💡 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

🌍 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 ⤵️ buff.ly/w9ce3UW

🗞️ 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. ➕ buff.ly/5S4jZc0

🌟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

📰 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

📣 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.

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. 🏙️

📣 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.”

📣 ¡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».

📣 Acontece em três dias! Junte-se a nós no lançamento virtual do guia de comunicação do PiOC «Abordando o falso dilema da mão pesada: orientação sobre comunicação para abordagens equilibradas e eficazes em matéria de segurança pública».

🇧🇷 This week, @luisaportugal.bsky.social represented #PeaceinOurCities during the XXX Cúpula de #Mercocidades in Niterói, Brazil.

We experienced an incredible week in the UK of in-person events for the launch of our edited volume, “Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered.” Learn more about identity-based mass violence and read the full volume at ibmv.org.

🚀 Junte-se a nós no lançamento do guia de comunicação de Enrique Betancourt, «Abordar o falso dilema: um guia de comunicação para promover abordagens equilibradas e eficazes em matéria de segurança pública»!

🚀 ¡Acompáñenos en el lanzamiento de la guía de comunicación de Enrique Betancourt, «Abordar el falso dilema: una guía de comunicación para promover enfoques equilibrados y eficaces en materia de seguridad pública»!

🚀 Junte-se a nós no lançamento virtual de “Enfrentando o falso dilema: um guia de comunicação para promover abordagens equilibradas e eficazes de segurança pública”, um guia de comunicação do PiOC escrito por Enrique Betancourt.

🚀 Join us for the launch of Enrique Betancourt’s communications guide, “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches!”

🚀 Únase a nosotros en el lanzamiento virtual de «Afrontar el falso dilema: guía de comunicación para promover enfoques equilibrados y eficaces en materia de seguridad pública», una guía de comunicación de PiOC redactada por Enrique Betancourt.

🚀 Join us for the virtual launch of “Tackling the False Dilemma: A Communications Guide for Advancing Balanced and Effective Public Safety Approaches,” a PiOC comms guide authored by Enrique Betancourt.

🏙️ In a new @devex.com article by @uclg.bsky.social, they share how the #LocalSocialCovenant connects local action with global ambition, and highlight the organizations that are redefining governance and rights from the ground up.

🤔 How can we prevent urban violence in Quezon City, Philippines? 🔍 Our first workshop in the region explored the main violence-related challenges in cities, how leaders are addressing them, and where they most need support. Download the full report: buff.ly/GzfQXpy

TODAY: You’re invited to the virtual launch of "Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered". Experts, storytellers, and researchers are coming together to explore how urban spaces, identity, and violence intersect. 📆 Wed, Nov 12 🕛 12 PM ET | 5 PM GMT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3KYJ9xB

🇵🇭 On August 26, 2025, we had our 1st workshop in Quezon City, Philippines. 💡 Local leaders from across the Philippines came together to talk about urban violence prevention, what challenges they have been facing in their cities and provinces, and where there is opportunity for action.

Welcome the city of Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨 to the @peaceinourcities.org network! 🌟 Through interventions that combine the care of public spaces w/the mitigation of violence factors, Quito strengthens the social fabric, citizen trust, & community leadership. More: 🏙️: buff.ly/8PXHCLB

🎊 @peaceinourcities.org just turned 6 this year! In our anniversary newsletter, we share: 🏙️ Our latest Godoy Cruz & Peñalolen City Exchange Report. 🚀 New resources on gender-based + youth violence. 💰 Funding & other opportunities Check out the full newsletter: buff.ly/xLuQZ7b

🙌 Join us in welcoming Natrona Collective Health Trust to the @peaceinourcities network! 🎯 They aim to learn from peer cities and exchange strategies to develop community-centered approaches that reduce violence and strengthen community resilience. All members: peaceinourcities.org/our-network

🏙️ Today is #WorldCitiesDay! This year’s theme, “people-centered smart cities,” showcases how data-driven decision making, technology, and AI can be used to improve urban life and recover from current shocks and crises.

🙌 Please welcome Youth Empowerment to the @peaceinourcities.org network! 🤝 They are based in San Diego & hope to collaborate w/ other dedicated leaders to enhance & strengthen the space for young people to thrive. Learn more: buff.ly/yOq0Vyn All members: buff.ly/8PXHCLB

🙌 Please join us in welcoming the Emmanuel Ivorgba Center to the @peaceinourcities.org network! 💪 This org is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty, hunger, #inequality, and injustice by empowering youth and women through sustainable programs. Learn more: buff.ly/VkIajdH

🇦🇷 In response to the significant increase in violent crimes in 2014, Godoy Cruz, Argentina, enhanced citizen security through data-driven and evidence-based strategies that prioritize #HumanRights. 📥 Download the full report (available in English + Spanish) 🔻 buff.ly/LADReTJ

Day 2 🧵 The first two days of the Peace in Our Cities exchange between Bristol, UK, and Oakland, California, US, featured site visits in Bristol, meetings with local officials, and opportunities to strengthen connections between PiOC members. #CityExchanges #PIOC

We are excited to kick off a new city exchange between Peace in Our Cities (PiOC) members, Bristol, UK, and Oakland, California, US! Representatives from Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) are visiting Bristol to exchange insights about violence prevention.

🤔 How can we defend justice in an age of autocracy? This is one of the questions our experts tackle in the latest edition of #CICInsights. 💡 Plus, we highlight @gensac.network at #ATTCSP11 and the city exchanges with @peaceinourcities.org. Check it out: mailchi.mp/sdg16.plus/c....

👏 Welcome AfRICOSUD, YIAVHA, + Colima City, Mexico 🇲🇽, to the #PeaceinOurCities network! 💪 They are all committed to creating change and building safer communities. Learn more: mailchi.mp/peaceinourci.... See all PiOC network members on our website: peaceinourcities.org/our-network/.

🌏 #PIOCInAsia Day 2 was a packed day in Quezon City. 🇵🇭, where our team brought together leaders from across the country to exchange ideas, connect with one another—and work towards addressing common struggles!

This discussion is starting now! Tune in on Zoom with us 🖥️: stanleycenter-org.zoom.us/j/8141572372...

🌟 Entre os exemplos mais proeminentes de abordagens comunitárias eficazes estão a interrupção da violência e a mediação de conflitos. 💡 No dia 27 de agosto, saiba como a Fundación Alvaralice, o Foro Regional Rosario e a Dignity Practices utilizam essas estratégias para prevenir a violência.

✈️ PIOC is in Asia! We began our trip to the Philippines with a welcome dinner hosted by the Asia Foundation. This intimate dinner was a great opportunity for some of our workshop participants—mainly mayors from around the country—to share what safety and security meant for their communities!

🌟 Some of the most prominent examples of effective community-based approaches are violence interruption and conflict mediation. 💡 On August 27, learn how Fundación Alvaralice, Foro Regional Rosario, & Dignity Practices are using these strategies to prevent violence. Register now! buff.ly/W5Q8Oaj

🌟 Entre los ejemplos más destacados de enfoques comunitarios eficaces están la interrupción de la violencia y la mediación en conflictos. El 27 de agosto, descubra cómo la Fundación Alvaralice, el Foro Regional Rosario, Dignity Practices están utilizando estas estrategias para prevenir la violencia

🤔 Como podemos usar abordagens baseadas na comunidade para prevenir a violência? 💡 Ouça a Fundación Alvaralice, o Foro Regional Rosario e a Dignity Practices sobre exemplos eficazes que utilizam essa abordagem e implementação em diferentes contextos. Confirme a sua presença aqui: buff.ly/W5Q8Oaj

🤔 ¿Cómo podemos utilizar enfoques basados en la comunidad para prevenir la violencia? 💡 Escuche a Fundación Alvaralice, Foro Regional Rosario y Dignity Practices hablar sobre ejemplos eficaces que utilizan este enfoque y su implementación en diferentes contextos.

🤔 How can we use community-based approaches to prevent violence? 💡 Hear from Fundación Alvaralice, Foro Regional Rosario, and Dignity Practices on effective examples using this approach and their insights related to the discussion. RSVP here: buff.ly/W5Q8Oaj #PeaceinOurCities #PiOC

1/Day 3 of the Peace in Our Cities exchange between Edmonton, Canada, 🇨🇦 + Casper, WY, USA, 🇺🇸 was an inspiring day w/the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society! Much of their work focuses on engaging w/the #IndigenousCommunity & reconnect them to their cultural roots and the broader community. 🧵

1/ The 2nd day of the Peace in Our Cities exchange between @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social, Canada, 🇨🇦 and Casper, WY, USA, 🇺🇸 was a full day of workshops, site visits, and community initiatives in Edmonton. 🧵 Our highlights! #UrbanViolence #ViolencePrevention #PIOCExchanges #CommunityBuilding

The first day of the Peace in Our Cities exchange between @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social, Canada, 🇨🇦 and @thecityofcasper.bsky.social, WY, USA, 🇺🇸 featured shared learning about violence prevention with site visits to community organizations making a difference in Edmonton. 🧵 Highlights:

In this month’s newsletter, we’re: 🏙️ Spotlighting the City Exchanges! 🤔 Highlighting new research analyzing connections between gender-based violence & climate. 🔦 Featuring an article on untangling the reverberating impacts from firearms-related violence. Check it out: mailchi.mp/peaceinourci...

🤔 How can we create #SaferCities? Days 1-3 of our City Exchanges program explored practical tools for preventing violence and mediating conflict. 🔍 As Betina Zubeldía, Madres Territoriales Nacional's President, emphasized on Day 1, “Everyone, everywhere, we all have to be mediators.” #PiOC

🎉 Happy 15th Anniversary, REACH Edmonton! 🌟 REACH is an exemplary model of how research-backed methods can be interwoven with community-based expertise, coordination, and respect. More about our work w/REACH: peaceinourcities.org/resources/of... About REACH: reachedmonton.ca

Highlights from Day 3 of the Rosario, 🇦🇷 + Cali, 🇨🇴 #CityExchanges, where community-level practitioners came together to explore practical tools for #SaferCities.