APAGS Committee for the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Diversity Strategic Plan

A new APAGS strategic plan that will integrate the missions of the individual APAGS subcommittees will take effect in 2019. The most recent strategic plan for the APAGS Committee for the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Diversity (CARED) is available below.

Promote access to mentoring for racial/ethnic minority graduate students. 

• Research and highlight opportunities for students to receive/give mentoring. 

• Facilitate student access to mentoring programs. 

• Provide virtual happy hours. 

• Provide video lectures on ethnic minority issues; feature experts offering tips for graduate. students. 

• Collaborate with other groups to develop a “preparing future faculty” training initiative specific to ethnic minorities.

Cultivate partnerships to expand resources for racial/ethnic minority students.

• Serve as an entry point, collaborator, or resource to external groups. 

• Establish contact with student leaders and faculty mentors from different associations, offices, divisions and other groups.  

• Foster relationships with groups by attending their respective conferences.

Promote the recruitment, retention, and graduation of psychology graduate students from diverse backgrounds.

• Provide venues for students to share strategies for success and learn more about existing resources for ethnic minority graduate students. 

• Market and disseminate the APAGS Resource Guide for Psychology Graduate Students of Color. 

• Work with APAGS Advocacy Coordinating Team to recruit ethnic minority Campus Representatives and State Advocacy Coordinators. 

• Work with APAGS member at large-membership to identify strategies for recruiting ethnic minority students into leadership pipelines. 

• Review applications for APAGS-CARED training grants for recruitment and retention of ethnic minority graduate students. 

• Manage APAEMGS listserv as a resource for graduate students to communicate and share important resources. 

• Disseminate information about the Minority Fellowship Program to graduate students.

Increase access to diversity training and education with an emphasis on social justice.

• Increase awareness and create opportunities for dialogues to address student training and education. 

• Provide webinars and pre-recorded video lectures on diversity and social justice-related topics. 

• Continue to gauge student needs for training and support. 

• Model efforts for the APAGS Committee toward competence around issues of diversity.

Advocate for our diverse constituency.

• Advocate for the Minority Fellowship Program. 

• Collaborate with government relations office to provide skill-based training in advocacy. 

• Disseminate information about advocacy to educate APAGS members, including action alerts. 

• Advocate within APA on policies related to ethnic minorities.