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The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice
The Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI) and the APA Public Interest Directorate are pleased to invite you to attend “The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice” during the 2007 APA Convention in San Francisco, California. This series of programs is sponsored by BAPPI and the Public Interest Directorate and cosponsored by the APA Committee on Aging (CONA), the APA Committee on Children, Youth and Families, (CYF), the APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA), the APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology (CDIP), the APA Committee on Women and Psychology (CWP) and Divisions 27, 45, 51, and 9.
This series of programs will seek to explore some of the following questions:
- How alive and well is the value of social justice in our society today;
- What is the impact of social injustice on public interest constituencies (racial/ethnic minorities; women; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities; children, youth and families; older adults; disabled persons and persons living with HIV/AIDS)? I.e., how does social injustice play out differently across these different groups; and
- What are positive impacts of social justice?
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Time: 10:00 - 11:50am
The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Public Policy and Mental Health Implications of Immigration: Local, State, and Federal Perspectives
Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor - West Building, Room 2005
Chair: Jose M. Cervantes, PhD
Presenters: Margarita Alegria, PhD; The Honorable Antonio R. Villarraigosa, JD; The Honorable Gloria Romero, PhD; The Honorable Michael Honda, JD
Discussant: The Honorable Lelan Y. Yee
Time: 11:00am - 12:50pm
The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making us Sick? A Preview of a PBS Documentary and Discussion
Location: Moscone Center, Second Floor - West Building, Room 2010
Chair: Margaret B. Heldring, PhD
Presenters: Larry Adelman, California Newsreel; Nancy E. Adler, PhD; Troy Duster, PhD
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Time: 2:00 - 2:50pm
The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Vulnerable AND Impressionable: Social Inequality and Children's Exposure to Health Risks
Location: Moscone Center, West Mezzanine - South Building, Room 252/254/256
Chair: Barbara H. Fiese, PhD
Presenters: Eileen Zurbriggen, PhD; Brian Wilcox, PhD; Barbara H. Fiese, PhD
Time: 3:00 – 3:50 pm
The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice - Aging and Health
Disparities:Cumulative Effects of Race, Gender and SES
Location: Moscone Center, Room 224
Chair: Rosemary Blieszner, PhD
Participant/Discussant(s): David Chiriboga, PhD, Barbara Yee, PhD, James S Jackson, PhD, Toni C. Antonucci, PhD
Time: 4:00 - 4:50pm
The Psychological and Health Impacts of Social Injustice: Mental Health Effects
of Racial Profiling and Stereotyping
Location: Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Building, Room 232/234
Presenters: Nadia Hasan, MA; Muninder Ahluwalia, PhD; Rhoda Olkin, PhD; Irene Leigh, PhD
Discussant: James Jones, PhD
For information on other programs being sponsored by the APA Public Interest Directorate, please visit our website at www.apa.org/pi/convention_2007.html.
Call for Nominations: Commission on Accreditation (COA) Public Interest/Individual and Cultural Diversity Seat
The APA Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest (BAPPI) is seeking nominations to fill the Public Interest/Individual and Cultural Diversity Seat on the Commission on Accreditation (CoA). The individual appointed will serve a three-year, non-renewable term that will commence on January 1, 2008.
BAPPI is seeking the nomination of psychologists who bring scholarly expertise on issues of individual and cultural diversity in the context of advancing the science and practice of psychology in the public interest for appointment to a three-year, non-renewable term.
The CoA meets 3 times per year (March/April, July and October) for approximately 4 days each (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun am) in meetings where comprehensive reviews are conducted of doctoral, internship, and postdoctoral residency programs in professional psychology. In an effort to facilitate the transition to the larger Commission on Accreditation, the CoA will have an additional 4 day meeting in January or February 2008, that will consist of reviewing and developing accreditation policies and procedures and an orientation for the Commission as a whole. For additional information about CoA please visit the APA Accreditation home page at www.apa.org/ed/accreditation.
Nomination Process
BAPPI will review the nominations submitted and develop a three person rank ordered slate. The three person rank ordered slate will be provided to the Board of Educational Affairs (BEA). BEA will review the slate and make the final appointment to the seat.
Nomination Materials
Each candidate is asked to submit a statement that includes the following information:
Name:
Address:
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
Nominator:
Date:
- Willingness to serve if appointed,
- Description of experience in psychology training and/or as an accreditation site visitor
- Discussion and description of why the nominee wishes to fill the public interest/individual and cultural diversity seat on CoA; his/her experience and ability to represent the range of public interest issues and diversities (i.e. race, ethnicity, gender, aging issues, socioeconomic status concerns, sexual orientation, and disability issues); and commitment to protection of the public in the accreditation process
- Discussion and description of any other relevant experience
- Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
The aforementioned nomination material must be received by Monday, August 27, 2007. Material may be sent to CoA Public Interest Seat Nominations, c/o Donnie Graham, Administrative Coordinator, Public Interest Directorate Executive Office, at the APA Address or via Email.
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