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Summary of Incident & Harm:

Post-election, many young Black people, Latinos and LGBTQ+ individuals have been targeted with hateful and racist text messages. We strongly condemn this bigotry and harassment. Rest assured, the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± has launched a rapid response investigation to find the source of these attacks.

If you have received such a message, we urge you to report it and access our resources for support. Together, we stand against hate.

Whom is this Designed to Support?

This resource offers young people, their families and caregivers, educators and administrators, and other allies and community members with a range of actionable knowledge. Some resources listed below utilize trauma-informed approaches to help you care for yourself and those in your life who are experiencing a range of negative emotions. Some offer strategies for the prevention of radicalization and extremism as well as sustaining support for those who feel targeted by such incidents of hate and extremism. Lastly, some are for those in education institutions who must respond to this incident with evidence-based solutions and best practices for supporting affected individuals, colleagues and others.

Resources

For those in educational settings:

  •  – Short resource for recognizing and responding to hate and bias incidents.
  •  – Higher education toolkit that includes guidance across capacities.
  •  – Guide for K-12 administrators and educators that includes immediate crisis intervention guidance.
  •  – Short resource for K-12 educators on recognizing trauma and supporting students.
  •  – Webinar for K-12 educators on understanding trauma.
  •  – Guide for K-12 educators on responding to hate and bias.

For Families and Communities:

What are the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± & PERIL’s CARE Centers?

The Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL), in strategic partnership with the °Ä²Ê¿ª½±, has launched an initiative to establish Community Advisory, Resource and Education (CARE) Centers. CARE Centers develop preventative solutions that are upstream from harms, victim- and survivor-centered, and community-based while also advocating for non-carceral responses. CARE Centers provide resources to prevent and counter political and hate-fueled violence.

CARE Centers seek to help build local networks of practitioners and community experts to address community needs and help serve affected and concerned community members. These centers will use a public health approach to preventing radicalization that prioritizes the well-being of communities and addresses harms caused by those holding supremacist ideologies.

To learn more, please visit PERIL at , the °Ä²Ê¿ª½± at splcenter.org/peril and . Contact CARE Centers at CARE_Centers@american.edu.

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