Parents for Peace Contributes Expertise to Groundbreaking Texas DPS Conference on Targeted Violence Prevention
Parents for Peace recently participated in the inaugural 2025 Texas Targeted Violence Prevention and Behavioral Threat Management Conference, hosted by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) from January 13-15, 2025, in San Antonio. This landmark event brought together over 350 stakeholders from across the nation to address the critical issues of targeted violence and […]
Harvard Divinity School Hosts Panel on Extremism
At a time when extremist violence continues to threaten communities, the Harvard Divinity School recently brought together experts—including former extremists—to discuss pathways out of hate and the critical role of intervention. The panel, featuring Parents for Peace Executive Director Myrieme Churchill, former extremists Chris Buckley and Mubin Shaikh, and Parents for Peace co-founder Melvin Bledsoe, […]
Parents for Peace at The George Washington University
On April 17, 2020, the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University hosted a critical panel discussion on extremism prevention, featuring frontline practitioners with direct experience in radicalization, de-radicalization, and intervention efforts. The event highlighted the realities of radicalization, the challenges of prevention, and the ways families and communities can intervene before violence occurs—a […]
NPR: Families Of Extremists Form Group To Fight Hate
Recently, NPR’s All Things Considered featured an in-depth look at Parents for Peace, shedding light on our mission to support families confronting the radicalization of their loved ones. This piece emphasized the growing need for a compassionate, public health approach to extremism—one that recognizes radicalization as a process that can be prevented and even reversed […]