Event occurred on Thursday, November 4, 2021.
The event features renowned speakers Dr. Arie W. Kruglanski, a Distinguished Professor of Psychology and scholar studying violent extremism, and Shannon Foley Martinez, a former violent white supremacist who has two decades of experience in developing community resource platforms aimed at inoculating individuals against violence-based lifestyles and ideologies.
Moderated by mediator and conflict resolution trainer Sherri Goren Slovin, this intimate and compelling discussion will focus on efforts to combat radicalization and rehabilitate violent extremists. Speakers will explore why individuals fall prey to extremist movements and ideologies, how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated violent extremist recruitment and radicalization, and why healthy societies must prevent and take on extremist movements to function.
This program is presented in partnership with the Cincinnati Regional Coalition Against Hate and the JCRC’s Leaders in Light, a first-of-its kind, year-long leadership development program designed to address extremism and strengthen inclusive democracy.
