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
As of December 2016, 94% of Fellows remain alive, 83% have not sustained gun-related injuries or been hospitalized since becoming Fellows; and 75% are not a suspect in a new firearm crime since becoming a Fellow.
In 2016, Advance Peace was launched as an independent entity and the City of Richmond recorded the lowest number of firearm assaults and homicides in more than four decades: a 71% reduction in firearm assaults causing injury or death from 2007 when ONS was created.
Advance Peace News
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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 @followthelol: The work is hard but we get up everyday because the stakes are so high #EquitySummit2018 @policylink
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RT @CSSJustice: When survivors speak, change happens! We want healing and safety for our communities! #SurvivorsSpeak https://t.co/ZuD7hIkp…
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RT @HBO: A quarter of African American children will have a parent incarcerated at some point, raising the risk of them entering the system…
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RT @TheBeatWithAri: "We are creating professional prisoners and it's wreaking havoc on my community and my young people" - @BKBMG on exposi…
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RT @HBO: #RaisedInTheSystem Part 5 of 10: Keep Them in the Community
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POWERFUL MUST SEE! https://t.co/79cfR6xHLQ
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RT @RansfordCV: On Gun Violence -- “People are listening now. But they should have been listening all along.” https://t.co/XRyLsHfvpO @yout…
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RT @HBO: A powerful, personal journey inside America’s juvenile justice system, featuring Michael Kenneth Williams. #RaisedInTheSystem pr…
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RT @Bmalte32: With my son Mateo #marchforourlivessacramento We support our students!! #enough #gunviolence #MarchForOurLives https://t.co…
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RT @HopeAndHealFund: We stand with all of the young people making their voices heard in California, in our nation's capital and across the…
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RT @Bmalte32: This is THE unique and important moment to make ALL events like #MarchForOurLives inclusive of ALL forms of #GUNviolence. Let…
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RT @LiveFreeUS: "When one truly desires to LIVE, better decisions are made, lives are changed, and conditions are created that help to tran…
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RT @teamtrace: At least 640 kids and teens have been shot in the U.S. so far this year: @GunDeaths
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Investing in those at the center of firearm hostilities in urban communities is better for all of us. Following the… https://t.co/WKOHy7KU4X
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RT @BlackBrownGVP: