Peace in Our Cities
@peaceinourcities.org
🏙️ Preserving lives and helping cities thrive by reducing and preventing urban violence.
Secretariat: Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, @nyucic.bsky.social, @stanleycenter.org. #PiOC
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Secretariat: Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, @nyucic.bsky.social, @stanleycenter.org. #PiOC
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🌟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.
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💡 Their work focuses on developing projects that address the needs of marginalized populations in Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨, & prioritizing the promotion of human rights.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🌟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
💡 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
📲 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
December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌟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
📲 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 ⤵️
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Subscribe to receive regular updates ⤵️
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#PeaceinOurCities #SaferCities
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
December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📰 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
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.
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
📣 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. 🏙️
PiOC Secretariat member Jai-Ayla Sutherland highlights insights on how city-led action can confront inequality + identity-based violence. 🏙️
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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. 🏙️
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.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📣 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».
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📣 ¡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».
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📣 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.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🇧🇷 This week, @luisaportugal.bsky.social represented #PeaceinOurCities during the XXX Cúpula de #Mercocidades in Niterói, Brazil.
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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.
Learn more about identity-based mass violence and read the full volume at ibmv.org.
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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.
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»!
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚀 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»!
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚀 ¡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.
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🚀 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!”
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚀 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.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
🚀 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.
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚀 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.
Opinion: A global social covenant led by local and regional governments
United Cities and Local Governments highlights how cities and regions are redefining governance and rights from the ground up, advancing a multilateralism that delivers — grounded in proximity,…
www.devex.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🏙️ 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
🔍 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
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🤔 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
🔍 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
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
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
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.
💡 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.
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🇵🇭 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.
💡 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
🌟 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
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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
🌟 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
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
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🎊 @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
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
🎯 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
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🙌 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
🎯 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.
October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🏙️ 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
🤝 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
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🙌 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
🤝 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