Speaking up about Palestine: Impact on American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African Communities

People of Color in Psychology

Speaking up about Palestinian humanity is such an important topic especially in the field of psychology which prides itself in trying to address and treat human mental suffering. In fact, understanding the impact of geopolitical conflict is a must if we want to challenge racism. Otherwise how can we adequately show up for American Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African (AMENA) colleagues, students, and clients? Listen to our conversation with Dr. Khaghani, the advocacy committee co-chair from the AMENA-Psychological Association.

AMENA-Psy’s Website:

https://www.amenapsy.org/

Statement on Anti-Palestinian/Anti-Arab/MENA Hate

Statement on Guidelines for Working with MENA Students

Statement on Palestinian Solidarity

Webinar - How to talk about Palestine: Allyship for the MENA community

Support AMENA-Psy:

Donate 1-time or be a sustaining member - https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=ZBp6PmjGF2Klrd_0mRszvU8uHkefVIdqMTVzF2dmIp1UzF_16gknZDCqGTmbgsShfLQjeMuaFSfUoCdn

Research Papers mentioned:

Awad, G. H., Kia-Keating, M., & Amer, M. M. (2019). A model of cumulative racial–ethnic trauma among Americans of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) descent. American Psychologist, 74(1), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000344

Resources:

Jewish Voice for Peace - https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org

Continuing Education:

https://www.tmcinstitute.org/continuing-education

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Music Samples:

Announcement - Aleksey Chistilin - Desire for Freedom

Intro 1 For you Palestine

Intro 2 by Oleksandr Savochka - Uplifting Cinematic Journey

Outro by Alex Kizenkov - Inspirational Cinematic Adventure