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Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Sponsors Community Resiliency Training Program With Professional Community Intervention Training Institute

Program aimed to provide tools and resources to community frontline health and wellness workers in South Los Angeles

June 18, 2021

Community based initiatives make push to break crime’s violent grip on Baton Rouge

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Community based initiatives make push to break crime’s violent grip on Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The number of homicides in East Baton Rouge continues to grow and is on track to eclipse the record set in 2020, it is a number Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul said can only...

June 11, 2021

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The Black Jacket Documentary Trailer

The Black Jacket is a verité documentary that follows a one of a kind non-profit as it works to reduce the violence in South Central Los Angeles. Aquil Basheer, a former Black Panther, leads ex-gang members and community outreach workers...

June 11, 2021

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Dr. Aquil Basheer City Pride Magazine

In a world of rising gang violence, domestic terrorism, and social unrest, the Professional Community Intervention Training Institute (PCITI) is a tremendous ray of hope in many American communities. Its motto keeping the Public in Public protection says it all...

June 7, 2021

Dr. Aquil Basheer, PCITI founder presenting-Geneva Institute of advance learning in Switzerland

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Dr. Aquil Basheer, PCITI founder presenting-Geneva Institute of advance learning in Switzerland

PCITI and LTO founder, international violence intervention, gang intersession and community mobilization expert speaking the the global specialists and subject matter experts at the safer cities movement. Aquil was asked to speak on practitioner based community engage, hostility eradication and...

June 2, 2021

Local Groups Unite to Offer Violence Prevention Strategies

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Local Groups Unite to Offer Violence Prevention Strategies

A consortium of local and regional violence prevention leaders recently united to offer proven violence prevention strategies to residents of impacted neighborhoods throughout greater Los Angeles. The organizations, connected by their advocacy for criminal justice reform, held a press conference...

June 2, 2021

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The BUILD Program

The BUILD Program plans to refine and expand their Community Sentinels Program as well as their Leadership Academy. More specifically, BUILD will widen the geographical scope of their target population. The geographic areas that will be serviced includes Watts, Greater...

June 2, 2021

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Dr. Aquil Basheer

Dr. Aquil Basheer the founder and executive director of the Brotherhood Unified for Independent Leadership Through Discipline Program (BUILD). He is an expert on violence intermediation, public safety and hardcore gang intervention. In addition to leading BUILD, Dr. Basheer instructs and...

June 2, 2021