Peace in Our Cities isn't about finding one solution to violence prevention. It's about how cities learn from one another. 🌍 We recently facilitated a city exchange between @PeaceInitiativ2 and @EmpireFightingC in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Thread 🧵
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🏙️ Preserving lives and helping cities thrive by reducing and preventing urban violence. Secretariat: @krocipj, @nyucic, @StanleyConnect. #PiOC
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How does prevention shift from local to regional to systems-level change? Through deliberate media infrastructure. 📢 The Peace Initiative Network (@PeaceInitiativ2) shows us how. Thread 🧵 #PeaceinOurCities
On Day 2 in Abeokuta, @EmpireFightingC led a non-contact boxing session at Alake Sports Center that showed how community groups can weave psychosocial support and emotional self-awareness into youth work. 🥊💪 Thread 🧵
How do you build trust with government WITHOUT losing credibility with communities? The answer: years of consistency + clear purpose. In Abeokuta, we watched @PeaceInitiativ2 do this masterfully. Thread 🧵
What happens when government, civil society, faith, media, youth, and police coordinate? Real multistakeholder violence prevention. This July, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, we witnessed exactly this through the @PeaceInitiativ2 model. Thread 🧵
