da Paz's Carolina Ricardo, will explore how policymakers & local leaders can respond to demands for heavy-handed repressive security approaches, w/ balanced, human-rights-based policies that offer solutions for public safety challenges.
📣 Happening tomorrow! Join us for the virtual launch of PiOC’s comms guide “Tackling the False Dilemma of Mano Dura: Communications Guidance for Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📣 Happening tomorrow! Join us for the virtual launch of PiOC’s comms guide “Tackling the False Dilemma of Mano Dura: Communications Guidance for Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches.”
💬 Enrique Betancourt, autor de la guía, y @carolinaricardo.bsky.social (@soudapaz.bsky.social) debatirán cómo los responsables políticos y los líderes locales pueden responder a las demandas de enfoques de seguridad represivos y severos con políticas equilibradas y basadas en los derechos humanos.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
💬 Enrique Betancourt, autor de la guía, y @carolinaricardo.bsky.social (@soudapaz.bsky.social) debatirán cómo los responsables políticos y los líderes locales pueden responder a las demandas de enfoques de seguridad represivos y severos con políticas equilibradas y basadas en los derechos humanos.
📣 ¡Esta semana! Únase a nosotros en el lanzamiento virtual de la guía de comunicación de PiOC «Abordar el falso dilema de la mano dura: orientación sobre comunicación para enfoques equilibrados y eficaces en materia de seguridad pública».
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📣 ¡Esta semana! Únase a nosotros en el lanzamiento virtual de la guía de comunicación de PiOC «Abordar el falso dilema de la mano dura: orientación sobre comunicación para enfoques equilibrados y eficaces en materia de seguridad pública».
Enrique Betancourt e @carolinaricardo.bsky.social debaterão como os políticos e os líderes locais podem responder às exigências de abordagens repressivas e severas em matéria de segurança com políticas equilibradas e baseadas nos direitos humanos que ofereçam soluções a longo prazo.
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Enrique Betancourt e @carolinaricardo.bsky.social debaterão como os políticos e os líderes locais podem responder às exigências de abordagens repressivas e severas em matéria de segurança com políticas equilibradas e baseadas nos direitos humanos que ofereçam soluções a longo prazo.