Workshop: Over Zero

Building Societal Resilience to Political and Identity-Based Violence 

What it is: Drawing from recent case studies, this workshop will support participants in building societal resilience to political and identity-based violence through communications, programmatic strategy, as well as network and ecosystem building. 

What you’ll learn:

  • Understand narratives that are used to justify violence, and how to counteract them.
  • Explore community-based approaches to preventing, defusing, and responding to political and identity-based violence.
  • Discover how philanthropy can play a crucial role in addressing risks for violence. 

Facilitators: Marissa Wong, Associate Director of Training & Field Support, Over Zero; Erin "Maz" Mazursky, Executive Director, Over Zero; Laura Livingston, Senior Director of Field Support and Strategy, Over Zero 

About Over Zero: Over Zero partners with community leaders, civil society, and researchers to harness the power of communication to prevent, resist and rise above identity-based violence and other forms of group-targeted harm. 

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505 Queets, Level 5
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Conferences
Building Together 2026
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Workshop
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Community Foundations
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