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We understand that crimes against human life are just as important as crimes against other forms of life in our world. We believe in messages that recognize environmental crimes against communities like West Oakland & the South Bronx are just as pressing as those in the Western Arctic & the Southern Amazon.
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Silence the Violence, Heal The Streets
Special life shout to the Ella Baker Center, who have long been contributing to improving the lives of our young people.
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Moving Beyond Silence The Violence
Since 2006, the Ella Baker Center has helped build a movement to bring peace to Oakland’s streets through our Silence The Violence campaign. By focusing on solutions that address the root causes of violence, we’ve brought together individuals, community organizations, businesses, and elected officials to uplift young people in the Bay Area with a mix of social activism and street culture. We are proud of what we’ve accomplished together.
Our time and energy was divided between:
- Systemic Change: Advocating for policies that promote opportunities for work and education as alternatives to violence.
- Individual Transformation: Turning around the lives of those who are most at risk for violence.
To better meet the needs of our community, Ella Baker Center is excited to transition its violence prevention work to a new project, Heal the Streets, designed to train up young people for advocacy work around violence prevention/reduction policy. And we’re excited to introduce our newest ally, Urban Peace Movement, which will focus on the individual transformation part of the equation.
