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Dear {{Constituent First Name}},
This month’s TRUST Network stakeholder conversation invites participants to reflect on a pivotal shift unfolding across the civic landscape: the evolving relationship between government and civil society. Here is the Zoom link for our next TRUST Network Convening on Tuesday, July 8, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Register here for the Zoom Link.
As the boundaries between public responsibility and private initiative continue to shift, so do federal funding priorities and the structures that have historically supported community-based peacebuilding. The scaling back or restructuring of federal initiatives—such as public mediation services—highlights a broader trend: a reconfiguration of civic roles and responsibilities across sectors. This session will examine the potential impacts of these changes on social cohesion, civic participation, and the ability of communities to engage constructively across differences.
The conversation will also explore how historical and contemporary forms of division have shaped governance and community dynamics, drawing connections between past regional patterns and current challenges. Within this evolving context, we will consider the important role philanthropic institutions and local organizations play in sustaining dialogue, trust-building, and collaborative problem-solving. As responsibilities and funding shift, community members are increasingly central to maintaining the civic fabric. This session invites participants to consider how collective approaches to social cohesion might be reimagined—and strengthened—in a time marked by individualism, competition, and overlapping priorities.
The TRUST Network is grounded in the belief that our work is strengthened through collectivity and collaboration. Here is the Zoom link for our next TRUST Network Convening on Tuesday, July 8, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Register here for the Zoom Link.
TrustNet360: A Bottom-Up Infrastructure for Hate Violence Prevention
In the current climate of shifting federal priorities and institutional realignments, funding TrustNet360 is essential to fill the widening gaps in hate group monitoring, early warning systems, and violence prevention. Recent changes in key federal agencies and initiatives—including the reduction in FBI monitoring of hate groups, restructuring at the Community Relations Service (CRS), scaling down of DHS's Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), and uncertainty around efforts such as GPAHE (Global Project Against Hate and Extremism)—have significantly weakened the nation’s ability to track, analyze, and respond to domestic hate violence and extremism. Read more here!
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