Extremism: Confronting Hate Without Fear

This November, we will come together with some of the country's leading experts on extremism to examine the growing threat of radicalization in America and across the globe. Throughout the course of the weekend of November 4th-6th, we will present a selection of films and panel discussions with researchers, journalists, and experts in the fields of bioethics, crisis management, the use of social media by extremist groups, and other disciplines. Our goal is to attempt to put the issue of extremism into perspective, and to look for ways that communities can unite and find a solution to this destructive trend.

We are currently in the process of planning the event, and some of the following programs will be subject to change.   

Friday, November 4, 2022

Next Generation Now: Growing influencers in the ALT right and the Language they use

Friday will feature a screening of the documentary film, White Noise (2020) as well as a panel discussion focused on the topics explored in the film, and the book Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It. The screening and discussion will be followed by a performance by R&B vocalist SheShe and a reception, with food from local restaurants

Speakers:

-Daniel Lombroso, filmmaker and journalist, The New Yorker (formerly of The Atlantic), director of White Noise
-Helio Fred Garcia, crisis expert, author, and award winning academic, Logos Consulting, author of Words on Fire: The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It

Saturday, November 5, 2022

The Breeding Ground of Extremism: Exploring the use of Social and Online Media

The Saturday morning program will feature a panel discussion with some of the nations leading experts in extremism in the digital space as well as a screening of a related film (TBA).

Panelists:

-Michael Edison Hayden, Southern Poverty Law Center
-Christopher Mathias, senior reporter, Huff Post
-Christine Lopez, journalist covering disinformation, Huff Post, The Hill, Media Matters for American, The National Memo

Extremism and Bioethics: Exploring the Moral Dimensions of Abortion, Vaccination and Public Health

The program on Saturday evening will feature a screening of the documentary film 'Personhood' with director Jo Ardinger in-person, and a discussion featuring Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, MPH.

'Personhood', explores the growing criminalization and policing of pregnant people in America. The film premiered at DOC NYC in 2019 and won the American Bar Association's 2020 Silver Gavel Award for Documentary.

Speaker:

-Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, MPH, author, poet, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic, Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry and Associate Director of the Academy for Medicine and the Humanities at the Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System
-Jo Ardinger, director of the documentary film 'Personhood'

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