X‑Offenders for Community Empowerment (XCE) is an organization founded by ex-offenders in 2000 with the goal of reducing recidivism through the empowerment of persons released from incarceration to become change agents in the community addressing issues threatening family and community life. For the past six years, XCE has conducted Anti‑Illegal Gun Rallies in one of the city's hot spots for violence to raise community awareness of the issue of gun violence and to empower community residents to take aggressive action to save the lives of youth.

Three main issues that XCE is concerned with are:

• Stop Illegal Guns
• Economic Apartheid for Ex-Offenders
• Voting Rights