What is CVE? |
Where did it come from? |
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Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) is a framework that institutionalizes the fallacy that Muslims are inherently violent, and especially targets individuals who express signs of religiosity and/or political activism. CVE outsources policing to community leaders by training them to profile people based on religion, race, and politics.
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CVE in the United States was launched under the Obama administration and modeled after the “Prevent” strategy in the United Kingdom. Similarly to Prevent, CVE began with funding from federal law enforcement institutions, like the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, to entice Muslim leaders and organizations to this framework. While it is framed as “soft counterterrorism,” it is a predatory move towards self surveillance and community disruption.
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OUR DEMANDS ARE SIMPLE:
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DIVEST
End the CVE (Countering Violent Extremism) framework within DHS, DOJ, and the FBI. |
REPAIR
Community forums and congressional hearings led by impacted/Muslim communities on the harms of CVE and reparation |
INVEST
Reallocate all CVE funding under DHS and DOJ to other non-law enforcement federal agencies under guidance of impacted communities |
Whether it’s called #COINTELPRO, #CVE, #TVTP or CP3, we know these "counter-terrorism" programs serve the same goal: criminalizing #BIPOC communities, quelling social movements, and strengthening the prison-industrial-complex under the guise of “national security”. While campaigning, Biden promised to end the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Program (TVTP). Instead, DHS simply rebranded the same Islamophobia and racist CVE framework into a new counterterrorism program named CP3: the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3).