The Center on Culture, Immigration, and Youth Violence Prevention (the Center) is a project of the Institute for the Study of Social Change, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Law (Boalt Hall), and the University of California, San Francisco. The Center is one of eight Academic Centers for Excellence nationwide funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address youth violence.

Other Center partners include researchers from local institutions, community organizations, and state, local, and federal agencies.

The Center’s goal is to reduce youth violence, especially among Asian/Pacific Islander (API) and Latino immigrant populations in Oakland, California.