Recruitment Tactics of Extremist Organizations

The techniques and motivations behind why individuals join violent extremist groups, including how personal needs and vulnerabilities are exploited. Learn to identify recruitment strategies and take action if approached.

• Extremism
• Recruitment
• Vulnerabilities
• Strategies
• Action

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1. ARE YOU BEING RECRUITED? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW PEOPLE JOIN VIOLENT EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS JULY 2022 Student Health & Human Services Office of Human Relations, Diversity & Equity

2. Be famous CHECK IN: WOULD YOU RATHER... Be rich

3. OBJECTIVES Identify the techniques used by extremist organizations to recruit members Learn how they make contact with people Learn what to do if you are being recruited

4. There is no one reason that people join extremist organizations. People are usually trying to fill a personal need. This could be because they feel alone, that their lives lack meaning, or that they have no purpose in life. WHY DO PEOPLE JOIN EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS? People who are emotionally upset after a stressful event may be vulnerable to recruitment. Some people join because they disagree with government policies. Certain people may also feel that they are not valued by society or think they have no opportunity to succeed.

5. RECRUITMENT: PERSONAL NEEDS Power Achievement Affiliation Importance Purpose Morality Excitement

6. Power: Those who wish to control or feel superior to others may be attracted to extremism. Achievement: Those who want to make a positive difference in life may think that they can do that by taking part in violent or hateful attacks. RECRUITMENT: PERSONAL Affiliation: Those who are looking for new friends may believe that they can find beneficial companionship in extremist groups. Importance: Those who seek recognition and attention may turn to extremism, even if it means hurting other people. NEEDS EXPLAINED Purpose: Those looking for purpose in life may be drawn to the ideologies of extremist groups. Morality: Those who feel threatened by different viewpoints and lifestyles may be attracted to extremism groups. Excitement: Extremist groups may offer a promise of excitement and glamour to those who are bored with life.

7. TIME TO SHARE WHAT GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS DO YOU BELONG TO? WHAT OF THESE PERSONAL NEEDS MADE YOU JOIN THEM?

8. Extremist organizations will often exploit someone's personal problems to recruit them to their organization. They make you believe that they are going to take care of you and are the only ones who will. They will use negative things that have happened to you to convince you that their way is the only way to deal with a situation. RECRUITMENT BY PERSONAL PROBLEMS

9. RECRUITMENT: WHAT THEY WOULD SAY Death and destruction are the only ways to take back our nation. If you die for this cause, you will be admired by your family and rewarded in the afterlife. Violence and terrorism are the best ways to change government policy. We need you to join our fight and help us build the perfect world for our people. The government is ignoring a serious threat to our cause. If you don t respond, no one will. You are one of us. You must join our struggle. "Governments that hurt our people or violate our beliefs must be destroyed.

10. MAKING CONTACT Extremist groups often make contact in online forums, chat rooms, and internet games that promote violence. Social media is an easy way to target people. They can troll social networking sites to find people who are posting about attending rallies and protests. Apps on phones have also become a way for extremist groups to make contact.

11. BEWARE OF PEOPLE WHO: Use hateful words against a certain race, religion, gender, ethnic group, etc. Try to isolate you and encourage you to leave your home without telling your family Are convinced their cause justifies the use of violence Promise you a better life with more honor and money even a husband or wife Say that anyone with a different opinion is evil or is trying to trick you Use religious passages to justify hatred and violence.

12. HOW DO I KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE? Don t trust everything you read or hear as fact, even if several people say it. Ask hard questions and research what you hear. Don t trust Keep Keep lines of communication with friends and family open. Stay balanced. Hang out with people with a variety of backgrounds and viewpoints. Stay Change your privacy settings on your social media sties or apps to only share information with people you trust. Change

13. What is something new you learned during this presentation? TIME TO SHARE

14. CHECK OUT: WOULD YOU RATHER... EAT ONLY SAVORY FOODS EAT ONLY SWEET FOODS

15. HUMAN RELATIONS, DIVERSITY & EQUITY

16. TEACHER FEEDBACK