Empathy for Peace promotes  empathy research and education with a specific focus on the translation of empathy research to dismantle systems of oppression and build  fair, just and peaceful communities.

Board of Directors

Haifa Staiti
Executive director
Social Worker/ Psychotherapist

Kitchener, Canada

Strategic Advisory Board

Ahmad Abu-Akel
Advisor
​Professor
 School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa
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Simon Baron-Cohen
Chair
Professor and Director
​Autism Research Centre Cambridge University
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Amy Matchen
Advisor
Director, My Main Street 


Toronto, Canada
Eva Armour
Advisor
Director of Strategy and Programs
Seeds of Peace
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New York​ , USA
James Leckman
Advisor
Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatrics
​Yale University