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📊 Enrique Betancourt & Carolina Ricardo, Executive Director of Sou da Paz, will 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.

🙌 @peaceinourcities.org is happy to be mentioned alongside these networks for our work in reducing violence and building sustained peace.

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🙌 Organized with Bayi, Inc. and @thesafecityapp.bsky.social, hosted by Quezon City’s Gender and Development Council, + supported by the University of the Philippines Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and The Asia Foundation.

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🏠 Local examples of how partners are addressing violence challenges in their communities.

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At @PiOC_Network, we see this every day by providing evidence-based resources to our members, which include:
❓ How to implement evidence-based interventions.
📝 How to allocate resources to specific interventions.
🏛️ How governments can work with civil society organizations to prevent violence.

💡 We also had several sessions with the Empire Fighting Chance staff. EFC’s Box Champions model is an effective, supportive intervention for young people that integrates principles of mental health, physical exercise, & community, in non-contact boxing training.

Stay tuned for updates from Day 3!

This echoes one of the key lessons from our report for effective #OVPs:

"Develop a rigorous diagnosis to have a clear baseline, formulate strategic priorities, and guide interventions."
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The group met w/Claire Moody, the regional police + crime commissioner, an elected civilian role, and Helen Moody, the regional mayor, to exchange good practices in conducting serious violence reduction, including by first understanding the nuance and details overlooked in the nature of the problem.

Bristol is home to dynamic cultural sites, & has a long history of residents standing up for their rights through art and protest.

Our PiOC delegation visited sites such as Banksy’s artwork in Harbourside and MShed museum’s exhibits on how Bristol people have protested for their rights over time.

The sharing of best practices on violence prevention among cities and community leaders spreads inspiring ideas and enhances the opportunity for effective violence reduction.

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🥊 Tuesday featured a tour of Empire Fighting Chance. Their newly-built annex was inspired by a previous visit to Medellin, Colombia, to learn from fellow PiOC network member Medellin Resiliente on community spaces that support violence reduction aims.