With a mission to reduce violence, the Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace, known as the Urban Peace Institute (UPI), works on the ground in Los Angeles communities to create safe, healthy, and thriving neighborhoods. For two decades, UPI has developed and implemented innovative solutions to address community violence and engage in system reform. UPI now works to reimagine public safety by expanding the work of peacemakers and spearheading alternative community-based public safety strategies in South Los Angeles.