Protecting Places of Worship Forum Facilitator Guide for Community Leaders

CRS developed this facilitator guide to provide community leaders with step-by-step instructions on how to plan and implement a Protecting Places of Worship (PPOW) Forum. A PPOW Forum is a three-hour program in response to a series of violent acts against houses of worship in multiple communities across the United States and is designed to increase the security of local religious centers. This guide directly addresses the person responsible for organizing the PPOW Forum, referred to as the facilitator. The following is a link to the associated PPOW program brochure: https://www.justice.gov/file/1376571/download