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Phone: (202) 885-2940

Graduate programs: spagrad@american.edu

Undergraduate programs: aupublicaffairs@american.edu

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Public Affairs, School of 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United States

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How We Work

PERIL’s approach happens in three steps, focused on Initiating Knowledge, Testing and Incubating, and Implementing and Scale-Up.

Current Approaches in the US to intervene are generally at the secondary or tertiary level of reactivity, PERIL seeks to minimize the risk of violent extremism before it occurs at the primary level

PERIL’s pre-preventative framework aims to build social cohesion and democratic resilience while centering the needs of targeted groups, victims, and survivors. In partnership with community groups, local governments, educators, counselors, and other civil society actors, we create effective prevention tools and resources including toolkits and guides, education and media literacy interventions, short-form videos, and training programs. All of our interventions are developed based on holistic research and rigorous testing.

We advocate for a public health approach to preventing violent extremism and creating resilient democracies. Public health approaches require four integrated components. 

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