Media Inquries

Online Nihilism, Real-World Violence: What Frontline Professionals Need to Know
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
12:00 PM ET / 9:00AM PT
Zoom meeting

This workshop equips U.S.-based practitioners with the knowledge and tools to address the emerging threat of online nihilistic violence networks such as 764, the Com, and the True Crime Community. These loosely organized groups exploit gaming platforms, social media, and chat forums to groom and radicalize teens and minors, often using coercion, sextortion, and encouragement of self-harm and violence. Participants will learn how to recognize warning signs, understand pathways into these networks, and intervene with individuals who are at risk or already involved. The training emphasizes treatment and management strategies, including family engagement, addressing vulnerabilities such as suicidality and eating disorders, and working with mandatory or court-ordered clients. The workshop is designed for mental and behavioral health professionals, law enforcement, educators, and members of the legal system, and all practitioners committed to preventing targeted violence are encouraged to attend.

Learn more and register today.

Preventing Targeted Violence through a Public Health Approach
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
12:00 PM ET / 9:00AM PT
Zoom meeting

Dating back at least to 2016, when the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop on the topic, public health officials have played a growing role in preventing targeted violence. The public health model for targeted violence prevention includes primordial prevention, which is focused on shaping conditions and social patterns at the population level, as well as primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions. The latter three tiers involve interventions to promote protective factors and engage with “at-risk” individuals.

Drawing from decades of violence prevention research, this presentation will focus on how public health officials can bolster prevention by strengthening protective factors for individuals who believe violence is justified. Consequently, panelists will discuss policy and programmatic interventions to strengthen social cohesion, bolster resilience, and build community trust. Practitioners who have implemented public-health informed prevention programs will outline evidence-informed practices as it relates to deploying targeted violence prevention programs at the local level.

Registration opening soon.

Aligning Research to Practice: Research Gaps to Inform Prevention
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Zoom meeting

This workshop equips U.S.-based practitioners with the knowledge and tools to address the emerging threat of online nihilistic violence networks such as 764, the Com, and the True Crime Community. These loosely organized groups exploit gaming platforms, social media, and chat forums to groom and radicalize teens and minors, often using coercion, sextortion, and encouragement of self-harm and violence. Participants will learn how to recognize warning signs, understand pathways into these networks, and intervene with individuals who are at risk or already involved. The training emphasizes treatment and management strategies, including family engagement, addressing vulnerabilities such as suicidality and eating disorders, and working with mandatory or court-ordered clients. The workshop is designed for mental and behavioral health professionals, law enforcement, educators, and members of the legal system, and all practitioners committed to preventing targeted violence are encouraged to attend.

Learn more and register today.