Dr. Almas (Ally) Merchant is a clinical psychologist, Director and Clinical Supervisor at Stress & Trauma Evaluation and Psychological Services (STEPS), and American Psychological Association (APA) Council Representative for Division 39, the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology. She also co-chairs the Global Issues and Global Human Rights Caucus and co-hosts the Couched podcast.
Dr. Linda Woolf is a Professor of Psychology and International Human Rights at Webster University and was elected 2027 president of the American Psychological Association. Her work addresses human rights education, peace psychology, and the psychosocial roots of genocide and torture.
Engage your students on issues of racial justice and human rights with this new educator resource collection.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration…
OUR MISSION
The Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA) is a collaborative network to learn, teach, organize, advocate, and innovate for human rights education in the United States.
We are pleased to announce the launch of NOIWE Academy, a new international learning initiative that brings Transformative-Emancipatory Pedagogy (TEP) into practice through live online courses, collaborative learning spaces and programmes for institutions.
Understand how global diplomacy works and navigate the politics of the United Nations.
12 hours, 7 weeks
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