Dial in on November 6 at 10 am PT for a timely discussion of global trends in youth radicalization and current approaches to protecting vulnerable youth and building long-term resilience. This webinar will feature Lila Green, Founder of The Particle Accelerator (TPA) and current Pacific Council member, and Brad Galloway, Coordinator at the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. 

Increasingly shaped by online environments, youth radicalization has become a recruitment tool for extremist groups using social media, gaming platforms, and messaging apps to spread propaganda and misinformation. Key trends include the rise of ideologically fluid movements that blend elements of far-right, religious, or conspiracy-based extremism; the use of memes and pop culture to appeal to younger audiences; and the targeting of youth experiencing social isolation, identity struggles, or grievances. 

Why it’s important:

• An April memo produced by DHS and Ohio’s STACC found that domestic violent extremists, “create and disseminate violent content on youth-oriented platforms,” with some specifically calling on minors to commit violence before they become legal adults.
• Individuals associated with communities that promote nihilistic worldviews accounted for two-thirds of all deaths and nearly two-thirds of all injuries in attacks and attack plots. Many perpetrators and suspects in the category were juveniles: historically not a characteristic demographic for extremist violence, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD).
• James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, invited the heads of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify following the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Please send questions in advance to events@pacificcouncil.org.

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Guest Speaker 

Brad Galloway is the Coordinator at the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. Brad has a wealth of experience from his work in the preventing and countering violent extremism space with NGO’s such as Life After Hate, where he specifically helps American clientele leave hate-motivated groups. Brad also works as a Caseworker at the Evolve program with the Organization for the Prevention of Violence (OPV), where he helps individuals leave extremist lifestyles behind. 

He also worked as a Research Assistant on a number of projects that are currently funded by Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS). Brad has served as a consultant for Google, Moonshot CVE, and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), among others.

His primary research interests include right-wing extremism and terrorism, preventing and countering violent extremism, and the roles of former extremists in combating violent extremism.

Finally, Brad draws from his lived experiences to assist in his multifaceted roles in his work.

Guest Speaker

Lila Green joined the Pacific Council as a part of the inaugural group of Amplify Fellows in 2022. She continues to be a supporter and advocate for future fellows and members. 

Her company, The Particle Accelerator (TPA), is a "neo think tank" and consultancy that brings together artistic thinkers with leadership in national security to find solutions to the most complicated problems agencies and governmental organizations face. Her most recent work via TPA has been teaching counter-radicalization for teens in the Vancouver School District. 

Aside from her fellowship with the Pacific Council, Lila was an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations in 2024-25.  She is beginning her PhD in Political Science this upcoming September at Simon Fraser University, focusing on youth counter-radicalization. She holds an MA from the Middlebury Institute for International Studies and a BFA from DePaul University.

 

To register for this webinar, visit the Zoom Registration Page.