Teaching

Teaching Experience

Bard College / Al-Quds University, Abu Dis, Palestine

Lecturer in Human Rights and Writing

Courses Taught:

Teaching and Research Interests

Non-Profits, Foundations, Social Movements, and Solidarity

Non-profits and foundations: Objectives, critiques, and alternative approaches / saviorism (particularly, the ‘White savior complex’), White supremacy, and ‘do no harm’ in non-profits and foundations
Advocacy and communications skills (including how to write advocacy and communications strategies, advocacy letters, op-eds, and press releases)
Solidarity: solidarity economies, solidarity grantmaking, and international solidarity
Social movements in the U.S. and other countries: Connections and lessons
Anti-colonialism and decolonization

Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs

Civilian protection and ‘humanitarian intervention’: Objectives, critiques, and alternative approaches
Genocide and other mass atrocities (crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing)
Human rights and collective rights

Policing and Public Safety

Policing and public safety (examining the legal aspects, alternative approaches to public safety, and campaigns and movements)

United States / Turtle Island

Past and present human rights violations, mass atrocities, and inequality in the U.S. – from the history of slavery and genocide to their current legacy and other violence and inequities, including: the criminal “justice” system, the immigrant detention system, and racial, ethnic, class, gender, and other disparities in education, health, housing, employment, wealth, and voting rights

Palestine

Past and current violations of International Humanitarian, Human Rights, and Criminal Law in Palestine

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Alfons Morales