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The Grassroots Movement Transforming Public Safety | Aqeela Sherrills | TED

In 1992, something unprecedented happened in Los Angeles: rival gang members negotiated a historic peace treaty, significantly reducing violence across the city. Aqeela Sherrills, one of the key negotiators of that treaty, continues to bring his vision of community-led peace programs to cities across the US. He shares how the new initiative Scaling Safety is…

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In 1992, something unprecedented happened in Los Angeles: rival gang members negotiated a historic peace treaty, significantly reducing violence across the city. Aqeela Sherrills, one of the key negotiators of that treaty, continues to bring his vision of community-led peace programs to cities across the US. He shares how the new initiative Scaling Safety is empowering trusted local leaders to redefine public safety and create lasting change from the inside out. (This ambitious idea is part of The Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.) (Recorded at TED2025 on April 11, 2025)

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47 Comments

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    October 10, 2025 at 6:11 pm

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  26. @leviefrauim1425

    October 10, 2025 at 8:39 pm

    While I applaud the dream and your efforts, one must be honest and ask who/what is causing the violence? Black on black crime is at the center of it all. Why? Family culture has been dismantled since the 1960s. Until that culture is changed, until homes are no longer fatherless, until kids go to school/learn/graduate/ and kids do not get pregnant, none of this will change. Homes, parenthood, religion, discipline, respect is at the basis of all this.

  27. @Melissa0774

    October 10, 2025 at 8:51 pm

    I’ve always wondered how organized the gangs actually are on a national or international level. Like, do they actually have meetings and elect leaders on any kind of official level? Do they have any kind of written charter? Do they have a hierarchy, with something like a president and branch leaders, who have official duties they’re supposed to do? Would the average member on the street, even know or care who any of these people are, or feel any loyalty to them if they don’t know them personally?

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    October 10, 2025 at 9:33 pm

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    October 11, 2025 at 4:39 am

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  47. @BonnieShadow33

    October 12, 2025 at 2:36 pm

    I was so excited about all of his successes that I was completely taken aback when he said what happened to his son… The irony of it made it hurt even more. I’m familiar with grief, but I can’t imagine losing my son.

    To see him using that pain to motivate him to work even harder to make his dream of peace come true is so encouraging. And his reply to the question at the end is right. We each have the opportunity to take our biggest pain and most shameful mistakes and transform them into something beautiful that makes at least our corner of the world a better place.

    I’m so grateful to him for what he’s doing and to TED for not only providing support but giving him the stage to share his story. This matters.

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