APA exhibit hits the road
See how Mamie Phipps Clark, PhD, and other notable women-of-color psychologists shaped the field when APA’s "I AM PSYCHED!" multimedia exhibit tours the United States this year. The display highlights the ways the first women-of-color psychologists inspired social change and paved the way for many more women of color to pursue psychology careers. Stops on the tour include Denver, Pittsburgh, Tacoma, Washington, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. See the schedule at
https://bit.ly/IAmPsyched
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Voice support for modernizing licensure
In most states, the pre-internship hours that doctoral students earn don’t count toward licensure. Advocate to change this using APA’s State Psychology Licensure Toolkit, which offers advice, sample advocacy letters and a time line of change in 17 states.
Boost your career
APA’s Psychology Summer Institute is a mentoring program for advanced doctoral students and early career psychologists whose work focuses on improving ethnic-minority mental health. The institute will be held July 8–14 in Washington, D.C. Apply by May 1 at https://bit.ly/MFPSummer.
APA’s education principles go global
The APA document listing the most essential psychological research for boosting teaching and learning—the "Top 20 Principles from Psychology for PreK–12 Teaching and Learning"—has now been translated into 10 languages. Go to
https://bit.ly/Top20Principles
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Motivate your patients
Learn how to nudge your patients toward healthier choices in the live webcast "Applying Brief Motivational Interviewing in Healthcare Settings" on April 20, 1–4 p.m. EST. The webcast is $65 for APA members; $80 for nonmembers. Register at https://apa.bizvision.com.
Win $5,000 for team research
Apply by May 1 for APA’s $5,000 prize for Interdisciplinary Team Research, which recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary team.
Did you know?
APA Style experts answer more than 3,500 style questions each year. Go to https://apastyle.org.