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Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice

What Does Blackness Mean in Puerto Rico? Opening a Dialogue to Embrace Our Heritage

Posted in: Anti-Racism
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Puerto Ricans can be challenged with their African ancestry. Researchers wrestled with memories of childhood, oral traditions of ancestry, historical evidence, and live observations towards Blackness on the island. Narrative evidence contributes to the challenges of unlearning anti-Blackness in the lands that have thrived because of the Transatlantic slave trade.

Collective Attempts to Break from White Body Supremacy

Posted in: Anti-Racism
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
White bodied peoples can challenge racist status quos through culture-building and anti-racist curiosity. Relational and group work is necessary to build individual and group resiliency. Professionals attempting to do anti-racist community development must be willing to reflect on the ways in which they are responsible for anti-racist work.

“Here to Stay”: A High School Course formed with Community Psychology

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Marginalized Groups
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Latinx high school students co-create and co-lead a course focused on identity and social action providing an example for others creating transformative educational opportunities for marginalized students.

Logic Model of FAI Services including empowerment, crisis intervention, and safety.

Supporting Community-Based DV Services Through Academic Collaboration

Posted in: Coalition Building, Marginalized Groups
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Interventions to reduce negative effects of domestic violence are highly context dependent. Latina DV survivors face unique socio-cultural barriers when seeking services. Community-based resources can be supported by collaborative academic partnerships to strengthen the evaluation component of the work.

Body Mapping: Measuring Well During the Swell

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Mental Health
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Creative expression in nature can be empowering for vulnerable groups. There is a growing body of evidence for the benefits of “blue space.”Surf therapy can be a restorative experience, particularly for children with Autism. Body Mapping can be used to help create a richer picture of the potential health and wellbeing outcomes.

Surf’s Up for Youth Mental Health

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Environment, Marginalized Groups, Mental Health
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Surf therapy, an emerging intervention, can increase hope among youth at-promise. Surf therapy is an effective intervention to increase positive self-identity, and feelings of safety and inclusion.

Mental Well-Being in Men of Color

Posted in: Marginalized Groups, Mental Health | Tags: Research
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
We can use lived experience to generate strategies to enhance the mental health and well-being of men of color.

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.

Using Photovoice as a Community-Building Tool

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Marginalized Groups, Sense of Community
Published in: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Photovoice increased the level of psychological sense of community and the wish for future participation in a group of teenagers who live in a vulnerable, multicultural neighborhood in southern Spain.