A Modern Example of Colonialism: We Will Not Forget Ayotzinapa

Issues

We define community broadly and engage in communities of many kinds. Pieces are arranged topically and the list of issue topics is continually expanding.

Impact of Community Violence on Youth

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Mental Health, Poverty and Socioeconomic Status
Community violence impacts all youth, not just youth who are directly exposed to the violence.

Addressing Classism in the University

Posted in: Education, Marginalized Groups, Poverty and Socioeconomic Status
Published in: American Journal of Community Psychology
Financial stress can have a significant impact on well-being. Colleges and universities can create opportunities for students to build empathy around social class.

The Psychological Value of Activism

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Marginalized Groups | Tags: Research
Published in: American Journal of Community Psychology
LGBTQ & 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.

Photograph of children playing in a fountain

How Universal Approaches Can Maximize Prevention Efforts

Posted in: Prevention Science, Public Policy
Universal services prevent stigma, normalize help seeking, and often have higher rates of service acceptance.

Photograph of kids in an afterschool program

Improving After-School Programming

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Sense of Community | Tags: Research
Published in: American Journal of Community Psychology
We can improve the effectiveness of afterschool programs by setting high expectations for youth, encouraging staff teamwork and engagement, and providing opportunities for staff to personally identify with youth they are serving.

Time Well Spent (in communities)

Posted in: Prevention Science, Sense of Community
Published in: Australian Community Psychologist
Advance beyond traditional methods of psychology by recording the contexts in which they are embedded.

What is Decolonialization and Where did it Come From?

Posted in: Marginalized Groups
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Colonization is the exploitation of resources and imposition of European cultures and geopolitical powers upon Indigenous (native) cultures. Learn more about its impact today.

Leonard Jason, director of the Center for Community Research

How and Why Community Psychology Focuses on Prevention

Posted in: History of Community Psychology | Tags: Podcasts
Lenny Jason explains that Psychology is more than therapy by examining the field of community psychology.

Pathways to Decolonizing the Sex Industries

Posted in: Inspiration, Marginalized Groups
Former 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.

A Modern Example of Colonialism: We Will Not Forget Ayotzinapa

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Inspiration
The struggle for decoloniality of knowledge is happening not only in rural Mexico, but in the United States and in marginalized communities all over the world.

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