The Institute for Community Peace (ICP) is a national organization that transforms community by changing the structures that cause social problems.
The organization was founded in 1994 as the National Funding Collaborative on Violence Prevention as a response to the rise in youth violence in the country. More than two dozen foundations and two federal government agencies pooled resources to support the development of a national movement to effect the primary prevention of violence, including grant and technical support for twelve violence pre
06/26/2015
Another step forward, structural change manifest
Supreme Court Declares Same-Sex Marriage Legal In All 50 States "The nature of injustice is that we may not always see it in our own times," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote after recounting the legal struggles faced by same-sex partners.
12/02/2014
This we hope you will give a gift to ICP as we continue working on the long journey to structural change. As troubling as recent events have been, they are a wake up call that only long term systemic change will really make a difference in the issues plaguing our communities. Let's make a difference.
11/26/2014
Systemic failure, according to john a. powell, and certainly evidence of a deep divide. Do you think the protests across the country will ignite long term change or fall off the radar?
Ferguson Response: Deep Divide in Our Society, Systemic Failure Last night, like many across the world who were watching, we experienced deep disappointment in the decision by the St. Louis County grand jury not to indict Ferguson, MO police officer Darren Wils...
11/25/2014
The embeddedness of structural racism rears its ugly head once again as no charges will be pressed in the Michael Brown shooting.
Some lives, some versions of the truth hold more weight than others, and that is upheld across systems in our nation.
This Is What Darren Wislon Told the Grand Jury About Shooting Michael Brown Read the full testimony and other evidence just released by the St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office
11/19/2014
Our latest newsletter is out, examining how structural violence manifests in community, most recently played out in
Structural Violence Witnesses take note and smart phone videos. Police appear. Crime scene roped off. Black boy’s body covered or left uncovered. Crowds gather. Policemen order them back. Body is taken away.Act TwoMedia appear; pictures are taken; witnesses spoken to. Parents/friends/relatives of black boy cry out.…
09/25/2014
In case you don't feel the effects of Neo-liberalism, this chart can verify that if you are in the bottom 90%, things are not going well.
The most important chart about the American economy you'll see this year Economic growth used to mean rising incomes for all families, but in the early years of the most recent recovery the typical household actually saw its income fall.
Today is and there are a lot of important elections coming up this fall. Are you involved in local campaigns to bring progressives to the decision making table?
09/22/2014
Community members in are bringing their protests to the NFL. What do you think about the links between the lack of justice in Missouri, along with the culture of violence in the NFL?
No Justice, No Football: Ferguson Demonstrators Bring Struggle to NFL Sunday "As long as there is no justice, there's no time for games."
09/19/2014
The Washington Post published comments from citizens of , MO that reveal a city still divided by the shooting of Michael Brown
Ferguson asked residents to comment after the Michael Brown shooting. Here’s what they had to say. After postponing a council meeting, the city asked residents to write on comment cards. You can read those comments here.
09/15/2014
Gearing up for the fall elections, Wisconsin pushes back on voting rights
A Major Blow to Voting Rights in Wisconsin A panel of Republican judges issues a stunning decision reinstating Wisconsin‘s voter ID law before the midterms
09/11/2014
The citizens of are working to reform the city's use of court fees as a first step in creating change in that system.
Ferguson's Plan To Cut Back On Court Fees Could Inspire Change The council in the Missouri town met Tuesday for the first time since the shooting of Michael Brown. A plan introduced would address one source of tension: heavy collection of court fines and fees.
09/10/2014
The embeddedness of is what makes it so hard to push back against. Identify shared values that we can lift to begin the next era, since unfettered marketization is not working for all of us.
Bulletproof Neoliberalism | Jacobin Bulletproof Neoliberalism by Paul Heideman To understand how a body of thought became an era of capitalism requires more than intellectual history. Illustration by Jan Buchczik “What is going to come after neoliberalism?” It was the question on many radicals’ lips, present writer included, after the…