Hub for Nonviolence and Safety N.MPLS

Support the  Hub for Nonviolence and Safety.  

Help keep families safe in N MPLS!  Despite promising trends and the lowest rates of gun violence in North Minneapolis in over a decade in 2024, young people, particularly young African American men, continue to face many challenges.

The Nonviolent Peaceforce has been working in conflict areas around the world with trained unarmed civilians who mediate between groups. NP opened their office in North Minneapolis, to amplify community efforts to reverse violence in our area. Their office is one and a half blocks from Lucy Laney School.
NP’s outreach program interrupts cycles of violence by equipping young African American men, whether deeply street-involved or not, with the tools, relationships, and confidence to lead safer lives and protect their peers.
This can include multiple weekly after-school sessions and biweekly Saturday trainings.

NP opened the Hub for Nonviolence and
Safety in November 2023. The Hub has a dedicated youth space where NP’s team connects with youth and provides them with practical skills such as de-escalation and upstander intervention training.

Federal funding for NP’s youth program was terminated in April 2025. We remain committed to the North Minneapolis community and consistently show up for youth who are working to break cycles of violence. Federal funding cuts have affected a
broad range of peacebuilding and community safety programs throughout the country. Private donors and local governments must step up to support these
programs, championing a safer future for us all.

Please join me in supporting this work of  the Nonviolent Peace Force.

Becca Brackett, retired MD,  North MPLS resident since  1976