Alderman Foundations Founders Visit BS&L

The Psychology program of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership (BS&L) welcomed a visit and guest presentation with Steve and Liz Alderman, founders of the Peter C. Alderman Foundation. Dr. and Mrs. Alderman founded the Peter C. Alderman Foundation in the name of their son, who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. They founded this foundation with the goal to help people to rebuild, recover and thrive. The Foundation is a humanitarian and social innovation agency with operations in Africa and Asia, with programs to strengthen mental health and recovery for communities devastated by war and armed conflict. Dr. and Mrs. Alderman presented some of the Foundation's work with war traumatized populations in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia to Psychology program cadets and faculty. This work includes the First Lieutenant Daren M. Hidalgo Program for returned child soldiers in northern Uganda, maternal mental health programs, and psychosocial programs for South Sudan refugees interned in Rhino Camp in northern Uganda.