Recently, IACP staff had the opportunity to attend several side events in New York City in conjunction with the United Nations Leaders’ Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. The events were organized in part by the U.S. Department of State and numerous non-profit organizations, including the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Counter Extremism Project. The key themes from each event were community engagement, youth initiated programs, equality for women, and building community and international networks to confront extremism in communities around the world. At the all-day Global Youth Summit Against Violent Extremism, participants browsed the “marketplace of ideas” where more than 40 different youth-run countering extremism programs were showcased.