Peace for DC is privately funding evidence-based violence prevention tactics in the city’s most violent neighborhoods. Then, once they’ve proven they can work, they want to “invite the government to embrace it.”

Arlington depende de un puñado de empresas y de organizaciones sin fines de lucro que conservan, desarrollan y mantienen viviendas asequibles.

The county depends on — and financially supports — a handful of nonprofits and for-profit companies to provide its affordable housing. But it has few tools to hold them accountable.

Los inquilinos de los Apartamentos Serrano comenzaron a denunciar públicamente en el 2019: roedores, moho, y otras malas condiciones de vida.

Tenants and advocates at the Serrano Apartments began speaking out about rodent infestations, mold, and other poor conditions in 2019.

So far, the Building Blocks DC program has awarded $1.6 million to individuals and small community groups.

The Peace Academy’s curriculum — taught over 13 weeks – includes lessons in mediation, negotiation, and public speaking and advocacy, with D.C.-based violence interruption experts and activists.