Who We Are

We use a public health approach to design, test, and scale-up evidence-based tools and strategies that effectively reduce the threat of radicalization to harmful online and offline content including conspiracy theories, mis/disinformation, propaganda, and supremacist ideologies. As an alternative to security-based approaches that rely on surveillance, censorship, and incarceration, our work takes a multidisciplinary and pre-preventative approach to address hate, bias, and radicalization before they manifest into violent extremism. Our work supports individuals and communities to reject propaganda and extremist content, as well as empower them to intervene and interrupt early radicalization.

Optimistic

• we believe in our ability to build resilient democracies, societies, and communities
• we empower people with actionable solutions that affirm and inspire hope
• we seek to shift a fear-based mindset to a solutions-oriented one

Courageous

• we pursue bold, transformative, visionary, and paradigm-shifting change
• we make brave choices deploying innovative, creative, and out-of-the-box ideas
• we are pathfinders seeking to forge new approaches and solutions

Inclusive

• we consciously cultivate a workplace that is welcoming, open, approachable, and fun
• we celebrate diverse personal, professional, and disciplinary backgrounds
• we focus on team members’ wellbeing and our care for one another