Emily Stingle
Developing and Using Critical Comprehension, American University
2022
Emily Stingle is the project manager for Invent2Prevent’s Spring 2022 winning team, DUCC (Developing & Using Critical Comprehension), from American University. Invent2Prevent is a semester long competition that challenges college students to design a tool, product or initiative that prevents targeted violence and terrorism. The competition is sponsored by EdVenture Partners, the McCain Institute, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships. DUCC provides digital literacy tools to educators of 1st-6th grade students, including parent and teacher guides, lesson plans, and an animated video to teach students about online misinformation and its consequences. Emily is currently a student at AU studying Justice & Law and Sociology and a research assistant at PERIL, the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab, where she continues to expand DUCC’s digital literacy resources and outreach.
At the Summit
The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
