Own Your Voice (OYV) is all about giving and being a voice for women all over the world, with a special focus on Indigenous women of the Sierra Otomí-Tepehua region, women who PSYDEH empowers through its different programs. The project aims to increase visibility towards our media channels thus increasing possibilities, interactions, and potential, by […]
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Alejandra Ríos Pérez, Field Program Coordinator
PSYDEH’s dynamic staff is one of the reasons why we are a paradigm-changing Mexican grassroots organization. Our team is much more diverse than our peers, with people from all over the world representing diverse professional backgrounds. Having a multi-disciplinary team is by design; it is one of our Value Propositions. We thrive because of the diversity of […]
New Multi-year Tech Programming
PSYDEH is thrilled to announce multi-year programming to innovate a proof-of-concept for integrating culturally appropriate sustainability-focused tech like solar, as well as information and communication technology (ICT) like satellite wifi, cloud tools, low tech hardware into day-to-day operations, and the rural communities in which we live and work. What is the program? Our multi-year program […]
Danièla Degraux, Global Engagement
PSYDEH’s dynamic staff is one of the reasons why we are a paradigm-changing Mexican grassroots organization. Our team is much more diverse than our peers, with people from all over the world representing diverse professional backgrounds. Having a multi-disciplinary team is by design; it is one of our Value Propositions. We thrive because of the diversity of […]
A look back at 2021…
PSYDEH increased individual and collective agency and solidarity by doubling down on multi-year field programming as well as resource diversification efforts. COVID-19 & Climate change = Fieldwork Opportunities for Empowering Agency & Solidarity The complicated, rural landscape in which we work grew more so in 2021. COVID-19 and climate change cut access to electricity and […]
Isela Flores, Field Corps Trainer
PSYDEH’s dynamic staff is one of the reasons why we are a paradigm-changing Mexican grassroots organization. Our team is much more diverse than our peers, with people from all over the world representing diverse personal and professional backgrounds. Having a multi-disciplinary team is by design; it is one of our Value Propositions. We thrive because […]
PSYDEH’s First Ever Team Retreat
Starting strong in 2022 For the first time in the organization’s history, PSYDEH’s staff gathered together in Mexico City for a jam-packed three-day team retreat last month to empower the team as we launch our ambitious 2022 programming. Among a dynamic schedule packed with skills-focused training and team-building workshops, the team also welcomed guest Hanna […]
2021 Corporate Partner Win
Global healthcare company Johnson & Johnson (J&J Mexico), in collaboration with the Brazilian social business Phomenta, became our most recent corporate partner when they selected PSYDEH as one of 16 Mexican nonprofits to participate in their 2021 Corporate Social Acceleration Program (Marathon). The Marathon program Phomenta works with J&J Mexico to recruit multidisciplinary J&J professionals […]
SELF-DETERMINATION IN THE AMERICAS
We are excited about another win in our work to collaborate with allies empowering self-determination across the Americas. The Chacruna Institute of Psychedelic Plant Medicines’ Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative of the Americas program (IRI) chooses PSYDEH as one of only four Mexican organizations for their network of 20 non-profits across the Americas. The IRI and […]
Zoom, Team4Tech & PSYDEH
USA-based Zoom company has made a sustainable impact on PSYDEH thanks to our multi-phased, partnership since March 2021. Starting with a significant donation by Zoom’s Latinx employee resource group Somos in the 1st quarter in honor of International Women’s Day, our relationship deepened in the 2nd quarter thanks to a powerful interactive session hosted by […]