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Blog: Taíno Psychology Offers Different Ways of Thinking and Engaging in Academic Research

Posted in: Blog, Inspiration, Marginalized Groups
Indigenous Taíno psychology is not usually centered in mainstream western thought. My own Taíno lineage has been the “fertile ground” that has informed the spirituality that I practice.

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Towards Action in Community Psychology: Using Intersectionality to Promote Youth Development

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Intersectionality theory is particularly relevant in working with youth given that they are systematically disenfranchised due to their age. Youth is an opportune time to promote leaders advocating for social justice. Structural systems affecting youth can benefit from critical examination to inform more equitable systems.

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Blog: The Evolution of a Career: from Social Services to Community Psychologist

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My path to Community Psychology was long and winding. Many of the complex situations in my day-to-day job include working with mentally ill clients in dire situations, but there were always more questions than answers. The desire to learn more about my interest led me to research about the concepts of a sense of community […]

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Youth Can (and should) Lead Movements to Support Environmental Work

Posted in: Blog, Environment, Inspiration
Generation-based priorities lead youth to promote environmental sustainability, health, and social justice. Youth are capable of unique problem-solving and deserving of authority related to environmental sustainability, the built environment, and health, while showing that certain communities are disproportionately impacted by climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.

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Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice-Kayla DeCant

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Kayla DeCant has worked with different community and non-profit organizations conducting educational programming aimed at preventing sexual violence among adolescents and young adults. Her work aligns with Community Psychology values and her work is an excellent example of a prevention approach, combining administrative and direct service provider roles as well as bridging the gap between […]

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Living Community Psychology: Dominique Thomas

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Dominique Thomas is an early career Community Psychologist, that brings to his work lived experience, both as a black person and raised within a lower-income family. Surrounded by a supportive village of nurturing teachers and a determined grandmother, and being named “gifted” early, he has been able to succeed academically. Nevertheless, his early disadvantages can […]

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Celebrate and Replicate! Building Community through the New Bank for Community Solutions and Ideas

Posted in: Inspiration
Submit your stories of community-building, action, and hope to the The New Bank for Community Solutions!

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Peace Building and Conflict Transformation: The Work of Ramy Barhouche

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Ramy works in Lebanon at Search for Common Ground, an international organization that focuses on peace building by bringing different groups of people in conflict to work towards a unified solution.

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Living Community Psychology-Chris Nettles

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Chris’ work fulfills the practice of community psychology, providing a unique exemplar of the field’s potential reach.

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Living Community Psychology-Chris Nettles

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Chris Nettles was profiled in Spring 2013 as an advanced clinical/community graduate student who was completing a self-designed community/clinical internship.

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