The Center for Global Affairs proudly welcomed the 4th Global Summit of the Strong Cities Network to NYU last week. The Summit brought together city-level practitioners from the global Strong Cities Network, New York City officials, and community-based organizations from across the world in a profoundly engaging discussion on preventing hate and extremism.
SPS Dean Angie Kamath provided a welcome to a high-level event hosted by the CGA as a part of the Summit which explored multidisciplinary and multi-prompt approaches across counter-terrorism and law enforcement, policy safeguarding, interfaith exchanges, community outreach and resilience, data collection, and youth participation, as well as the need for greater organizational and inter-agency collaboration to share knowledge, resources, and skills. The panelists offered unique insights into the challenges and solutions of combating hate and violent extremism, protecting victims and at-risk communities, and, importantly, what this looks like as a whole-city approach.
