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American Journal of Community Psychology

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Touchy Topics Tuesday: An Interracial Dialogue Program Promotes Understanding

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TTT participants engaged in behavioral shifts that can impact the racially segregated status quo. By understanding what motivates people to engage in groups like TTT, we can learn how to bring more people into discussion about racial justice.

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Suicidal Ideation in African American 9th and 10th Graders

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African-American adolescent suicide is a public health issue that stems from systemic racial inequities. A better understanding of how suicidal ideation manifests and the associated risk factors in African American youth helps inform more responsive and effective suicide prevention efforts.

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Taking a Strengths-Based Perspective for Community-Level Interventions and Policies with Black Men

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There is a gap in the research on the social-structural and community resources that enhance the resiliency of young Black men in the United States. We must shift our focus to emphasize the strengths and environmental attributes that facilitate the positive development and health of young Black men.

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Supports that White Mentors and BIPOC Mentees Need

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There is often a mismatch between volunteer mentors’ backgrounds and the diverse youth they serve. Anti-racism training and applying a social justice framework throughout the mentor-mentee relationship may be important to their success.

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Immigrants Who Actively Participate in Receiving Communities have Better Mental Health

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Active community participation is positively associated with a sense of community and adding value which, in turn, increases immigrant wellbeing. Supporting organizations in their outreach to immigrants and promoting their active engagement in the community can contribute to support immigrant mental health.

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Counterspaces: Fostering Healthy Identity Development

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The Cultural Identity Project facilitated a space where students spoke to their own empowering actions developing from critical awareness, healing, and solidarity. People with power in any system must work to uproot oppression for spaces to live up to their potential.

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Colonial Ideologies are Embedded in Unreturned Cultural Artifacts

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Cultural heritage is often found in the museums of colonizers. Returning historical artifacts to their rightful, original home is an important step to restoring that cultural heritage. A shift in thinking removes the colonizer’s viewpoint and replaces it with reclamation of indigenous history and pride.

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Intimate Partner Violence in People Who are Non-Cisgender and/or Heterosexual

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Social stigma puts LGBTQ+ people at a greater risk for IPV. IPV is under-reported in all groups, and this may be particularly true in the LGBTQ+ community. IPV can present differently in the LGBTQ+ community and therefore explicit and inclusive training for behavioral health professionals is needed.

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“At Risk” Framing of Black Youth Can Fuel Anti-Blackness in Research and Practice

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To counteract the effects of racism, community practitioners and researchers must take intentional steps to address common expectations for Black youth. Emphasizing Black youths and Black communities’ strengths and supporting their agency are essential.

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Physical Space Impacts the Founding of Sexual Assault Cases

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Physical space can affect police decisions in sexual assault cases. Communities with a greater number of Black, Latinx, and Asian residents, as well as wealthier communities, had higher rates of founding, but the effect was geographically uneven. Interventions addressing gender-based violence and systemic biases are needed so lower-resourced individuals or individuals part of minoritized groups […]

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