UPI wrapped up the latest Let Everyone Advance with Dignity workshop series! Over four sessions, case managers from community-based orgs gained tools to confront systemic harm.

Stay tuned for a weekly series and why a care-first approach is key to transforming safety and justice across LA.

Shoutout to the newly certified leaders, and a huge thank you to all the LID mentors! The commitment to sharing knowledge and learning from others makes our collective effort to create safety and save lives stronger.

UPI hosts LID as a continuing education opportunity for experienced peacemakers to develop their personal, professional and instructor skill sets, and go on to teach sessions in the Urban Peace Academy. Each participant is paired with a mentor—a veteran peacemaker themselves—to support their growth.

Congratulations to the graduates of the latest Leadership and Instructor Development (LID) program cohort! From March to November, participants were dedicated to gaining essential skills and knowledge in the areas of leadership and instruction.

UPI joined @reimaginela.bsky.social and partners for a budget rally to tell LA County leaders to FUND CARE FIRST! Angelenos deserve safety and justice that is created by and for community. We deserve care, dignity and freedom. Police and prisons don't keep us safe—collectively, we do.

It was an honor to host Cohort 4 of University of Chicago Crime Lab’s Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy (CVILA)! CVILA participants heard from UPI’s co-founder Connie Rice and executive director Fernando Rejón. as well as the Professional Standards Committee (PSC) 🧵⬇️

By signing UPI’s Peace Pledge, you become part of a growing movement working to build lasting peace and safety across LA and the country.

Take the pledge today and show your commitment to justice and community safety: urbanpeaceinstitute.org/peace-pledge

#InternationalDayofPeace

Shoutout to the participants who wrote postcards to state and local leaders demanding real CARE for incarcerated youth. 📣

UPI recently hosted our first Community Conversations event with Youth Justice Coalition focusing on Youth Justice Reimagined (YJR)—a bold, community-driven approach to transforming LA County’s youth justice system. 🧵

Community Violence Intervention leaders from across LA gathered in solidarity to oppose Trump’s funding cuts to our lifesaving work. Shoutout to the speakers for amplifying the important message: NO CUTS TO CVI 📢🚨

@thehavi.bsky.social

#ProtectCVI #FundPeacemakers #DayOfAction

📞 TAKE ACTION: Call Congress TODAY!
On May 7, we’re demanding that the Trump Administration restore funding for Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs that save lives and prevent violence.

During Black History Month — and every day — we celebrate the peacemakers who are committed to ending violence and saving lives in communities across the country. ✊🏿✊🏾

#EverybodyDeservesPeace #BlackHistoryMonth

Last month, we celebrated another graduating class of the Los Angeles Violence Intervention Training Academy (LAVITA). Over 144 hours, intervention workers engaged in personal and professional development to enhance their peacemaking skills.

#communitysafety #fundpeacemakers #endgunviolence

LA Peacemakers Initiative is a project focused on enhancing #communitysafety in LA’s most violence-impacted neighborhoods.

From Feb to Nov 2024, the average number of non-fatal injuries reported per month by coalition members decreased by 24%.

Join the movement for #safety and #justice.