Please see a collection of talks, national security related events and forums that The ‘MPOWER Project team has participated in and been asked to contribute expertise to.
KEYNOTE PRESENTER: UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT
October 20, 2019The ‘MPOWER Project’s Creative team presented Campaign NOW I AM_ to three agencies at the United Nations on June 30, 2019 – the UN Office of Counterterrorism; UN Alliance of Civilians; Counterte...
Expert Panelist: Terrorism Prevention Practitioner Conference 2018 | National Counterterrorism Center
November 05, 2018On 5-6 November 2018, the National Counterterrorism Center hosted the seventh annual Terrorism Prevention Practitioner Conference, “Terrorism Prevention: Addressing both Domestic and Foreign Terrorism...
Keynote Speaker: The Preventing Violent Extremism Forum
October 17, 2018Good morning - As Founder and President of The ‘MPOWER Project - I’d like to begin by extending a warm welcome to all of you here today - distinguished guests, friends and colleagues. On behalf of o...
Expert Panelist: UN Group of Friends of PVE “Social Media and Recruitment to Violence”
March 27, 2018Remarks Presented to: Group of Friends of Preventing Violent Extremism/United Nations Presented by: Christy Grace Provines on behalf of The ‘MPOWER Project February 27, 2018 Omar Mateen, responsible f...
Published: Understanding Radicalization through the lens of ‘Identity Vulnerability | Journal of International Affairs Online’
September 29, 2017Moussaoui Oukabir, Khuram Shazam Butt and Rashid Redouane, Salman Abedi, Ahmad Khan Rahimi, Said and Cherif Kouachi, Omar Mateen and a host of others are names crowding the headlines today. These youn...
Expert Contributor: Peacebuilding and Violent Extremism Forum | Peace Direct
September 12, 2017The ‘MPOWER Project was invited to participate as expert contributors to the Peace Direct Global Virtual Research Forum on Peacebuilding and Countering Violent Extremism, powered through Conveti...
Published: Counterterrorism is increasingly about winning hearts and minds | Journale of International Affairs Online
August 03, 2017Westminster attack – 4 killed, London, UK, 22 March 2017; Saint Petersburg Metro bombing – 14 killed, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 3 April 2017; Palm Sunday attack – 45 known dead, Alexandria and Tanta, ...
Speaking Engagement: Engaging Narratives: The New (Old) Battlefield | Department of Defense
April 05, 2017On May 23 and 24, 2017, sixty experts from various organizational sectors, representing the Department of Defense, U.S. Government, non-governmental organizations, industry, and academia convened at t...
Published: How Social Media makes us extremists and what to do about it | Journal of International Affairs Online
April 01, 2017They are unlikely bedfellows: Sunni Islamists declaring a caliphate across the Middle East, ranchers attacking a federal wildlife refuge headquarters while refusing to pay taxes, and neo-Nazis peddlin...
Speaking Engagement: State Department’s Global Engagement Center Research Forum
March 10, 2017The ‘MPOWER Project was invited to present at the State Department’s research fair, hosted by the Global Engagement Center. Christy presented on the topic of Taking Back the Narrative: Out...
Speaking Engagement: Social Impact Through Entrepreneurship Panel at Columbia | SIPA
March 04, 2017The ‘MPOWER Project’s Co-Founder, Sara Lind, spoke about the organization at a Panel hosted by Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs on March 4, 2017. The panel, Soci...
Published: The Key to Sustainable Development – Technology and an open, free, secure internet | Access Now
October 06, 2016Co-authored and written on behalf of Access Now, a digital security policy NGO focused on the intersection of technology, digital media and human rights. The U.N.’s “Global Goals for Sustainable Deve...
