On 22 September 2022, the Strong Cities Network (SCN) will hold a two-hour side event in the margins of the high-level opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly. City-led Action in Preventing Violent Extremism, Hate and Polarisation: Local-level Approaches, Needs and Priorities 22 September 2022 4:00pm – 6:00pm Followed by a reception The Lexington...
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On 15 June 2022, Young Cities led a one-day Youth Intercity Virtual Exchange that brought together 32 youth activists and local government officials from Mombasa County, Kenya, and Kristiansand, Norway. The event was organised in partnership with the Mombasa County Government and the City of Kristiansand. Sixteen Young Cities Ambassadors from Mombasa joined 16 high school activists from Kristiansand for this dynamic exchange. They presented their creative, youth-led peacebuilding initiatives to address hate crime and hate speech in their communities, shared the experiences and best practices they had learned in the process, and delivered recommendations for better youth-city collaboration to city officials present, including the Deputy Mayor of Kristiansand, Eric Rostoft.
On 8 June 2022, Strong Cities Network, in cooperation with the City of Los Angeles, the Violence, Inequality and Power Lab at the University of San Diego, and the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University, co-hosted “Promoting An Integrated City-Led Approach to Violence Prevention: Sharing Lessons and Good Practices Across the Americas”, a side event at the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles.
#StrongCities is pleased to welcome the city of #Halle (Saale) in Germany to the Network. We look forward to working with city and community leaders to help prevent hate, polarisation and extremism. Click below if your city would like to join SCN 👇
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We are pleased to welcome Mansakonko Area Council🇬🇲 to the Strong Cities Network! We look forward to working closely with Mayor Landing B. Sanneh, who attended the @Strong_Cities 🇪🇺-funded #Dakar workshop last month.
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🚨NEW: Request for Proposals: Regional Hub in South Asia🚨
@Strong_Cities is looking for a dynamic, connected implementing partner to support the development & management of a *NEW* SCN Regional Hub in South Asia! For more info and to apply see below: 🔽
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Wrapped up a successful workshop with @Strong_Cities with a closing session on the role of religious and community leaders in devising strategies to prevent radicalization and respond to terrorist attacks @StateDeptCT 1/3
Together with @TheJusticeDept’s #OPDAT, @iijmalta held a 3-day workshop to advance the capacity of criminal justice practitioners in dealing with children in terrorism cases in Burkina Faso, with support from @StateDeptCT 1/5
#StrongCities is pleased to welcome the city of #Halle (Saale) in Germany to the Network. We look forward to working with city and community leaders to help prevent hate, polarisation and extremism. Click below if your city would like to join SCN 👇
https://t.co/ypXpKdyIhN
We are pleased to welcome Mansakonko Area Council🇬🇲 to the Strong Cities Network! We look forward to working closely with Mayor Landing B. Sanneh, who attended the @Strong_Cities 🇪🇺-funded #Dakar workshop last month.
https://t.co/XKrW2gW0sX
@LBS7787332 @MansakonkoC @EU_FPI
🚨NEW: Request for Proposals: Regional Hub in South Asia🚨
@Strong_Cities is looking for a dynamic, connected implementing partner to support the development & management of a *NEW* SCN Regional Hub in South Asia! For more info and to apply see below: 🔽
https://t.co/SlbGUMb6yP
Wrapped up a successful workshop with @Strong_Cities with a closing session on the role of religious and community leaders in devising strategies to prevent radicalization and respond to terrorist attacks @StateDeptCT 1/3
Together with @TheJusticeDept’s #OPDAT, @iijmalta held a 3-day workshop to advance the capacity of criminal justice practitioners in dealing with children in terrorism cases in Burkina Faso, with support from @StateDeptCT 1/5
We partner with city officials to establish local risk assessments and design action plans and programmatic responses. From de-radicalisation programming to youth engagement strategies, we ensure that local responses address local needs.
Working from the ground up, we establish local coordination bodies that unite city halls, civil society educators, public health bodies, the private sector and faith leaders to identify and address community tensions. We base our success on harnessing existing and credible institutions, from social services to traditional civic infrastructure.
We galvanise mayors, city officials, local services, communities and youth, training them to play active roles in diagnosing and responding to local risk factors, creating an international repository of best practice approaches.
We help members access the latest research and best practice from across the network through our SCN Online Hub, which features stories, interviews, guides and training modules for teachers, city officials and civil society. Our SCN Hate and Extremism Mapper provides members with data, building digital observatories that correlate online risks with offline behaviour.
We act as a bridge, creating stronger working relationships between local and national governments. We also provide civil society with the knowledge, skills and resources to foster meaningful partnerships with officials in city halls.
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