Life After Hate
There is life after hate
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Violent far-right extremism threatens democratic principles across the country and represents a significant and growing security concern within the U.S. While much attention has been paid to foreign-influenced radicalization and terrorism, there has been a significant increase in activity classified as violent far-right extremism (VFRE) in the past decade (Pitcavage, 2005). VFRE is used to describe groups and individuals that adhere to violent white supremacist ideology and can encompass an assortment of organizations to include Neo-Nazis, White Nationalists, Skinheads, Neo-Confederates, Ku Klux Klan, Anti-Immigrant, and Anti-LGBT, among others (Beirich and Buchanan, 2018). These organizations have a lengthy history of criminal violence that includes mass murder, physical assaults, home invasions, property crimes, counterfeiting, and acts of terrorism (Simi, Smith, and Reeser, 2008). Life After Hate's ExitUSA™ program provides an exit strategy for individuals in these groups.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
ExitUSA
Disengagement and deradicalization are complex, lifelong processes that require individualized approaches and support.
Life After Hate, through its premier program ExitUSA, works with individuals who are or have been involved in violent far-right extremism and families with loved ones involved in violent far-right extremist movements in the United States. We provide comprehensive needs, risk, and threat assessments; case management; skills training, and peer mentoring to promote disengagement, deradicalization, and reintegration into society.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of new Life After Hate's ExitUSA™ program cases.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
ExitUSA
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This figure represents individual men and women service recipients (Number of Clients Served) and family service recipients (Number of Families served).
Number of public events held to further mission
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
ExitUSA
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
*2020 presentations were less than previous years due to Covid-19. Public events include community presentations developed and delivered, as well as interviews made by the Life After Hate team.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
ExitUSA
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of families served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
ExitUSA
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This figure represents ExitUSA™ family service recipients. To date, we have helped 400+ people confront and exit VFRE; and thousands more deal with hate in their communities.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Life After Hate (LAH) has set forth the following strategic goals in order to better serve the populations we assist.
LAH will establish Exit USA as the premier disengagement & deradicalization program in the nation.
To accomplish this, the organization will develop innovative initiatives to meet the changing needs of the field; this goal correlated directly to the organization's goal to create and provide judgment-free forums for informing and engaging with extremists and/or their families and loved ones.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Since 2011, Life After Hate has been at the forefront of the national strategy to interrupt far-right violence committed in the name of ideological and/or religious belief by providing supportive services for individuals looking to leave hate groups. In addition to these direct services, the organization supports family members who have loved ones involved in VFRE.
Life After Hate provides this support in a multitude of ways, the first of which is to provide the most current and up-to-date outreach, primarily in virtual spaces. All of the services provided are directly informed by rigorous academic research and cultural competency training.
Over the next three years, LAH will prioritize high standards of professionalism and ethics and demand the same for the field at large. Additionally, the organization will grow the program's capacity, in part, by providing an expanded specialist role for those who have made the journey out and wish to mentor those looking to leave.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Life After Hate was founded by former leaders (Formers) of radicalized neo-Nazis, skinheads, and other Violent Far-Right and extremist groups in North America.
The organization has unique insights about violent far-right extremism and the demanding mental and emotional process to not only disengage but also to deradicalize. The perspectives and experiential knowledge of what it means to be a Former has informed the approach used in all LAH services. However, this alone is not sufficient to address the complex psychosocial aspects of violent far-right extremism and the disengagement process. Because of this, Life After Hate employs a team of licensed social workers to work in director services with our clients.
The organization’s work is further bolstered through strategic partnerships with leading subject matter experts and organizations from around the world focused on understanding and addressing violent far-right extremism, including its governing Board of Directors composed of eminent professionals in the violent far-right extremism space, research, and management.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Life After Hate is a leader in the violence intervention community. We are the first organization in the U.S. that counters violence by intervening at the source: Helping individuals exit hate groups and online hate spaces. Since our founding in 2011, Life After Hate has expanded its services to include family members of individuals who are involved with the violent far right or are disengaging.
A central part of our mission is our innovative approach to interventions. Using a multidisciplinary team model combining Formers and licensed social workers, we help individuals identify what they need to leave hate and violence and set and manage their goals to restore their lives–this includes a combination of outside referrals, skill building and peer-to-peer mentorship. Individuals working to understand their journey in hate and violence often seek the guidance of those who have lived those experiences. Sometimes the best way out is with help from those who have gotten out.
We believe that shame is not an effective tool to inspire change. Our approach, addressing underlying risk factors to disarm violence, is evidence-based and supported by research. Ultimately, our direct-service work combating violent extremism helps establish a safer and more resilient nation. Individuals who do not disengage from hate groups or hateful online spaces are more likely to commit acts of violence. They are also likely to contribute to a toxic online environment that encourages others to violence.
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Operations
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Life After Hate
Board of directorsas of 02/17/2023
Ms. Joumana Silyan-Saba
Life After Hate, Inc.
Term: 2022 - 2024
Vidhya Ramalingam
Moonshot CVE
Brette Steele
Director of Prevention and National Security at the McCain Institute for International Leadership
Humera Khan
President and co-founder of Muflehun and is a co-investigator for a DOD MINERVA project on terrorist propaganda.
Joumana Silyan-Saba
Director of Policy and Discrimination Enforcement for the Los Angeles City Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department (LA Civil Rights).
Shawn Herron
CD/Creative Technologist in the Axis Group at Wunderman Thompson.
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