As the old saying goes, knowledge is power. Today, with the help of researcher Rachel Hatcher, the Sentinel Project team gained some expert knowledge on the history and context surrounding the Guatemalan genocide. Rachel is currently in Guatemala researching the ways in which the massacres are...
[Blog post by Rebecca Dixon] Our Mount Allison chapter will be bringing attention to the Situation of Concern in Iran this week as it co-hosts a film screening of the documentary Letters from Iran. We are very excited to have Dr. Hans von Sponeck, a former United Nations Assistant Secretary...
[written by Emily Tamfo] It’s not surprising that in recent years, film seems to be one of the most effective means of conveying provocative topics such as genocide (Hotel Rwanda is but one example). Not only does film have the unique ability to captivate an audience for long periods, but they can...
In the past year, the Sentinel Project has seen many great changes within the organization. One of our proudest accomplishments is SP’s University Chapters. Not only have we exceeded the number of chapters we expected to have at this time, we could not be happier about the achievements of our...
[written by Tuan Nguyen and Erika Suzuki] We are excited and proud to announce that our campus chapter at UC Berkeley has been selected to attend the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University. Tuan and Erika, the chapter’s co-directors, will travel to George Washington University in Washington, DC...
[written by Rebeka Seyfried] This past fall, Mercyhurst College became the first international university chapter to work with the Sentinel Project. Our chapter consists of six team members who will be working together on assessing the risk of genocide against Iranian Bahá’ís. This is because,...
After a few weeks of social networking and interpersonal campaigning, the final numbers are in for my birthday wish fundraiser. While the original goal of $1,000 was perhaps overly-ambitious, we did manage to raise a cool $500! That money will go toward further development of our early warning...
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