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Dear TRUST Network Stakeholder,
We look forward to our monthly stakeholder meeting on May 14th at 2 pm (ET). The Zoom information for our meeting is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88145586310
Presentation: As the U.S. election approaches, there is a growing possibility of intergroup violence, along with an increase in dangerous and hateful speech. Drawing from both historical and contemporary examples, Dr. Cathy Buerger, Director of Research at the Dangerous Speech Project, will outline a framework for identifying rhetoric being shared in the run-up to the 2024 election that has the potential to stoke intergroup violence. She will also discuss options for productive responses to such speech.
The Dangerous Speech Projectis a team of experts on how speech leads to violence. We use our research to advise internet companies, governments, and civil society on how to anticipate, minimize, and respond to harmful discourse in ways that prevent violence while also protecting freedom of expression.
Cathy Buerger is the Director of Research at the Dangerous Speech Project. She studies the relationship between speech and intergroup violence as well as civil society responses to dangerous and hateful speech online. She is a Research Affiliate of the University of Connecticut’s Economic and Social Rights Research Group and Managing Editor of the Journal of Human Rights. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Connecticut.The full agenda for our meeting is included below:
2-2:10: Welcome
2:10-2:30: Presentation
2:30-3: Discussion
We will set aside time during our stakeholder meeting to discuss how your communities are impacted by the increased tensions on college campuses nationwide. How has your organization or local community been affected? What skills have been particularly useful in alleviating tensions, facilitating dialogue, and preventing violence?
Recent Report Published
The recent report from RAND provides succinct and contemporary information about the propensity for violence surrounding the US Presidential elections. This highlights how important our Early Warning Early Response program with the ten TRUST+ centers across the nation is. We also encourage you to read this report with complementary information from The Bridge Alliance.
On September 10th - 12th, join the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) and the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington DC for PeaceCon 2024: Status Quo No More: Building Peace in the Time of Rising Violent Conflict.
PeaceCon is not just any conference. It’s a gathering of global change-makers and problem solvers coming together to build and advance the peacebuilding field by showcasing innovative new programs and evidence-based learning and advocating for how we prioritize and center peacebuilding and conflict prevention in programs and policies to effectively address the most pressing issues of our time. Submissions are due on May 31, 2024, at 11:59 pm EDT
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Join the TRUST Network. Just by being a conscious, thoughtful observer of your local conditions, you make important contributions to the early warning/early action system as a Community Monitor. Then, together with your local colleagues and with the support of the TRUST Network, you can take positive action. Learn more HERE.
Leaders of organizations in positive peace actions, violence prevention, deradicalization, crisis data mapping, bridgebuilding, peacebuilding, social/racial justice, democracy, governance, media, and messaging -- we are here to melt the silos and offer you valuable collaboration. Please let us know if you're interested in joining the conversation by emailing us at info@thetrustnetwork.net.
Donate. We believe we can prevent escalation into violent conflict by building a national community cohesion and security infrastructure for the US, including an early warning/early action system. Help us achieve this by donating HERE.
Thank you,
Jennifer Grubbs, Ph.D. National Strategic Architect for the TRUST Network
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