Engaging Young Men Before Extremists Do
"Engaging Young Men Before Extremists Do" is an applied narrative research study exploring how to reach and persuade potentially vulnerable young men to resist anti-democratic radicalization and political violence. Conceived and conducted by Story Strategy Group, the project identified actionable insights and breakthrough methodologies for advocates and organizers working at the intersection of democracy and young men. A summary of the project can be found in Story Strategy Group’s essay and the full project report is available here.
Additional insights come from partner contributions:
Worthy Strategy Group’s literature review and expert interviews, Political Violence and Young Men: Boys and the Culture that Corrodes Them;
Harmony Labs’ media landscape analysis, Ultranationalism: Exploring one narrative associated with political violence in the United States, its audiences, and resilience building opportunities among young men; and
The Persuasion Engine’s exploration of AI-powered research tools developed for the project in Automating Knowledge: Using AI-Powered Research for Persuasive Communications.
Partners: Harmony Labs, The Persuasion Engine, Worthy Strategy Group
Team: Milan de Vries, Dom Lowell, Liz Manne, Eli Pariser, Erica Williams Simon
