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Sense of Community

A psychological sense of community is a term intended to describe the experience and feeling of a community rather than a description of its structure and rules. This psychological sense of being is one of the foundational concepts in the field of Community Psychology.

What is Active Transportation and Why?

Posted in: Marginalized Groups, Sense of Community | Tags: Featured Research
Published in: The Community Psychologist
The healthy approach to transportation planning is to pay attention to the intersectionality of our transportation systems and specific desired outcomes: our community health; safety; access; livability, quality of life and quality of neighborhoods; environmental justice; and equity. Learn more about intersectionality and transportation planning!

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Social Action Challenging Privilege and Oppression: How Emerging Adults Decide What to Do and When

Posted in: Sense of Community
Published in: American Journal of Community Psychology
Emerging adults reflect on social issues broadly and think critically about how and when to become involved in action. This work can inform strategies to engage individuals in social justice efforts aimed at creating social change across the life-span.

Spirituality and Community Building with The Community Toolbox

Posted in: Sense of Community | Tags: Resources
Chapter 28 of The Community Toolbox helps practitioners learn how to build communities of compassion, justice, and other spiritual assets.

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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.

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What is Life Like in an Immigrant Detention Center?

Posted in: Immigrant Justice, Marginalized Groups, Public Policy, Sense of Community | Tags: Research
The inhumanity of detention has far reaching effects on communities outside of the detention facility.

How to Use Feedback Loops to Engage your Community

Posted in: Coalition Building, Sense of Community
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Involving marginalized voices in the community can be difficult. The Feedback Loop process is one way to more authentically engage more folks.

Just Living is Not Enough: Community Gardens Promote Life and Connection to Others

Posted in: Environment, Sense of Community
Community gardens are more than pretty spaces. We can (and should) measure pro-social community-level programs to better understand how and why they work.

Do Others Understand Us? – Dr. Chris Keys, Dr. Crystal Steltenpohl, Kevin Ryan & Jordan Reed

Posted in: Sense of Community | Tags: Podcasts
On this episode of RadioActive I bring you the Online Technologies Lab researchers who shared their work on Online Fighting Game Communities.

Sense of Community: Let’s Build it Together!

Posted in: Sense of Community
Published in: American Journal of Community Psychology
One of every 30 people live outside of their country of birth. Immigrants and longer-term residents often transform their sense of community—their feelings of belonging and mattering to the community, and beliefs that they will meet their needs through the community—in the new communities they share together.