MPHI’s Advance Peace Initiative recently received a generous donation from Tri-Star Charitable Foundation. The Tri-Star Charitable Foundation seeks to support community education, arts and culture, social welfare, and community beautification. The organization donated $5,000 to support Advance Peace’s efforts to uphold social welfare through their Peacemaker Fellowship® program.

Advance Peace will be officially awarded the donation at the Tri-Star Charitable Foundation’s annual Be a Light Celebration, taking place on September 12, 2024. This event highlights organizations serving in the Great Lakes Bay and Greater Lansing Area communities. Advance Peace was invited to be one of the seven speakers allotted time to share their impactful stories.

Advance Peace has been working to transform the Greater Lansing community since 2022. The Initiative has already made a significant impact with their Peacemaker Fellowship® program. The program engages members of the Lansing community that are most likely to be involved in gun violence, providing mentorship for these individuals to prevent gun violence before it happens. So far, Advance Peace has seen positive results from the program with data showing a decrease in fatal and non-fatal shootings in areas where the program has been focused.

MPHI and Advance Peace are honored to be recognized by the Foundation and will use the donation to continue investing in their work preventing gun violence.

For more information on Advance Peace and the Tri-Star Charitable Foundation, visit:
Advance Peace Lansing/Ingham – Working to end Gun Violence and Heal Communities (advancepeacelansingingham.org)
TRI-STAR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION – Tri-Star Trust (tristartrust.com)