Aces Bell
Community Defense Coordinator
Aces Bell
Community Defense CoordinatorDieudonné Brou
Youth Advocacy and Program CoordinatorDieudonné Brou is the Youth Advocacy and Program Coordinator, which centers around making transformative change in the juvenile justice system and seeking alternatives to youth incarceration. Dieudonné is a co-facilitator of the Free our Kids Coalition and a lead facilitator of DetermiNation Black Men’s Group.
Dieudonne@urbanpeacemovement.org
IG: @Koffi_Blacc
Joined 2020
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Camryn Crump
Events & Outreach ManagerEmily Frappier-Monroe
Director of OperationsSikander Iqbal
Deputy DirectorSikander is the Deputy Director of Urban Peace Movement (UPM). His work centers around general support for programs and operations with a focus on UPM’s Community Healing programs.
Sikander@urbanpeacemovement.org
They/Them
Joined 2019
IG: @Sikander_the_profit
Jacky Johnson
Digital Strategy & Events Manager
Nicole Lee
Executive Director Nicole Lee, a 4-generation Oakland native, is the Executive Director of Urban Peace Movement (UPM), a grass-roots racial justice organization in Oakland that builds youth leadership to transform the social conditions that drive community violence and mass incarceration. UPM has three leadership programs -DetermiNation Black Men’s Group for young Black men, Leaders in Training Program, a multi-racial youth organizing program, and Lit Mob South County in Ashland/Cherryland.
Nicole@urbanpeacemovement.org
Joined 2009
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Briana Manning
Community Healing Program CoordinatorBriana Manning is the Community Healing Program Coordinator with Urban Peace Movement (UPM), providing care management to help community members achieve their goals. Briana also helps create and co-facilitate our monthly community healing circles Heal-R-Town.
Briana@urbanpeacemovement.org
Joined 2020
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IG: @Msmanningg
Kaila Mathis
Director of Youth Programs Kaila is the Director of Youth Programs with Urban Peace Movement (UPM), where she leads UPM’s youth programming to provide leadership develop skills and opportunities to directly impacted youth and young adults members who are apart of UPM’s Oakland LIT MOB, South County LIT MOB, Determination Black Men’s Group, and Social Justice Committee.
Kaila@urbanpeacemovement.org
IG:@Kai_brooke
Joined 2017
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Cynthia Nunes
Decarceration Campaign CoordinatorCynthia is the Decarceration Campaign Coordinator with UPM. Cynthia helps in supporting work with our communities facing policing, lack of resources and incarceration. Cynthia helps lead our work in holding the Alameda County District Attorney accountable to our communities vision for safety rather than increasing incarceration.
Cynthia@urbanpeacemovement.org
She/Her/Ella/Ellas
Joined 2022
IG: Cynthia_Nunes74
Twitter: Cynthia_Nunes74
TikTok: CynCity74
Justin Warren
Director of Communications