Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence

AFP-RI Names the Institute Outstanding Philanthropic Organization of 2009

The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence has been selected as the 2009 Outstanding Philanthropic Organization by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.  The award will be given at Rhode Island's National Philanthropy Day luncheon on Tuesday, November 24 at the Rhode Island Convention Center.

The Institute is in the company of impressive individuals and organizations who are this year’s National Philanthropy Day Community Award recipients.

Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence, Outstanding Philanthropic Organization

Presented to a civic or service organization or foundation which has demonstrated a significant commitment to the community over above what might normally be expected. 

Brown Daily Herald: For a Select Squad, an Anti-Gang Vigil

October 9, 2009

George Miller

Metro Editor

After schoold Wednesday, three students are hanging out outside Gilbert Stuart Middle School in Providence. It’s been an hour or so since classes let out for the day, but they’re standing around talking to a grown man — a streetworker with the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence, which aims to combat youth violence in the city. Two other streetworkers, Tony Kim and Ali Amoure, pull up to the curb in Kim’s car.

“Why aren’t you home yet?” Amoure asks one of them, whom he recognizes as a student at Bridgham, another middle school nearby that he watches over daily. He gets no definitive answer.

Tuesday, a student was arrested at Bridgham after trying to attack another student with a broken bottle, Amoure says. Four streetworkers were called to the scene.

Cranston Herald: Police Get $245K to Fight Gang Violence

October 2, 2009

By Meg Fraser

Cranston Herald

The Cranston Police Department received a major boost this week when they announced that they are on the receiving end of $245,995 in grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Program.

The grant will allow the department to purchase seven new police cruisers, but will bring with it another addition as well – the city’s first civilian worker.

“I believe it will broaden our range of service to the community in that this is the first time we’ve used a civilian to address the problem on a social level,” said Chief of Police, Col. Marco Palombo.

The problem at hand is Cranston’s growing gang population.

WPRI: Providence Gets 10 New Streetworkers

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - A local organization is getting 10 new streetworkers to help make neighborhoods safe.