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Marginalized Groups
We believe that historical injustices create multi-generational patterns of discrimination. Much of Community Psychology injects this perspective within their work on every topic. Some research focuses exclusively/primarily on groups impacted by injustice and marginalization.
Posted in: Aging, Marginalized GroupsThe Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is a theory to explain how people change behavior; outlined in five stages of change; pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance.
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Posted in: History of Community Psychology, Inspiration, Marginalized GroupsChris 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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Posted in: Housing, Inspiration, Marginalized GroupsPublished in: The Community PsychologistGentrification–commonly understood as the transformation of areas with high levels of affordable housing into areas targeting middle and upper income uses— provokes a range of losses.
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Posted in: Inspiration, Marginalized GroupsPublished in: The Community PsychologistKyrah Brown talks about her academic journey and receiving the 2019 SCRA Early Career Award.
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Posted in: Marginalized Groups, Sense of Community | Tags: Featured ContentPublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyFinancial stress can have a significant impact on well-being. Colleges and universities can create opportunities for students to build empathy around social class.
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Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Marginalized Groups | Tags: Featured ResearchPublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyLGBTQ & GNC youth experience economic hardships and social stress in ways that continue to pose a threat to their health and well-being. Engaging in activist efforts can potentially improve their health in addition to furthering social change.
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Posted in: Marginalized GroupsPublished in: The Community PsychologistColonization is the exploitation of resources and imposition of European cultures and geopolitical powers upon Indigenous (native) cultures. Learn more about its impact today.
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Posted in: Inspiration, Marginalized GroupsFormer sex worker, Christa Sacco discusses decoloniality by and with people in the sex industries to inspire a different type of conversation around the sex industries, sex work, and human trafficking.
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Posted in: Marginalized Groups, Public Policy, Sense of Community | Tags: Featured ResearchThe inhumanity of detention has far reaching effects on communities outside of the detention facility.
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Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Marginalized Groups, Public Policy | Tags: Featured ContentA companion to our policy statement, this infographic is useful for immigration-related advocacy.
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