People’s Advocacy Institute seeks to engage communities in policy and systems change efforts through people’s assemblies, alternatives to incarceration trainings and technical assistance inspiring self-determination and community-driven solutions to crime and punitive legal systems. Noyes funding supported the co-leadership of a community evaluation of police and police accountability board, activating community members directly impacted by police violence, mass incarceration and failed community safety efforts that criminalize rather than cultivate and restore community.