An ad hoc committee will organize a 2-day public workshop in Washington, D.C. Through this workshop, the committee will convene a panel of individuals with expertise in healthcare, behavioral health, public health, homeland security, law enforcement, and countering violent extremism to discuss and examine applying health (e.g., public health, healthcare, mental/behavioral health) approaches in community-level approaches to countering violent extremism (CVE) and radicalization. Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) consists of various prevention and intervention approaches to increase the resilience of communities to violent extremist recruitment narratives, provide non-violent avenues for expressing grievances, educate communities about the threat of online recruitment and radicalization to violence, and other innovative community-based approaches.
Specific topics that may be explored in this workshop include:
· The shifting and growing threat of violent extremism and radicalization within communities across America.
· Traditional approaches to countering domestic violent extremism and radicalization.
· Consideration of health (e.g., public health, healthcare, mental/behavioral health) centered approaches to countering violent extremism and radicalization.
· Opportunities for cross sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration and learning among domestic and international stakeholders
and organizations (e.g., community and/or faith based, law enforcement, justice system, public health, healthcare, mental/behavioral health) for countering violent extremism and radicalization.
The committee will develop the agenda for the workshop session, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A workshop summary will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines, based on the presentations and discussions held during the workshop.