Our Team
Our History
Our History
Our amazing team of regulars and part-time volunteers are committed to helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action. Think you would be a good fit? Get in touch for more information!
We look forward to hearing from you,
Khalid Raheem, President & CEO
Kwame Scott, Secretary
Celeste Banks, Treasurer
LaTacia Brentley, Executive Assistant
In Memoriam:
Lester Cain, Chairman emeritus (1937-2006)
Carl Upchurch, President emeritus (1950-2003)
Our History
Our History
Our History
- Founded in 1993 as the result of the first National Urban Peace and Justice ('Gang Peace') summit held in Kansas City, Missouri.
- The 'Gang Peace Summit' was conceived and convened by social activist Carl Upchurch, a former gang-member and formerly incarcerated person from Philadelphia, Pa. https://www.amazon.com/Convicted-Womb-Journey-Prisoner-Peacemaker/dp/0553375202
- The National Council for Urban Peace and Justice (NCUPJ) is both a human services and social advocacy organization committed to principles and practices of personal growth, family stability and neighborhood/community development.
Our Mission
Our History
Our Mission
The National Council for Urban Peace and Justice is an organization which has a dual mission.
We are a social advocacy group committed to pursuing justice, fairness and equity regarding housing, education, community-police relations, health care, family development, political empowerment, the environment and economic development.
We are also a human services agency providing a variety of services specifically targeted for individuals, families and communities who are 'at risk' for involvement in drug and/or gang-related violence.
Since our beginning, we have been in the vanguard of the struggle to end the epidemic of urban violence: a violence often fueled by combinations of racism, white-supremacy, deteriorating social conditions, self-hatred, decadence and public policies of 'benign neglect'.
Throughout it all, the National Council for Urban Peace and Justice (NCUPJ) has maintained an uncompromising commitment to the urban peace and justice movement.
The struggle for urban peace, social justice and spiritual redemption continues...
OUR BEGINNINGS
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