Greetings Advance Peace Partners, I hope that this finds you and your family well. I wanted to share a few things about how street outreach work designed for and directed at violence prevention and intervention within our most impacted communities is filling the...
“To the extent that human needs are not satisfied, human dysfunction will occur, and, in order to remedy the human dysfunction, activity must developed and structured so as to be responsive to the unmet needs” —unknown Advance Peace is a very practical approach to...
“Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution, but furthest from resources and power.” —Glenn E. Martin, JustLeadershipUSA Our Peacemaker Fellowship in Richmond California has contributed to a 71% reduction in firearm assaults causing injury or death in...
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.”—Booker T. Washington I truly believe that we can end gun violence in American urban communities as we know it. This belief is a by-product of my nearly...
DeVone Boggan has an unusual yet effective way to prevent shootings: Mentor and pay young people who are seen as likely to commit gun violence otherwise. Read More
