by Sentinel Project | Aug 29, 2011 | General News, Kyrgyzstan, Team Announcements
In June of 2010 the Kyrgyz Republic held a referendum which changed their form of government from a presidential system to a parliamentary democracy. In the lead-up to the referendum there was widespread ethnic violence. The majority of the violence was committed by...
by Sentinel Project | Jul 31, 2011 | Iran, Situations of Concern, Team Announcements
Tracking the recent developments in Iran and the ordeals facing the Bahá’í community there has been a sobering task as these events reflect some disturbing trends worth mentioning. An important part of our situation monitoring and analysis is observing patterns and...
by Sentinel Project | Jul 7, 2011 | General News, Team Announcements
Over the past few weeks members of The Sentinel Project have been following the events in Sudan with grave concern. News and NGO reports out of Abyei have described what many have called ethnic cleansing, and what may amount to genocide. Khartoum’s security...
by Sentinel Project | Jul 2, 2011 | General News, Team Announcements
Approximately 2 months ago, the Sentinel Project launched the first prototype of Threatwiki to start actively tracking two situations of concern: Kenya and Iran. We’ve learned a lot from the initial monitoring process that we’ve build around the system,...
by Sentinel Project | Jun 17, 2011 | General News
Over the past few months I’ve had the good fortune to represent The Sentinel Project at a few conferences in the San Francisco Bay area, where I’m based. The conferences were a diverse array of learning and networking opportunities, as each focused on a different...
by Sentinel Project | Jun 16, 2011 | Team Announcements
We’re looking for a few interns to work with us through the summer (or beyond) on a project based in the San Francisco Bay area. The project is primarily an administrative and operational one, so interested persons with a background in nonprofit management and...
by Sentinel Project | Jun 14, 2011 | General News
One of the newest members of our team, Tom Balemesa, was fortunate enough to attend the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) second annual conference on Preventing Violent Conflict. This is his report. The field of peacebuilding has evolved over time and the USIP...
by Sentinel Project | Jun 9, 2011 | General News, Team Announcements
Welcome back everyone, I just wanted to write a blog post to inform you all on some of the things that have been going on with our team! If you have not read my previous post, my name is Rahma Adnan, and I am a recent addition to the research team at the Sentinel...
by Sentinel Project | May 12, 2011 | General News
The CUTC (http://cutc.ca/) conference is a major event that draws students interested in science, technology and entrepreneurship across Canada each year. This year we were invited to set up a table at the Tech Expo part of the event. We don’t usually do a lot...
by Sentinel Project | May 10, 2011 | Kenya, Team Announcements
The Sentinel Project has initiated a new situation of concern (SOC) regarding the high risk of genocide in Kenya. Our research team recently applied the first phase of the early warning process by conducting a comprehensive risk assessment that took into account the...
by Sentinel Project | May 9, 2011 | Team Announcements
UPDATED August 5th 2013 Please read a more updated description of the current state of Threatwiki http://thesentinelproject.org/introducing-threatwiki-3-0-warsaw-a-big-update-for-sentinel-projects-genocide-risk-tracking-platform/ — For the past few months, the...
by Sentinel Project | Apr 15, 2011 | Team Announcements
Sentinel Project team members Collin Sullivan, Christopher Tuckwood and Taneem Talukdar had the opportunity to meet with Congressman Tim Walz, the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, on Friday. In 1993, Congressman Walz was a teacher...
