Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles

Benefits of Membership

In addition to being part of a large, vibrant, like-minded network of organizations engaged in complementary activities, and the built-in opportunities for networking and collaboration, there are concrete benefits to membership in the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles.

Participation in active Working Groups

• Our Working Groups engage with community stakeholders and policy makers to advance issues in areas of interest. Current actions include co-sponsoring a symposium on restorative justice, presenting a panel at Loyola Law Marymount's Juvenile Justice Week, participating in rallies and protests, and meeting with City Councilmembers to promote specific legislation.
  

Access to Members-only section of our website

• Funding opportunities
• Earliest access to current research on violence and violence prevention issues and statistics
  
• Bill Tracking Chart tracking current legislation related to violence prevention issues
• Members Roster, which provides description, services provided, and contact information for all member organizations

Free/Reduced Fee Trainings

• Evaluation workshops for nonprofits and direct service organizations
• Advocacy training for nonprofits
• Voter registration and education for nonprofits
• Media Advocacy Training
• Guns 101
• Grantwriting
  

Speaker Series

• Both our Working Groups and our General Membership meetings offer featured speakers, who are often leaders in their field, or offer important insight into work being done in the field. Previous speakers have included the Southern California Director for the Brady Campaign to Reduce Gun Violence, U.S. Department of Justice California Region Community Relations Conciliation Specialist, head of the City of Los Angeles Gang/Domestic Violence Task Force, City Controller Wendy Greuel, Alliance for Justice, and others.
• In the coming year we will be offering an ongoing Speakers Series that is open to members (and non-members for a fee) that will feature high-level speakers in an intimate setting speaking on related topics.

Evaluation

• Membership in the VPCGLA provides access to low-cost, established evaluation services through UCLA to determine program effectiveness and provide evidence-based data for grants.

Funding Opportunities

• VPCGLA lists relevant private and public funding opportunities to members
• VPCGLA offers opportunities for members to collaborate among themselves for grants
• VPCGLA offers an umbrella 501c3 for members that provides a long history of collaboration with community stakeholders and policy makers for grants that require such partnership.
  

Additionally, our weekly eLetter goes out to hundreds of current and former members and individuals, providing a platform of communication to share work that is being done, raise awareness for events, and profile member organizations.