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.

Highlights from Day 2 of the Rosario, 🇦🇷 + Cali, 🇨🇴 #CityExchanges for #SaferCities!

Fundación Alvaralice led our #CityExchanges participants through a series of roleplay activities, in addition to building critical communication skills for conflict mediation: 🦻Active listening ⁉️Asking good questions to facilitate restorative solutions #PIOCExchanges #SaferCities

🤝 How can we interrupt the cycle of violence through community and peer conflict mediation? Community leaders from Rosario, 🇦🇷 + Cali, 🇨🇴 join this week's #CityExchanges, to explore this question and more on how to create #SaferCities together.

🔦 Member Spotlight: Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (Brazil Forum of Public Safety) 💡 Established in 2006, its work plan focuses on the idea of public security as a social right and a basic condition for the exercise of citizenship. Learn more: buff.ly/fA35j3U

🇦🇷 Rosario, Argentina, has significantly improved citizen security through integrated, multi-sectoral, and highly coordinated efforts, tailored and targeted within specific neighborhoods. Learn how the city was able to achieve that 👇 buff.ly/DiYpuSy. #PeaceinOurCities #PiOC

🇦🇷 To reduce high levels of violence in Rosario, Argentina, the city started by identifying hotspot areas and the underlying dynamics that perpetuate them.

🔦 Member Spotlight: Nonviolent Peaceforce 💪 Nonviolent Peaceforce's mission is to protect civilians in violent conflicts through unarmed strategies, build peace side-by-side with local communities, and advocate for the wider adoption of these approaches. 👉 buff.ly/l4O4jcn

🚨 In his new article for @unidir.org, former #PiOC colleague Alfredo Malaret Baldo raises the alarm that we might be neglecting considerations for the cascading effects and vicious cycles of violence—and how we can fix this. Read today: 🔗 buff.ly/WD6zryr

❓ #DYK: The Legend Kenya is addressing conflict mitigation, trauma, healing, & forgiveness through non-violent methods. 🤝 By joining the #PiOC network, The Legend Kenya can connect with others to develop more ways to reduce violence. 🌐 Together, we can make peace a reality for generations to come.

🇦🇷 #DYK: Through coordinated strategies at the local, provincial, and national levels, Rosario, Argentina’s integrated and focused intervention contributed to a 64.3% drop in homicides from 2023 to 2024. Learn more about the city's approach to reducing violence ⬇️ buff.ly/DiYpuSy

🌟 “Fixed is proud to join the Peace in Our Cities family. The connections & learning that the network offers equip Fixed to continuously deliver global best practices in our consulting work with local governments"—Emma de Villiers, Managing Director. 🙌 Welcome to the #PiOC network! 🔗 fixed.africa

🌍 The Somali Public Agenda (SPA) joins #PeaceinOurCities! 🤝 By signing this pledge, SPA can collaborate with other organizations and municipalities committed to innovating and reducing violence in their communities. 📄 Check out their work: buff.ly/5Yh75Tu #PiOC

❓ #DYK: Prevention can save lives and spare families from trauma, communities from fear, and societies from the economic and social costs of violence. At Empire Fighting Chance, youth on the margins are offered pathways to opportunity rather than conflict. 💡

🤔 How can we use crime and violence data to achieve safer cities? 🛠️ Tomorrow, we'll introduce the IDB Safe Cities platform, which supports Latin American & Caribbean cities in implementing their violence prevention strategies. Last chance to RSVP: buff.ly/utfuEMp

🙌 Welcome Tattaaunawa Roundtable Initiative (TRICentre) to the #PeaceinOurCities network! 🌟 TRICentre brings expertise in community-based dialogue, youth engagement, & policy advocacy. They hope to connect w/ other cities to share experiences & develop innovative solutions. More: buff.ly/RIoMdmR

❓ #DYK: Safe Cities is a digital tool to enhance the effectiveness of local gov'ts in the citizen security field. 💡 Learn more in our upcoming webinar: buff.ly/utfuEMp 📅 5/21/2025 🕐 1:00 p.m. (AST) 📌 Virtual 💬 This event will be in Portuguese, Spanish, & English.

🤔 How can we support cities in designing, implementing, & monitoring their violence prevention strategies? ⚒️ On May 21, 2025, @peaceinourcities.org & the Inter-American Development Bank will present the Safe Cities platform, a tool to address this challenge.

📣 Member Spotlight: The City of Casper, Wyoming 📣 🏙️ This city is dedicated to fostering community safety, reducing violence, and advancing collaborative, data-driven solutions. 🤝 Together, we can create a more resilient community. 👥 Check out all of our members: buff.ly/oOJTDQ7.

✨ We’re excited to introduce the newest members of the #PeaceinOurCities network! 🔹 Casper, Wyoming 🔹 Nonviolent Peaceforce 🔹 Tattaaunawa Roundtable Initiative 🔹 Somali Public Agenda (SPA) 🔹 The Legend Kenya 🔹 Fixed Africa 🔹 Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (Brazil Forum of Public Safety)

✨ #ICYMI: Over the last 5 months, we’ve welcomed new members, including: 🔹 Casper, Wyoming 🔹 Nonviolent Peaceforce 🔹 Tattaaunawa Roundtable Initiative 🔹 Somali Public Agenda (SPA) 🔹 The Legend Kenya 🔹 Fixed Africa 🔹 Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (Brazil Forum of Public Safety)

💡 #ICYMI: We organized a series of dialogues on #urbanization, #peace, and #security. 💪 Amid global challenges, we highlighted positive trends in violence prevention in the U.S. 🇺🇸 Read the full blog by Rachel Locke (The Violence, Inequality and Power Lab) ⤵️ buff.ly/pJZ9BCB

🛑 Violence isn't just a crime issue—it's a public health issue. From Boston 🇺🇸 to Glasgow 🇬🇧, cities are shifting how they respond—investing in prevention and community trust-building. These 5️⃣ strategies are changing lives: ➡️ peaceinourcities.org/resources/5-.... #PeaceInOurCities 🏙️

🌍 Urban violence is a pressing global issue, but cities are proving that change is possible. Here are 5️⃣ proven strategies:

📰 Our recent newsletter highlights opportunities & resources, aiming to reduce violence & strengthen peace + safety, including: 🌍 Africa regional mtg 📝 Opinion: Assessing Impact of Violence Intervention Programs 🏙️ Cities Exchange Program 📋 READ: buff.ly/lyvBW9f Stay connected: 📬 buff.ly/3bUyZJw

❓ #DYK: Preventing violence requires investing in balanced, sustained, legitimate, and community-oriented solutions. Learn how we can reduce long-term violence risks 👇

📊 A report by #PeaceinOurCities, “Guiding Principles and Inspiring Actions: Operationalizing the Resolution to Reduce Urban Violence,” offers a set of inspiring actions on how to halve urban violence by 2030. Check out the full report 👉 peaceinourcities.org/resources/op...

🌟 2025 is here, & @peaceinourcities.org is ready to continue our mission of reducing violence and building safer, more peaceful communities worldwide! 🌍 🙌 We’re excited to share new opportunities, resources, & events focused on #ViolenceReduction. ➕ Learn more: mailchi.mp/peaceinourci...

❕We must not only focus on singular strategies to reduce violence & simply copy/paste from place to place. Rachel Locke (The Violence, Inequality and Power Lab) spotlights examples where cities are building an ecosystem to reduce long-term risks for violence. 📎https://buff.ly/Tne1MQl

🏙️ “Addressing urban violence is often presented to the public as a choice between tough-on-crime policies directed at violence, or social-prevention policies aimed at its root causes. However, this dichotomy is misleading.” Learn more: peaceinourcities.org/resources/op...

🤔 How can we decrease urban violence by 50 percent by 2030? Explore five key strategies: peaceinourcities.org/resources/5-.... #PeaceInOurCities #PiOC