Session 7: Remedies: De-radicalization Case Studies

  Session 7: Remedies: De-radicalization Case Studies

Music: "Peace Train," Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Playing For Change, Link to Site

Essential Questions: (

(1) What "push" factors lead individuals to join violent extremist organizations?

(2) How and why do extremists become de-radicalized?

(3) What are some examples of individuals who have been de-radicalized?

Rick's Rap: (agenda preview, homework, news of the day )

Brainstorm: Takeaways from the Davis and Piccolini videos (in breakout rooms)

Brainstorm: Why do people become extremists?  (in breakout rooms)

Homework:

(1) video: Daryl Davis, "Why I, as a Black Man  attend KKK Rallies," TEDx/Naperville, 12/8/17 Link to Site

(2) video, Christian Piccolini, "My descent in America's neo-nazi movement and how I got out," TEDxMileHigh Talk Link to video

(3) Cynthia Miller-Idriss,  "Extremism has spread into the mainstream. It's a public health problem, not  a security issue," The Atlantic Magazine, 6/15/21  Link to site 

(4) David Yaffe-Bellany and Sophia Cai, "Can Extremists Be Deradicalized?", Bloomberg Businessweek, 10/14/21 Link to Site

Resources:

(1) Transcript,  Christian Piccolini, "My descent in America's neo-nazi movement and how I got out," TEDxMileHigh Talk Link to site 

(2) DJ Cashmere, "Deradicalization in the Deep South," Yes! Magazine, 11/12/19 Link to site;

(3) Eleanor J. Bader, " Former White Supremists are helping others disengage from hate groups,"The Progressive, 1/20/21Link to site; 

(4) "A conversation with Cynthia Miller-Idriss: Preventing Radicalization into Violent White National Movements," The Year in Hate: 2020, SPLC  pp.24-26 Link to site

(5) Parents for Peace Link to site