Ethnic Minority Affairs

Advocacy initiatives related to ethnic minorities encompass health and health care disparities, foster care, cultural and linguistic competence, American Indian/Alaska Native health services, diversity in the mental health profession, immigration and the use of genetic information.

Government relations efforts within these areas are based on what the science and practice of psychology demonstrates to be effective with these populations.

• Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744)

• APA joins key partners to thank Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) for his support of the Indian Health Service (IHS)

• APA member provides expertise at Congressional Black Caucus event on veterans’ issues

• Psychology Summer Institute Fellows go to Capitol Hill for the Minority Fellowship Program

• PI-GRO presents at the second biennial Division 45 conference

• APA hosts congressional briefing on findings of APA Presidential Task Force on Immigration

• Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs advocates for Minority Fellowship Program

• APA continues leadership on advocacy for Minority Fellowship Program

• Minority Fellowship Program’s Psychology Summer Institute Trainees Tackle Advocacy

• APA testifies on American Indian/Alaska Native issues in the federal budget

• APA presents testimony on American Indian mascots

• APA makes rounds on Hill in support of Minority Fellowship Program

• PI-GRO Engages Critical Leadership at Multicultural Conference

• Mental health needs of immigrant children and families critical in immigration reform, psychologist says

• APA Initiatives on Immigration and Related Issues

• APA Testifies Before Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

• Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs

• Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs

• Division 45 — Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues

• Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General)

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

• National Working Group on Health Disparities and Health Reform

• Office of Minority Health