The Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has provided these resources. Please review and if you feel appropriate share with others and use as a guide for age-appropriate conversations.
- PERIL’s Peacemaker Conversation Cards: https://perilresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Peacemaker-Practice-Cards.pdf
- This is the full Peacemaker’s Toolkit which is specifically for religious community leaders and geared more towards confronting polarization: https://perilresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Peacemakers-Toolkit.pdf
- Excerpt from the Building Resilient & Inclusive Communities of Knowledge (BRICK) Toolkit: https://perilresearch.com/resource/brick-building-resilient-inclusive-communities-of-knowledge/resilient-campus-communities/
- Our colleagues at PERIL have studied the secondhand trauma that can be incurred from ingesting high levels of news coverage of violent, traumatic events. More information on this piece for SPLC’s Learning for Justice (LFJ): https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/conversations-about-gun-violence-disinformation-and-extremism
- Also, here are LFJ’s media literacy resources that can be useful to help stem the flow of mis and disinformation: https://www.learningforjustice.org/media-literacy-resources
- Additionally: https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-families-and-educators
- Building Networks Guide can help all trusted adults understand how they can support young people in their community who are grappling with the impact of shootings: https://www.splcenter.org/peril-community-guide
