Working Together to Halve Urban Violence by 2030
Peace in Our Cities is a unique global network of 24 cities and over 40 community-based and international partners working together to halve urban violence by 2030.
Peace in Our Cities is co-facilitated by three organizations: Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies; Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (Kroc IPJ); and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security. The Kroc IPJ is the knowledge partner, focusing on research and knowledge generation to support network members.
Our network creates concrete, participatory, and evidence-based platform exchanges to reduce and prevent severe violence in member cities, while also building a global movement of urban violence reduction advocates. Together, we are demonstrating that progress is possible.
For more information on city partners, past and current research efforts, policy briefs and more, visit the main Peace in Our Cities website.
80%
instances of lethal violence take place outside conflict zones
5 billion
number of people living in cities by 2030
88%
of US lethal violence occurs in cities