<p>The Institute for Healing of Memories (IHOM) is an organization whose mission seeks to empower “individuals, communities, and nations through healing of memories.”</p> <p>In close cooperation with IHOM’s Executive Director, NYU SPS’s Center for Global Affairs (CGA) students conduct research and analysis of current and past peacebuilding and reconciliation processes and practices in IHOM’s current focus countries like Bosnia Herzegovina, DRC, Nepal, and the US. These current IHOM projects focus on trauma healing, capacity-building, women’s self-empowerment, child soldiers, adverse childhood experiences, sexual violence in the US military, and the ethnic/religious composition of a country’s political institutions.</p> <p>Students worked with the organization on several deliverables, including three reference or background chapters for IHOM workshop facilitators and two workshop intake surveys for women survivors of sexual violence in the DRC, in partnership with the DRC-based non-governmental organization Heal Africa.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span class="p-body">Global consulting practicums are a signature part of the learning experience at <a href="/content/sps-nyu/about/academic-divisions-and-departments/center-for-global-affairs.html">NYU SPS’ Center for Global Affairs</a>. Collaborating with top organizations such as the United Nations, the US State Department, non-governmental organizations, and private firms, NYU SPS CGA offers practical, hands-on learning experiences in international policymaking through its global consulting practicums.</span></p> <p><span class="p-body">Under faculty supervision, the full-credit-bearing practicums have become a key element in the program’s commitment to bridging classroom learning with practical applications.</span></p>

<p><span class="p-body">Every NYU SPS degree student can build a portfolio of work through hands-on learning experiences such as Real World projects, global field intensives, consulting practicums, internships, and capstone projects.</span></p> <p><span class="p-body">To learn more about our hands-on learning experiences, please visit <a href="/content/sps-nyu/experience/how-youll-learn.html" target="_blank">How You’ll Learn</a>&nbsp;for more information.</span></p>