Advance Peace
Model & Strategy
Advance Peace interrupts gun violence in U.S. urban neighborhoods by providing transformational opportunities to young men involved in lethal firearm offenses and placing them in a high-touch, personalized fellowship. By working with and supporting a targeted group of individuals at the core of gun hostilities, Advance Peace bridges the gap between anti-violence programming and a hard-to-reach population at the center of violence in urban areas, thus breaking the cycle of gun hostilities and altering the trajectory of these men’s lives.
Advance Peace’s model was first implemented by DeVone Boggan in Richmond, CA, where he was the founding Director of Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) from 2007 to 2016.
As Director of ONS, Founder DeVone Boggan was responsible for the development, implementation and management of comprehensive approaches to reducing firearm assaults, preventing retaliation associated with firearm conflict, and transforming the lives of the city’s most lethal young men.
Previously, DeVone served as Policy Director for Safe Passages, a non-profit public/private partnership focused on improving urban health outcomes for Children, Youth and Families. His work with ONS has been recognized in national publications including the New York Times, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, and NPR.
IMPACT
In 2010, the Fellowship began within the Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS and Advance Peace have since facilitated six 18-month cohorts with 106 Fellows participating in the program). In 2019, Richmond recorded its lowest number of firearm assaults causing injury or death (53) in five decades, representing a reduction of more than 70% since launching the Advance Peace Peacemaker Fellowship program.
In 2018, Advance Peace launched its Peacemaker Fellowship in Sacramento and Stockton California, and each city since has recorded a 20% and 40% reduction in firearm assaults causing injury or death respectively. In Sacramento, there have been no youth homicides since the launch of Advance Peace, a first in three decades.
In 2020, Advance Peace will begin work in two new additional cities.
Advance Peace News
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In Stockton, a Powerful Program to Prevent ViolenceWith the pandemic, and then the eruption of protests in response to the killing of George Floyd, the work of Advance Peace to end gun…Jul 2020 -
Building Trust Cuts Violence. Cash Also Helps.DeVone Boggan could teach a class on the art of making a statement. In 2010, he invited a group of the most dangerous gun offenders…Feb 2017 -
Love Thy Neighbor: A Human(e) Approach to Gun ViolenceIn Richmond, Calif., the Office of Neighborhood Safety accomplished in only eight years what no traditional law enforcement measures could: a 76 percent decrease in…Oct 2016 -
DeVone Boggan Featured on ABC's "Nightline"Advance Peace founder, DeVone Boggan, was recently featured on ABC’s “Nightline” for his work to reduce urban gun violence in Richmond, CA. He says the…Apr 2016
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NPR Spotlight on Advance PeaceNPR’s All Things Considered spotlights the work of Advance Peace founder, DeVone Boggan. Boggan developed a fellowship program that offers young men involved in lethal…Mar 2016
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CNN Features DeVone Boggan of Advance Peace on "What in the World"DRK Foundation entrepreneur, DeVone Boggan, was recently featured on CNN’s “What in the World” segment for an approach he developed to reduce urban gun violence…Feb 2016
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RT @CJACTIONFUND: Standing against the threat of COVID & gun violence in Stockton is our incredible partners @AdvancePeace & Neighborhood C…
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RT @MichaelDTubbs: Proud to point out that all of the programs mentioned, @weAdvancePeace, @stocktondemo, @StocktonScholar are all paid for…
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RT @DeVoneBoggan: In Stockton, a Powerful Program to Prevent Violence - The New York Times https://t.co/HCINtuSYPt
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RT @DeVoneBoggan: @WeAdvancePeace “The way of Love is a better way. Just respect the dignity and worth of every human being. If we get it…
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Advance Peace Toronto? Sign the Petition. https://t.co/VIgyhHnQyJ
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RT @op_pfc: The March For Change is a community working to end systemic racism in Toronto. Our co-founder Julien Christian Lutz, known as…
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RT @SacNewsReview: .@Flojaune writes that @TheCityofSac leaders aren't asking the right questions on #PoliceReformNow and #DefundthePolice…
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RT @H2Wpodcast: Our first episode w/ @DeVoneBoggan , founder @WeAdvancePeace, to discuss community-driven solutions to gun violence & promo…
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RT @needtoknowbias: @ada_retired @DA_LarryKrasner The city of Richmond California dropped its murder rate significantly takes to the work o…
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RT @KhaalidMuttaqi: Advance Peace Change Agents Already Interrupting Epidemics Every Day in Hood https://t.co/5W1kXtsGls via @jjienews
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Advance Peace Change Agents Already Interrupting Epidemics Every Day in Hood - Youth Today https://t.co/Oao954YNzv
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RT @op_pfc: Thank you, @WeAdvancePeace! It was a great conversation, we will be reposting it soon, and it is currently available via @iDi…
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RT @op_pfc: Join our co-founder Julien Christian Lutz, known as @iDirectorX on IG Live tonight, at 8:00 PM EST via his Instagram account (h…
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RT @ZEWilloughby: "A similar approach has been pioneered by many “street outreach” programs in the US like @CureViolence & @WeAdvancePeace,…
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RT @ZEWilloughby: "One could imagine cities hiring cadres of 'community mediators' as employees of the local public health department who a…
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RT @FaithInFresno: After years of community advocacy & research on how to truly interrupt gun violence, create real opportunities and begin…