Closing the Opportunity Gap | Advancement Project Los Angeles

March 03, 2010
	The switch has been flipped! HealthyCity.org is now an information + action resource for all of California more »


February 24, 2010
	Academy launches March 2, 2010 The Advancement Project’s Urban Peace Academy/Los Angeles Violence Intervention Training Academy (LAVITA) will launch on March 2, 2010 with the beginning of the Spring Basic 101 Session. more »


February 17, 2010
	Racial Disparities in Stimulus Funding An analysis by Advancement Project of state ARRA fund allocations in 2009 and their diversity levels reveals states with greater racial and ethnic diversity received less funds in 2009. more »


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A place for California birth-to-five advocates to share ideas, discover common policy ground and coordinate advocacy efforts.

Connie Rice on transformative philanthropy and new models of civil rights work.

Susan Lee Director, Urban Peace
	Susan puts our strategy for ending the gang violence epidemic into action, managing and directing the day-to-day work of the Urban Peace team.

The goal of Advancement Project from the beginning was to pursue civil rights in a different way by combining legal and policy expertise with technology and data analysis, and cultivating respectful relationships with community leaders.

View a short film about Advancement Project's innovations and success in building schools, reducing gang violence and harnessing the power of technology to advance civil rights. Help support Advancement Project to continue this much needed work.

The Summer of Success: Case Study of One Proven Solution to the Gang Epidemic

The problem of gang violence can be solved. In the summer of 2003 in "The Jungle," a crime-ridden neighborhood of Los Angeles home to four feuding gangs, gang homicides dropped to 0 compared to 9 in the summer before.