Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL)

#GivingTuesday2024 occurs on December 3, but we are making our ask early due to urgency! Together, we can overcome the growing threat of hate.?Your most generous financial gift will help us continue this critical work and make a lasting impact. This year alone, PERIL's impact reached over?10.2K?active users on our website, and over?20.6K?downloads of our resources. We facilitated training for over?25?schools and organizations this year and reached?1K+?participants in our webinars and in-person sessions. We've also contributed to over?59?media interviews and articles. Let's keep this impact growing! Donate here:?https://lnkd.in/eqSxP6BT #extremismprevention #antihate

Check out the new site for our DUCC (Developing & Using Critical Comprehension) Program! With the new characters and curriculum strategy, PERIL expands our work to the #kto5 #education space in creating those safe discussions about #electionguidance, #preventingextremism and #antihate. Let us know your thoughts! https://lnkd.in/e4HsJvTb

SPLC and PERIL created resources through our CARE program that offer young people, their families and caregivers, educators and administrators, and other allies and community members a range of actionable knowledge. Some resources listed below utilize trauma-informed approaches to help you care for yourself and those in your life who are experiencing a range of negative emotions. Some offer strategies for the prevention of radicalization and extremism as well as sustaining support for those who feel targeted by such incidents of hate and extremism. Please view the resources and the statement of incident and harm here: https://lnkd.in/es86XtvJ Lastly, some are for those in education institutions who must respond to this incident with evidence-based solutions and best practices for supporting affected individuals, colleagues, and others.

What impact does the #2024Election have on hate speech? Cynthia Miller-Idriss talks to WBUR's Here and Now Newsroom. Check out the interview here: https://lnkd.in/gZjfMe2C

Reminder, this event occurs tomorrow evening! Dr. Brian Hughes chats with Adrienne Massanari on the launch of her new book, Media Unmasked: Gaming Democracy. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eDPCTrAP

SPLC and PERIL created resources through our CARE program that offer young people, their families and caregivers, educators and administrators, and other allies and community members a range of actionable knowledge. Some resources listed below utilize trauma-informed approaches to help you care for yourself and those in your life who are experiencing a range of negative emotions. Some offer strategies for the prevention of radicalization and extremism as well as sustaining support for those who feel targeted by such incidents of hate and extremism. Please view the resources and the statement of incident and harm here: https://lnkd.in/es86XtvJ Lastly, some are for those in education institutions who must respond to this incident with evidence-based solutions and best practices for supporting affected individuals, colleagues, and others.

We are all processing in a post-election week. How have extremist movements received the news of President Trump’s coming second term? PERIL's Cynthia Miller-Idriss responds: "The win animated extremist talk about their potential?role in dismantling democratic institutions, an ominous sign for researchers who saw Trump’s fiery rhetoric inspire vigilantism during his first presidency. "That legitimized, normalized and sort of gave permission to extremist groups — who are really white-supremacist and deeply misogynistic — to come out of the woodwork and feel validated,” said Cynthia Miller-Idriss, who leads the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at American University. “We’re seeing that type of rhetoric again.” Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eMteYW2x

Very much looking forward to participating in the 2024 Holberg Debate next month in Bergen, Norway- tune in via livestream on YouTube. Elliott O'Donovan Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) School of Public Affairs, American University American University School of Education Princeton University Press

Our DUCC (Developing & Using Critical Comprehension) Team at PERIL has created Election resources for elementary school #Kto5. Check out their work! https://lnkd.in/efsYxCJN

Dr. Brian Hughes will be hosting Adrienne Massanari's book talk on #gaming, #misogyny, and democratic backsliding. We'd love it if some of you could make it, in-person or virtually. It will be from 6-7:30 PM on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. You can register here: https://lnkd.in/eDEeezmb Find out more about the book here: https://lnkd.in/eaaT_8Xq??