DUCC

09/29/2022

Last week, D.U.C.C. attended the Eradicate Hate Global Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We had the opportunity to connect with top experts from around the world and to sit on a panel examining innovations to fight extremism.

During the panel, we screened our award-winning animation "Daniel's First Day", and discussed D.U.C.C., the power of student-designed preventions, & what anti-extremism professionals can bring to the prevention space.

It was an honor to attend the summit & talk about D.U.C.C.'s plan to change the world!

09/29/2022

Earlier this month, we started working with the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University and we have some exciting projects in the works!

Our team has been busy creating new lesson plans (a few related to the upcoming election), applying for grants, attending anti-hate conferences, dubbing our animation "Daniel's First Day" in Spanish, working on our IRB submission, & bringing D.U.C.C. into classrooms across the country!

If you would like to contact us about partnerships, donations, or questions, feel free to email us at [email protected].

We will be posting in-depth updates about all of our ongoing & new projects... so stay tuned and keep !

09/29/2022

Slightly delayed, but we are honored and ecstatic to announce that D.U.C.C. took home 1st place in the 2022 Spring Invent2Prevent competition! After the competition, we partnered with The Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University as well as the McCain Institute's sustainability program to continue the project.

05/25/2022

Calling all — D.U.C.C. is looking for YOU to be a part of important research & participate in a ! If you’re interested, please fill out the form below!

Quacking Down On Misinformation

05/20/2022

After deliberation, the I2P and DHS judges announced three finalists to present their projects in a final presentation event to a panel of senior executives and guests. American University, D.U.C.C., is one of them and we will be presenting in front of the Department of Homeland Security on June 22! We are honored to represent AU and to show off all our hard work! Thank you for following us on this journey and stay tuned as we continue our work!

05/20/2022

We conducted two focus groups to gauge students’ learning and qualitatively gain testimonials and perspectives from teachers. Our results show that after the lesson activities and watching the short animation, all students who participated knew misinformation is harmful!

For more information about our measures of effectiveness, check out our updated D.U.C.C. guide for teachers or the guide for parents on our website. Link in bio!

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04/30/2022

We are passionate about helping at-risk primary school students learn media literacy & ways to check their sources because it is essential to preventing online radicalization & exposure to extremist propaganda... join us in our efforts to !

from is another Spring 2022 hard at work! Follow their accounts to learn more about the amazing work they have undertaken to help safe guard our elementary and middle school youth from the threat of targeted violence and terrorism!

04/26/2022

Teachers & Parents!

Looking for resources on the link between extremism and the internet? Want to learn more about the lesson plans we created and the research we found? Head over to the resources tab on our website and read the D.U.C.C. Guide!

04/23/2022

We are thrilled to announce that our website www.DUCC.online has OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED! Check out the variety of lesson plans, resources, and activities for students & teachers!

04/21/2022

While younger students are our target audience, we believe in creating a tool that involves and supports the people who are the backbone of our society- parents and educators. Through lessons and resources based in empathy and human connection, we hope to contribute to creating a society prepared to resist false information in an emotionally intelligent way.