The Black Political Empowerment Project’s Coalition Against Violence

Since February 2007, The Coalition Against Violence has been actively working to identify and facilitate the implementation of strategies and initiatives to address the issue of violence and crime that plagues our communities.  Diligently working to move our documents from “paper to possibility…from planning to implementation,” the Coalition Against Violence feels that we can dramatically shift the paradigm from having a culture of complacency and complaint about community violence, to fostering a culture of cooperation and collaboration that, we strongly feel, can bring about lasting change and, perhaps, an end to the violence and crime in our communities.

The working group of the coalition has produced three very important documents that have been distributed far and wide throughout Allegheny County:

            The Role of the Family & The Community Manifesto: A Preamble

Strategies for Change:  The Full Document

            Coalition Against Violence Community Services Directory

Two new editions to the forthcoming second edition of the Strategies for Change: Full Document are:

            Social Media Strategies

            Anti Bullying Strategies

Through the diligent and on-going efforts of the Coalition Against Violence, community partnerships and collaborations have been formed with many organizations including The Metro Urban Institute of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, The Community College of Allegheny County, The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Board of Education, The Christian Associates of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and many community-based partners.

The Coalition Against Violence firmly believes that the work of significantly decreasing the violence in our communities must be a multi-front, collaborative and coordinated effort. Furthermore we understand that such a broad-based endeavor requires long-term commitment and ongoing, multi-year efforts to implement the strategies laid forth in our documents.  To that end we invite you to partner with the Black Political Empowerment Project and the Coalition Against Violence, who support the efforts of anyone who is working toward the same end, and that is, to significantly decrease the violence that has reached crisis proportions. 

Please contact the Coalition Against Violence at (412) 708-8734 or send an email to cavpgh@gmail.com or to b-pepinfo@b-pep.net.  The Implementation Report and the three documents produced by The Coalition Against Violence and the Implementation Report can be accessed through our website:   www.b-pep.net.

We look forward to your partnership for peace!