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Dr. Michael Wessells

A former member of the PENS Task Force. He is a professor of clinical population and family health at Columbia University and a professor of psychology at Randolph-Macon College. He also advises widely within the U.N. system on issues of child protection and protection from human rights violations.

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Slavery Apology

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