On 5-6 November 2018, the National Counterterrorism Center hosted the seventh annual Terrorism Prevention Practitioner Conference, “Terrorism Prevention: Addressing both Domestic and Foreign Terrorism in the U.S.” The conference brought together approximately 250 practitioners from across federal, state, and local government to discuss best practices,...
Good 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 our team and the Counter Extremism Project....
Remarks 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 for the deaths of 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Dylan Roof, convicted in the mass murder of nine at a...
Moussaoui 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 young men are separated by citizenship, family ties and often miles of ocean, yet...
The '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 Convetit. They contributed original research on The ‘MPOWER Project’s theory - Identity Vulnerability - as it relates to understanding...
Westminster 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, Egypt, 9 April 2017. These dates and cities, and the acts that...
On 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 the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. to discuss the importance and...
They 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 peddling white nationalism and hatred of Jews to Twitter. But they have more in common than any of them would...
The '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: Outbranding Extremism Through Marketing and New Media. Additionally, we presented our findings in a research report for...
The '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, Social Impact Through Entrepreneurship, focused on how new organizational models can promote important social impact goals in...