Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University is hosting “College and University Peacebuilding Approaches to Violent Extremism and Youth Recruitment.” The conference will address how people, especially young people, are influenced by hate groups to plan and initiate acts of terrorism. In order to understand what the larger forces are that motivate people to take such extreme measures, we need to closely examine the social structures that lead these youth to join these organizations and the ideological beliefs that motivate them.