The Building Resilience Summit will explore issues related to Targeted Violence Against People of Faith from a pragmatic as well as an academic perspective.  It will build on field work engaged in by both the Rutgers Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience and Stockton University, and draw upon the practical experiences of faith leaders who have confronted extremist violence, the expertise of federal, state, local, and international law enforcement professionals, and research conducted by leading academicians.  The Summit’s overarching goal is to connect theoretical research with real-world experience in order to devise practical, achievable approaches to the problem of extremist violence.

Summit Objectives

• Establish an Interfaith Resilience Coalition (IRC) of faith-based institutions and other stakeholders for ongoing information sharing and best practice exchanges within and among communities
• Establish a unified approach and common standard for creating safer, more secure faith-based communities
• Develop and strengthen relationships with law enforcement officials
• Clarify the needs of faith communities in developing relationships with federal and state law enforcement; and
• Publish in conjunction with the Summit an ongoing practical online guide to identifying and deploying best practices

Contact Information: Erika Cassetta, Erika.Cassetta@stockton.edu, (609) 761-1205

When: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 & Wednesday, June 12, 2019 *By Invitation Only*

For more information, visit HERE.

If you missed this event, you can watch the entire program HERE.