Domestic terrorism has reached new heights in the United States and the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 reignited national attention on domestic violent extremism in the nation. Brooke Scott, Joan B. Kroc School Master of Arts in Peace and Justice and 2021 Global Ties U.S. Emerging Leader, brought together key stakeholders for a fireside chat to address how our nation might utilize both public and citizen diplomacy as crucial counterterrorism tools.
Guest stakeholders included:
- Professor Philip Seib - Professor of International Relations, Journalism and Public Diplomacy at USC
- Elizabeth Moore - Educator on Racist Extremism
- Mohamed Amin Ahmed - Founder of Average Mohamed, 2020 State Department Citizen Diplomat of the Year, and 2018 Global Ties Diplomat of the Year
Below, please find the complete conversation on where our nation finds itself currently and what next steps need to be taken in order to counteract violent extremism and foster more peaceful societies:
About the Author
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (Kroc IPJ) launched in 2001 with a vision of active peacebuilding. In 2007, the Kroc IPJ became part of the newly established Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, a global hub for peacebuilding and social innovation. The core of the Kroc IPJ mission is to co-create learning with peacemakers — learning that is deeply grounded in the lived experience of peacemakers around the world, that is made rigorous by our place within a university ecosystem and that is immediately and practically applied by peacemakers to end cycles of violence.
