This Bridging Divides Initiative discussion paper draws on qualitative interviews with more than 30 practitioners conducted in early 2025 to map the community safety and de-escalation field — the network of organizations working to reduce political-violence risk — including who the key actors are and what the field needs to grow. It concludes that this is a fast-evolving specialization within the broader peacebuilding field, with rising demand for community-safety and de-escalation work amid heightened political-violence risk, and calls on philanthropy and civil society to help build the ecosystem’s capacity.