Issues
Issues
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.
Posted in: Aging, Children, Youth and Families, Immigrant Justice, Marginalized Groups, Public PolicyPublished in: American Journal of Community PsychologyDeportation has numerous detrimental impacts on individuals who are deported, and on the families and communities they are forced to leave behind. This policy statement reviews the empirical literature to describe the effects of deportation on the individual, families, and the broader community, in order to inform policy and practice recommendations.
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Posted in: Blog, Violence PreventionPublished in: The Community PsychologistModel legislation provides great opportunity for Community Psychologists to intervene. This is clearly a fitting issue for CPs to take on now, especially in the wake of the gun violence in Parkland, Florida.
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Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Education, Substance Use, Violence Prevention | Tags: Community Practice BulletinPublished in: Community Practice BulletinWhile guidance from organizations ranging from the American College Health Association to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault to the Centers for Disease Control recommends that campuses address alcohol and sexual assault, there is limited concrete guidance as to how campus practitioners should actually do so. To address this critical […]
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Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Education, Marginalized Groups | Tags: Community Practice BulletinPublished in: Community Practice BulletinThis article seeks to add a deeper understanding of the context that many first-generation minority college students have endured prior to getting to higher education, specifically the disproportionately high number of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their long-lasting impacts.
Read MorePosted in: Blog, Children, Youth and Familiessubmitted by Bernadette Sánchez Recent longitudinal studies show that Black adolescents and adults from low socioeconomic backgrounds who are resilient are also more likely to get physically sick. However, White adolescents and adults from similar backgrounds are immune to this negative outcome. For example, a study of Black, low-income adolescents revealed that those who were resilient (as […]
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Posted in: Coalition Building, Mental Health, Self Help | Tags: PracticeEmbodied practice invites people to become informed by their bodies, attuned to their physical needs and experiences, and accepting of their natural selves.
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Posted in: Coalition Building, Education, Sense of Community | Tags: PracticeGood intentions are never enough. Sometimes, there are unintended consequences of our community partnerships.
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