Ackerman’s Community Book Club is a pathway to curiosity. We invite you to read one book each month that explores diversity, equity, and inclusion. The books on our list have been selected with the aim of increasing knowledge, empathy, willingness, and skill to confront xenophobia as therapists, educators, and lifelong learners, in the personal and professional spaces we occupy.
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family is standing in solidarity with Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, and other athletes who have led by example, taking a stand on personal needs and mental health. We support the courage it has taken for these athletes to speak up about emotional challenges and the importance of taking control of
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Sandy Chernick’s friends and family have created this scholarship to honor her memory and to acknowledge the transformative impact of her externship at Ackerman on her professional and personal life. At Ackerman she honed her unique approach to family & couples therapy and formed lifelong friendships. Sandy was an extraordinarily talented and humane family &
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family stands with people around the world in marking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-Binary, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Pride. We honor the trailblazers, many of whom are transgender women of color, who stood up for their rights and for the rights of generations of people to follow. We continue to remain deeply
The Ackerman Institute for the Family takes a strong stance against hate and violence. We continue to stand alongside principles of togetherness, compassion, and understanding. In recent weeks members of the Israeli and Palestinian diaspora have been deeply impacted by the conflict in the Middle East. Discrimination based on cultural differences has caused unimaginable human suffering. Our
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The Ackerman Institute for the Family is outraged and heartbroken at the increasing hate targeting Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander communities. We stand together with our friends in grief and in solidarity. Racially motivated hateful rhetoric and hate-based crimes of Asians and Asian American Pacific Islanders is a long-standing issue in the U.S. Incidents
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March is Women’s History Month. This year we celebrate the first Black and South Asian woman to become Vice President of the United States. The election of Vice President Kamala Harris means that girls and women of all ages and races can see that they have the possibility to reach the upmost levels of leadership
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We are pleased to announce the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s 60th Anniversary Conference: Play & Creativity in Family Therapy. This full day professional symposium features innovative workshops, a special retrospective by Dr. Evan Imber-Black, and a keynote presentation by leading play therapist, lecturer, and writer, Dr. Eliana Gil. Join us on April 9, 2021.
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