Corporate Meeting

Combating Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Our Communities

Monday, June 17, 2019
Speaker
Farah Pandith

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Author, How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat

Presider
Astri K. Van Dyke

Senior Counsel, Google, Inc.

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