"Rural is...Toward a Working Definition

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Establishing Environmentally Sustainable Practices through Community Engagement: A “Greener” Approach to the “Wicked Problems” of Industrialization

Posted in: Blog, Environment
Published in: The Community Psychologist
We can change our own individualistic lifestyle and adapt a more community-oriented and prosocial approach to environmentally sustainable behavior.

Leveraging our Role as Community Psychologists through Op-Eds and Letters to the Editors to Advocate for Immigrant Justice

Posted in: Immigrant Justice
Published in: The Community Psychologist
How to write Op-Eds to support social justice.

Peace Building and Conflict Transformation: The Work of Ramy Barhouche

Posted in: Coalition Building, Inspiration
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Ramy works in Lebanon at Search for Common Ground, an international organization that focuses on peace building by bringing different groups of people in conflict to work towards a unified solution.

Inclusion and Collaborative Design: School-Based Health Centers (SBHC)

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Education
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Collaboration between school-based health centers and community nonprofits through a shared-staffing model provides organizational enhancement, assists in academic attainment, improves health outcomes, and affirms belonging, a crucial developmental attribute for historically marginalized youth.

Trust, Momentum, and Readiness: Trust-Building in Police-Community Partnerships

Posted in: Criminal Justice, Marginalized Groups
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Serve & Connect has a mission to ignite positive change and strengthen communities through building positive police and community partnerships. Read more on how Serve & Connect has developed a comprehensive, evidence-informed, community-centered model for promoting safety, resilience, and well-being to facilitate positive community level change through effective community collaboration.

Fan Activism and Community Psychology

Posted in: Blog, History of Community Psychology, Marginalized Groups
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Fan activism is a new area of interest that looks at how organized communities of fans come together to take action in promoting diversity, education and other focal community psychology topics.

Hate Crimes, Gun Violence, and Extremism: The Role of Community Intervention and Positive Intergroup Contact

Posted in: Criminal Justice
Published in: The Community Psychologist
How can communities become more proactive to prevent senseless tragedies from reoccurring and identify extremism and hate crime indicators?

Living Community Psychology-Chris Nettles

Posted in: Inspiration | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Chris’ work fulfills the practice of community psychology, providing a unique exemplar of the field’s potential reach.

“Am I Doing This Right?”: Helping Housing First Clients Navigate Difficulties Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research

Posted in: Housing, Prevention Science
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Community-based participatory research and community psychology share similar values and goals to benefit to marginalized communities. CBPR is becoming increasingly common in community psychology research.

Picture Representation of Definition of Rural

“Rural is…”Toward a Working Definition

Posted in: Rural Communities
Published in: The Community Psychologist
What is rural? We explore this topic with an overview of commonly used definitions, commentary on their gaps, and thoughts about alternative ways to classify “rural communities.”