Encore: How One Group Sees Extremism as a Public Health Emergency [npr.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 12/19/194:00 AM

By Hannah Allam, National Public Radio, December 15, 2019

The nonprofit Parents For Peace wants Americans to see extremism as a public health emergency — one that cuts across race, religion and politics. The members are former extremists and their families.

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

The nonprofit Parents For Peace wants Americans to see extremism as a public health emergency that cuts across race, religion and politics. Members of the group include former extremists and their families. NPR's Hannah Allam was granted rare access to their annual gathering and has this report.

HANNAH ALLAM, BYLINE: It's a recent fall afternoon, day one of a conference at a hotel in Washington. There are name tags, a coffee station. But this isn't your usual D.C. meeting.

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