Transcript JENNY - Domestic CVE Presentation - Linct-AA

US Government’s
Approach
Leveraging the Private Sector in
CVE
What is CVE?
US Attorney Town Hall
DHS Roundtable
Local Police Outreach
ENGAGEMENT
Resilience Exericise Montgomery
Community Awareness Co. Model
Countermessaging
Safe Spaces
C T E N G A G E M E NT
INTERVENTION
CVE MISSION SPACE
Partner with communities | Focus on prevention and intervention
First Responders
Arrest
Prosecution
DISRUPTION
RESPONSE
National CVE Strategy and SIP
Enhance engagement and
support to local communities
Build government and law
enforcement expertise for
preventing violent extremism
Counter violent extremist
propaganda while promoting
our ideals
Community
Awareness
Briefing
- Denver
Community Resilience Exercise
Scenario – Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Note: This is a hypothetical scenario derived from a series of actual cases involving known
homegrown violent extremists’ actions and foreign travelers prior to arrest. By combining facts
from a variety of cases the scenario permits more dynamic interactions between workshop
participants while still ensuring that scenario is representative of real world events.
Setting: Minneapolis/ St. Paul, MN
White House Summit on CVE
February 17 – 19, 2015
“We have to
recognize that our
best partners in all
these efforts, the
best people to help
protect individuals
from falling victim
to extremist
ideologies are their
own communities.”
“Three Region” CVE Pilot Program
Boston
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Minneapolis
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Los Angeles
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Post Summit CVE Focus Areas
1) Increased research to build more local
awareness
2) Work closely with civil society to promote
whole-of-community solutions, including
interventions
3) Strengthen civil rights protections and law
enforcement – community relations
4) Increase counternarratives by amplifying
authentic voices and by harnessing social media
5) Expand economic opportunities and social
services to empower youth and promote
nonviolence
Private Sector
Entertainment industry
 Philanthropists
 Social media companies
 Communications and
marketing companies
 Universities
 Think tanks
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ISIL: Evolution of Messaging
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Al-Qa’ida: “Attack the West”
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Al-Shabaab: “Come here to fight”
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Travel to the West to conduct attacks or attack at home
To stop perceived Western aggression
Travel to Somalia to fight
To build a “better” Somalia
ISIL: “Help us purge and rebuild here”
 Travel to Iraq/Syria or support from home
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To purge the land of non-believers
Warped use of religious terms to justify violence in
support of building a new state
Innovative combination of message
and media
Government’s role
Convene/build networks
(connect community to private
sector)
 Scale up and release tools
 Unified message about CVE
 Empower to lead
 Provide resources
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