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January 9th Event: Understanding Extremism - Trends, Warning Signs, and Responses 

A CDHC Learning Series Event:

Understanding Extremism:

Trends, Warning Signs, and Responses 

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Join the CDHC with Pete Kurtz-Glovas, Deputy Director of Regional Partnerships at the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University

Extremism is on the rise in Illinois and throughout the country. This Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes (CDHC) Learning Series program will provide an overview of supremacist ideologies, extremist propaganda, and recruitment tactics that are used to manipulate people into joining supremacist movements, and how individuals might respond. The session will be helpful for anyone who wants to feel better equipped to address issues on radicalization and extremism.

Thursday, January 9, 2025
This virtual event is open to all.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

RSVP Requested - Register Below!

This program features Pete Kurtz-Glovas, Deputy Director of Regional Partnerships at the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University. PERIL works with Southern Poverty Law Center on its Community Advisory Resource & Education (CARE) Center program.

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Pete Kurtz-Glovas

Deputy Director of Regional Partnerships at the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University

Pete Kurtz-Glovas (he/him) is a Researcher and Non-Profit Professional with a focus on Extremism and Democracy. He is currently serving as the Deputy Director of Regional Partnerships at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). Before joining PERIL, he worked in community-based nonprofits, with much of that time spent working on housing and homelessness issues in Seattle, WA using a whole-of-community lens. In 2022 he shifted his focus to Extremism and began working with the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism while getting his master’s degree, where he analyzed and monitored trends related to far-right extremist violence in the United States. Pete combines knowledge and experience of organizational design and program implementation with a passion for creating a more just and peaceful world through his work. He is a two-time AmeriCorps alumnus and currently lives in Washington, DC.

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