Building Resilience to Hate and Extremism–Resources!

IFLS Consultant Leah Langby recently gathered some amazing resources to help you in your work and published them on the IFLS Keeping Up with Kids blog.

She writes: "Polarization, extremism, hate groups, conspiracy theories, misinformation…it’s all pretty overwhelming and more than a little scary.   Families, caregivers, and communities need help to prepare for and respond to online hate and to hate groups recruiting young people via a whole variety of manipulative online tactics.  Starting upstream is one of the best ways to do this.  

One of the best resilience factors that allow kids and teens to resist becoming involved with radical hate groups is a sense of belonging in their communities.   It sure seems like there is a role for libraries in there, doesn’t it?!  It would be great to consciously think about how we can welcome and engage tweens and teens who might be vulnerable in such a way that they feel like they truly do have a place to belong."

To access the resource links she gathered and read the full post, please click here. [Building Resilience to Hate and Extremism - Resources!. Langby Leah. IFLS Keeping Up with Kids blog. August 2, 2023]