Expert Voices on Atrocity Prevention is a podcast by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The podcast, hosted by Global Centre Deputy Executive Director Jaclyn Streitfeld-Hall, features one-on-one conversations with practitioners from the field of human rights, conflict prevention, atrocity prevention and other related agendas. These conversations aim to provide a glimpse of the personal and professional side of how practitioners approach human rights protection and atrocity prevention. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and YouTube. Please subscribe for new episodes.

In this episode we sat down with Jai-Ayla Sutherland and Kelsey Paul Shantz, Program Officers for Mass Violence and Atrocities at the Stanley Center for Peace and Security. Jai and Kelsey discuss their work on preventing mass violence, including their recently published co-edited volume, Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered. The conversation highlights the importance of early warning and structural prevention, with a particular emphasis on the role of city leaders in addressing identity-based harm. They also underscore the need for stronger collaboration between global and local actors to enhance prevention efforts and improve community safety.