From Extremism to Community – Systems Change Through People, Power, and Place!
Host: Life After Hate
The session will examine the journey out of hate through three interlocking lenses:
• People – How trauma, identity, and belonging intersect to influence pathways into and out of extremism in online contexts, and what practical, trauma-informed support looks like.
• Power – How shifting narratives, informed decision-making, and investment toward lived-experience leadership change systems of prevention and intervention, accountability, and public safety.
• Place – How online to offline communities can build environments that increase resilience, opportunity, and connectedness, reducing the social isolation and exclusion on which extremist groups rely. The cornerstone is how this is done through showing compassion with accountability.
Speakers include Jamie Noulty who is an Exit Specialist with Life After Hate who is dedicated to being a credible messenger to those seeking to build a new life in civil society, Alexander Seivers, Director of Index who engages those who are engaged in hate fueled violence seeking to leave and convenes practitioners across the world, and Burrell Poe, works with organizations and communities to operationalize compassion as a principle and practice.
The panel will be moderated by Dr. Shannon Poe, a licensed clinical social worker who has over 15 years of experience in violence intervention.
This venue has a capacity of 90.