Linda Hartling and James Vetter Meet With Yoav Peck

Linda Hartling, associate director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, and James Vetter, project associate at the Open Circle Social Competency Program, met with organizational consultant Yoav Peck who was visiting the United States from Jerusalem. Peck has been instrumental in promoting human dignity as a national school subject in Israel. He and Hartling serve on the education team of the global network Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HDHS). Hartling also serves on the academic board and contributed to the development of the new, electronic Journal of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, which launched its first edition in March. The journal is co-sponsored by HDHS and the University for Peace, in Costa Rica (http://www.humiliationstudies.upeace.org).