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Towards Action in Community Psychology: Using Intersectionality to Promote Youth Development

Posted in: Blog, Inspiration
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Intersectionality theory is particularly relevant in working with youth given that they are systematically disenfranchised due to their age. Youth is an opportune time to promote leaders advocating for social justice. Structural systems affecting youth can benefit from critical examination to inform more equitable systems.

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!

Blog: The Evolution of a Career: from Social Services to Community Psychologist

Posted in: Blog, Inspiration
Published in: The Community Psychologist
My path to Community Psychology was long and winding. Many of the complex situations in my day-to-day job include working with mentally ill clients in dire situations, but there were always more questions than answers. The desire to learn more about my interest led me to research about the concepts of a sense of community […]

PAR and Photovoice: Using a Decolonized Lens Working with Communities

Posted in: Anti-Racism, Blog | Tags: Featured Content
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Given the ubiquitous polarizing gap that has been dividing and driving U.S. political affairs, we have an opportunity to use participatory approaches and listen to those most impacted in innovative ways. Aspects of Participatory Action Research (PAR) can be utilized to support engagement, organizing, and conversations around community issues.

Beyond Diversity Statements: Necessary Considerations for Designing Health Equity Approaches

Posted in: Anti-Racism, Blog, Healthcare | Tags: Featured Content
Published in: The Community Psychologist
What does “anti-racism” look like in healthcare? It is early intervention, affordable, integrated, trauma-informed, and strengths-based.

Blog: My Upcoming Plans to Decentralize Colonialism and Provide Space for Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Posted in: Anti-Racism, Environment, Rural Communities
Published in: The Community Psychologist
White cultural complexes can be embedded in non-profit organizations. “Sustainable” practices are often rooted in Indigenous knowledge. Indigenous cultures and their history of land-care need to be honored.

Brief Report: Analyzing Radical Self-Care Origins and Community Self-Care Practice

Posted in: Marginalized Groups, Self Help | Tags: Featured Content
Published in: The Community Psychologist
It seems very normalized for Black women to make ultimate sacrifices to personal health and wellness for the betterment of others. Heart disease, stroke, diabetes, breast cancer, cervical cancer, fibroid tumors, premature birth rates, sickle cell disease, sexually transmitted diseases, and mental health issues are killing Black women in the United States at disproportionate rates. […]

The Great Replacement Theory: Linkage to The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

Posted in: Marginalized Groups | Tags: Featured Content
Published in: The Community Psychologist
How do we begin to make sense out of these continuous attacks on Black and Brown bodies in America? We can decenter whiteness and move equity and inclusion to the forefront. by dismantling conspiracy theories and ideologies that seek to destroy and harm.

The Community Psychologist Podcast Episode 4: Dr. Geraldine Palmer

Posted in: Marginalized Groups
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Dr. Geraldine Palmer joins TCP’s Dominique and Allana to discuss her work on the concept of cultural looting, covering the stolen Benin artifacts which are now in British museums. We hope you enjoy the conversation and find it informative! Listen Here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZtAefEP1e970ObJkJDJEv?si=46e767ae21664f1c

Voices of the Youth Climate Justice Movement

Posted in: Blog, Environment
Published in: The Community Psychologist
How do youth view and categorize success? How do they deal with the burnout and frustration that inevitably comes when those most interested in changing the status quo have the least power to fix it? We explore questions regarding youth climate justice successes and challenges, posing them within an intersectional framework.