Emily Sample, PhD
@dremilysample.bsky.social
Director of Research, Evidence, & Learning @ Alliance for Peacebuilding. Passionate about human rights/climate change/gender/conflict prevention (she/her)
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On Sunday, the International Association of Genocide Scholars said that Israel’s nearly two-year military campaign in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left swaths of the enclave in rubble, meets “the legal definition of genocide.”
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars' association says
Israel's foreign ministry called the resolution “disgraceful,” but it added to a growing chorus from rights groups concluding that Israel is committing genocide.
wapo.st
September 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
On Sunday, the International Association of Genocide Scholars said that Israel’s nearly two-year military campaign in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and left swaths of the enclave in rubble, meets “the legal definition of genocide.”
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The IAGS has declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide:
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
genocidescholars.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The IAGS has declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide:
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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🚨While conflict is inevitable, violent conflict is not. Your donation helps AfP #MeetTheMoment to prevent and reduce violent conflict and build sustainable #peace.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🚨While conflict is inevitable, violent conflict is not. Your donation helps AfP #MeetTheMoment to prevent and reduce violent conflict and build sustainable #peace.
Donate today: www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/donate
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The Minnesota shooter who killed a state Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t a lone wolf, insists a scholar of political violence.
Violent extremists are almost always part of broader networks, and the myth of the isolated madman obscures the networked reality of far-right violence.
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Violent extremists are almost always part of broader networks, and the myth of the isolated madman obscures the networked reality of far-right violence.
buff.ly/zDPigDV
Violent extremists like the Minnesota shooter are not lone wolves
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
theconversation.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Minnesota shooter who killed a state Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t a lone wolf, insists a scholar of political violence.
Violent extremists are almost always part of broader networks, and the myth of the isolated madman obscures the networked reality of far-right violence.
buff.ly/zDPigDV
Violent extremists are almost always part of broader networks, and the myth of the isolated madman obscures the networked reality of far-right violence.
buff.ly/zDPigDV
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AfP calls on the US Government to reverse its termination of life-saving and conflict prevention programs and instead conduct a thorough, transparent review of existing foreign assistance programs.
Read AfP's statement:
www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...
Read AfP's statement:
www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...
The Alliance for Peacebuilding Calls on the U.S. to Reverse the Termination of Life-Saving and Conflict Prevention Programs and Develop a Strategy that Addresses Global Violent Conflict. — Alliance fo...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2025 CONTACT Rachel Levine | rachel@allianceforpeacebuilding.org Washington, DC, USA — On February 26th, the Trump Administration asserted it plans to...
www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
AfP calls on the US Government to reverse its termination of life-saving and conflict prevention programs and instead conduct a thorough, transparent review of existing foreign assistance programs.
Read AfP's statement:
www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...
Read AfP's statement:
www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...
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I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun
I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun
This year’s CPAC gathering has been a victory lap for Trump supporters, who have devoted their time at the event to praising the president and his accomplishments.
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun
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AfP is currently collecting anonymized stories of impact of the U.S. foreign aid freeze, on-the-ground and organizationally.
Tell us how your work makes America—and the world—safer, stronger, and more prosperous here: form.jotform.com/250283550568...
Tell us how your work makes America—and the world—safer, stronger, and more prosperous here: form.jotform.com/250283550568...
AfP Collection of Foreign Assistance Stop-Work Order Impacts
Please click the link to complete this form.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
AfP is currently collecting anonymized stories of impact of the U.S. foreign aid freeze, on-the-ground and organizationally.
Tell us how your work makes America—and the world—safer, stronger, and more prosperous here: form.jotform.com/250283550568...
Tell us how your work makes America—and the world—safer, stronger, and more prosperous here: form.jotform.com/250283550568...
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Stopping U.S. foreign aid makes America—& the world—less safe, less secure & less prosperous. The stop-work order on U.S. foreign assistance is a wrecking ball approach that will increase global chaos & war. #UnfreezeAid #PausethePause
Our statement: www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...
Our statement: www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...
February 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Stopping U.S. foreign aid makes America—& the world—less safe, less secure & less prosperous. The stop-work order on U.S. foreign assistance is a wrecking ball approach that will increase global chaos & war. #UnfreezeAid #PausethePause
Our statement: www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...
Our statement: www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/afp-publicat...