Online Nihilism, Real-World Violence: What Frontline Professionals Need to Know
April 7, 2026

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.

Watch the recording here.

 

Pivoting to Philanthropic Funding: Technical Assistance to Navigate Private Funding
January 15, 2026

This workshop series addresses the many funding challenges facing organizations, state and local agencies, and professionals as a result of federal funding cuts. Many organizations have never received philanthropic funding and this workshop series is designed to help them better understand where and how to look for private funding, read and understand the IRS Form 990, craft a strong case for support, understand grant cycles and donor motivations, and develop proposals and budgets for funding opportunities. Each workshop will build off those before it and participants are encouraged to join what is most relevant for themselves.

This workshop builds on the feedback we received on November 18 and addresses the most relevant barriers to philanthropic funding. We will bring in an experienced grant writer and development counsel to discuss the following topics:

• Making and facilitating introductions
• Translating your work into grant language
• Aligning your mission with philanthropic priorities
• Gauging your likelihood of success
• Submitting a request for proposals

Watch the recording here. View PPN’s Framework for Philanthropic Investment in Prevention here.

 

Targeted Violence & Terrorism: Strengths, needs, & risks Assessment & Management tool (T-SAM)
December 4, 2025

Offered in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital, this in-person training provides clinicians with the first risk assessment and management tool for targeted violence that can be used by mental health professionals working in generalist settings. Harm toward others is a known risk, yet mental health professionals working outside of forensic settings have few if any tools they can use to assess and manage violence risk to inform risk assessment and treatment planning. The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Strengths, needs, and risks: Assessment & Management tool (T-SAM) offers mental health professionals a collaborative, client-centered approach to assessment and management of risk for both adults and children. The development of the T-SAM was informed by an evidence-based, suicide-focused therapeutic framework known as the Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS).

The Prevention Practitioners Network will be hosting another virtual training in 2026, date TBD. If you would like to receive a notification when registration opens, please email PPN Program Manager Neil Saul at nsaul@eradicatehatesummit.org.

 

Mental Health and Targeted Violence 101: Preventing School Shootings and Other Mass Casualty Events
November 12, 2025

This program will increase awareness and understanding of targeted violence in North America. Content includes definitions, trends, and case examples to enhance the capacity of professionals to understand risk and protective factors, recognize behavioral warning signs, and identify available resources. It will include a review of relevant professional standards, ethics, and laws relevant to decision-making in challenging cases. Resources and opportunities for further training will be shared so participants will know what is available and how to provide better resources and interventions for potential cases of targeted violence. The program is intended for mental health practitioners working in a variety of settings to increase competence and confidence in targeted violence-focused prevention and intervention efforts.

Psychologists can continue taking this course asynchronously and receive two hours of continuing education credits through the American Psychological Association. You may sign up here. You can also view this training for free here.

 

PPN Workshop: Ethics in the Interdisciplinary Field of Prevention
June 10, 2025

Many professions have their own codes of ethics, but PPN's newly published Ethics Framework provides a guide for any practitioner working to prevent targeted violence. This framework includes broader considerations and applicable recommendations to ensure this work is done with the care it deserves. Join us to discuss ethical challenges and dilemmas practitioners are facing and how to work through them.

Watch the recording here. View PPN’s Ethics Framework here.

 

Aligning Research to Practice: Research Gaps to Inform Prevention
April 29, 2025

Practitioners are best positioned to identify where more research is needed in the field, how it applies to their practice, and what they need most. This workshop is meant to bring practitioners together to discuss the evolving landscape of targeted violence prevention and how research and analysis can best inform their practice.

 

PPN Workshop: Referring to Multidisciplinary Teams
March 31, 2025

The results from our 2024 PPN research gaps survey indicated that the largest challenge for secondary prevention practitioners was the handoff between BTAM teams and mental health management and treatment programs. This workshop will narrow in on what types of cases are most suitable for referrals to multidisciplinary teams and effective strategies to properly hand off those cases.

This workshop helped to inform the PPN practice guide, Referring Cases to Multidisciplinary Teams for Risk and Threat Management.

 

Insights for Intervention: How Research and Analysis Can Inform Prevention
July 30, 2024

Practitioners are best positioned to identify where more research is needed in the field, how it applies to their practice, and what they need most. This workshop is meant to bring practitioners together to discuss the evolving landscape of targeted violence prevention and how research and analysis can best inform their practice.

 

PPN Workshop: Multidisciplinary Teams in Practice
July 1, 2024

The Prevention Practitioners Network (PPN) of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit is a national network of over 1,300 interdisciplinary professionals dedicated to using public health approaches to prevent hate-fueled violence. The Network welcomes all prevention professionals, including those focused on raising awareness, bolstering youth resilience, training bystanders, and assessing and intervening with individuals who may be at risk of violence.

Watch the recording here.

 

Building Community Trust and Framing Prevention 
December 6, 2023 

This workshop focused on the biggest challenge identified in the PPN gaps and challenges survey: building community trust. We had discussion facilitators who spoke to many of the communities that prevention programming is meant to serve, such as faith-based, law enforcement, the federal government, bystanders and students, and more. We then built on this discussion to frame the prevention field and how practitioners can explain the need for prevention programming.

 

Designing the Future of PTV Programming & Research  
August 8, 2023

This workshop focused on bridging the divide between academic research and practical application. Practitioners are best positioned to identify where more research is needed in the field, how it applies to their practice, and what they need most. This exercise was meant to serve as a launching point for federal grants and research solicitations, private investment, and areas that PPN can continually address.

 

Strategic Communications, Sustainability, and Addressing Community Concerns 
July 26, 2023

This workshop focused on helping practitioners communicate their programs publicly and effectively, as well as best practices for attracting sustainable support for their programs. It is imperative that practitioners are equipped with language and communications strategies to proactively promote their work and respond to community concerns. Additionally, we focused on the longevity of prevention work through ensuring that programs are ethical, responsible, and effective.