People against Violent Extremism

MYHACK

 

Alim, a lecturer at UWA spoke to us this week about a program that he's involved in to engage young people in generating practical solutions to countering violent extremism.  The MYHACK event will bring together groups of young people (Hack Teams) to use their skills, knowledge and knowhow to develop innovative solutions to countering violent extremism.  Terrorist extremist groups prey on the insecurities of youth.  The use social media to spread their message and con young people into 'signing up'.  It is the ultimate nightmare for any parent who's child gets sucked in by these messages.

 

To address this PaVE (People against Violent Extremism), in conjunction with the Australian Government have created the MYHACK project.  They want to engage young people to take on a key role in finding a solution for this problem.  It will be a 3 day event, run here in Perth.  It is an intense, high energy event where teams come together to come up with possible solutions, develop a plan and strategies that they think will counter the violence message.

 

It will culminate in a Dinner at Government House Grand Ballroom where the young people will present their ideas in 5 minutes each.  The audience will then vote on which is the best strategy.

 

Alim asked if we'd be prepared to make up a Rotary Table at the dinner.  Cost if $150 per head and the funds raised will be used to help the winning team put their idea/s into action.

 

Anyone who is interested in being on our Rotary table is asked to contact Deepti on 0402 494 565.