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Resources for Community Leaders

Share Our Community Toolkit

92NY Belfer Center + Living Room Conversations

Toolkit for individuals to spark connection and positive impact. A free and simple resource to get you started where you live.

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College Students: Coping after the Recent Shooting

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

This fact sheet describes common emotional, physical, and behavioral reactions college students may have after a shooting, and offers strategies like self-care, social connection, routine, limiting media exposure, and using support systems to help them heal and cope.

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Psychological Impact of Mass Violence

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

This brief helps explain the mental health effects of mass violence, such as fear, grief, post-traumatic stress, physical symptoms, and disrupted routines, and outlines ways communities can cope and recover.

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CDI Conversation Guide on Utah Shooting

Constructive Dialogue Institute

To support campus leaders, the Constructive Dialogue Institute has released a conversation guide designed to help staff, faculty, and student leaders create safe, structured environments for reflection and connection in response to the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. 

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Proclaim Peace Podcast

MWEG

Empowering conversations demonstrating how faith can fuel our engagement in the work of peace building

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Disagree Better

Disagree Better

A how-to guide on how to think, speak, and listen better.

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The Dignity Index

The Dignity Index

An eight-point scale that shows language ranging from contempt to dignity — and how we can choose to speak with dignity.

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Listening Courageously

Living Room Conversations

In difficult times, our impulse may be to retreat to those who believe the same way. This free resource invites you to lean into listening for understanding, even when it's hard.

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Conversations in Troubled Times

Living Room Conversations

Speaking to your children about targeted violence has many nuances, but is an important conversation to have.

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De-escalation Resources

Princeton Bridging Divides Initiative

Equip yourself with the community safely and de-escalation skills to navigate conflict in a vibrant democracy.

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Responding to Hate-Fueled and Political Violence

Democracy Communications Collaborative

A consortium of organizations offers recommendations for responding to political violence that reduce the risk of future harms.

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