DUCC

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!

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 !

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.

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!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCvVURS0a3TqfEf2kXF2YvPdYilaos6Z63bvd3Pj_VxbIRJA/viewform

D.U.C.C. Focus Group Quacking Down On Misinformation

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!

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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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!

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!

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!

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.

We're working on Developing & Using Critical Comprehension in students who spend a large amount of time online.

Young children who learn digitally are especially at risk of being exposed to harmful information, and through comprehensive and up-to-date empathy based digital literacy, they can develop a toolkit to combat misinformation.

A sneak peek into what we’re working on- website coming soon!

Meet D.U.C.C.!

Our goal is to impart literacy and critical thinking skills to at-risk 1st-4th grade students. This initiative will teach students to correctly and accurately identify misinformation and extremism online and use problem solving skills to form opinions from verified sources.

Join us in quacking down on misinformation!