On March 5th, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum convened a group of academics, practitioners, and policy-makers to take stock of existing knowledge on the role of civil society and civilian self-protection mechanisms in preventing and mitigating violence and mass atrocities, as well as identify gaps in knowledge and areas of future inquiry and research. In bringing together a diverse range of actors, the event highlighted several aspects of Designing for Contribution and the opportunities and challenges therewith, namely that intentional investment is needed in providing the time, space, and facilitation (for more on this see below!) to understand the different... Read more →
