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Global Crises, Local Impacts: How Cities are Responding to Rising Hate, Extremism and Polarisation

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07/10/2024
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Description: An event to showcase for national and international partners the unique contributions of mayors and local governments in preventing and responding to rising levels of hate and extremism amid consecutive global crises. 

Where & When: 25 September 2024, New York City (New York), United States

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Strong Cities will continue to provide a platform for local governments to showcase their unique and vital contributions to stemming the rising tide of hate and extremism, including at its Fifth Global Summit, which takes place in Cape Town (South Africa) on 3-5 December 2024. Strong Cities will additionally continue to grow its City Spotlights library, which provides overviews of city-led innovations and investments in creating cohesive and resilient communities, including by producing and sharing spotlights on the cities featured in this event. 

Strong Cities will also continue and build on its monthly Global Crises, Local Impacts webinar series, which has – to date and since launching in December 2023 – reached over 220 local government representatives of more than 100 cities in Europe and North America. Through Strong Cities’ Regional Hubs, this effort will be scaled to provide cities across the global network and beyond with regular, peer-learning opportunities on navigating the local impacts of global crises.  

Finally, Strong Cities is committed to working with its host organisation, ISD, as well as with partners such as the United Nations, to create city-focused resources for navigating and mitigating online harms. This comes at the request of cities across the world, which continue to point to the absence of local government-focused support and guidance on addressing online harms, despite them often having to be the first to respond to the offline consequences of such harms.