[Announcement from SCRA-L]
This issue of the Global Journal contains several very interesting articles
on issues that are incredibly current. The first article is especially
important in light of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the USA,
and community responses to health care access. The second article discusses
community resilience in terms of place and adaptive resilience in light of
disaster relief efforts and the recovery process that occurs in communities
following disasters. A third discusses the implementation of an art therapy
program among youth in terms of themes of heroism and honor in a multicultural
environment. This innovative approach is discussed in Jungian terms, with great
relevance for a community psychology audience due to its liberation psychology
and applied approach to early intervention.
The fourth article focuses on the Eco-Community conferences, popular with
graduate students throughout the United States. It provides a colorful narrative
history, and helps us understand not only the evolution and progression of
ideas in community psychology, but the incredibly important influence the
leadership of graduate students provide as well. The fifth article in the list
is a critical and thoughtful reflection on community based research and
graduate training, focusing on lessons learned from two recent graduates of
community psychology programs in Canada. The final article in this issue is the
summary of a symposium held at the 4th International Community Psychology
Conference in Barcelona in 2012. This symposium discusses several international
perspectives on intimate partner violence. The authors are from Hawai'i and
Puerto Rico, and provide a rich discussion on the nature of the problem in multiple
ethnic contexts.
In addition, there are two submissions that feature the work of SCRA mini
grantees. One of them focuses on issues of rape and response on college
campuses. This is a video presentation that is worth everyone's time to watch
(about 18 minutes long). The presentation is powerful and provides a thoughtful
reflection on the issues and challenges of survivors. The second mini-grant
presentation focuses on a community psychology approach to climate change on
the island of Tuvalu in the South Pacific, and its affect on the residents
there.
We present three videos from the interviews conducted by Jim Kelly in the
mid-1990's. The first is a panel of women interested in feminist perspectives
on community psychology and community research. The second is an interview with
Ed Wellin, a sociologist and community-oriented anthropologist that spent
considerable time studying community life in Peru. The third is a panel
discussion from the 1997 SCRA Biennial Conference on the social contexts of
community psychology. More of these videos can be seen on our Vimeo.com channel
(http://vimeo.com/gjcpp/videos).
Access the new issue at: http://www.gjcpp.org/.
We hope that you will enjoy this issue of the Global Journal as much as we enjoy providing it to you.
Sincerely,
Vincent T Francisco,
and the entire GJCPP Management Team
LIKE us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/GJCPP
SUBSCRIBE to the Global Journal at: http://www.gjcpp.org/subscribe.php
SUBMIT materials for consideration in the Global Journal to
editor@gjcpp.org
----------------------------------------------------------------
Vincent T Francisco, PhD
Associate Professor
Editor, Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
Dept of Public Health Education
The Univ. of North Carolina at Greensboro
437 HHP Building, P.O. Box 26170
1408 Walker Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 USA
voice: 336.334.5520,
Fax: 336.334.3238
vincent_francisco@uncg.edu
No comments:
Post a Comment