Hello and Happy New Year! We are pleased to inform you that the most recent issue of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology now has been published and can be found on the Journal’s new website:
https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp

The articles in this issue are:

“There Are Many Social Evils and Only We Can Cure It”: A Thematic Content Analysis of Privileged Indian Youth’s Perspective on Social Issues
Sriya Bhattacharyya, Jasleen Kaur, Gabriel Corpus, M. Brinton Lykes, Martin Heesacker

Social Distance from Mental Illness Among Counseling, Social Work, and Psychology Students and Helping Professionals
Douglas R. Tillman, David D. Hof, Aiste Pranckeviciene, Auksė Endriulaitienė, Rasa Markšaitytė, Kristina Žardeckaitė-Matulaitienė

Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling Services for Refugee and Immigrant Adolescents
Lisa Hoffman, Shifa Podikunju-Hussain, Melissa Fry

Remembrance and Gratitude to Tod “Thea” Theodore Sloan
Rebecca L. Toporek

The latter article is a tribute to the Co-Founding Editor of this Journal, Tod Sloan, whose recent sudden death shocked and saddened all that knew and admired him. Tod’s vision and inspiration to promote social justice advocacy, activism, and scholarship helped shaped this Journal and will continue to be embraced in this publication in the years to come.

​If you would like to submit a manuscript for possible publication in this open access, free Journal, please visit https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp

Peace,
Lawrence H. Gerstein, Ph.D. & Pamela Valera, Ph.D.
Co-Editors, Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology
https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp

Call for Papers: Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology
http://jsacp.tumblr.com

Mission: Founded in 2007, the mission of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP) is to promote deep reflection on community change and system transformation in which counselors, psychologists, and other human service professionals play a role. This open access journal aims to highlight ‘engaged scholarship’ and the very important social change work done by professionals and activists that would not normally find its way into publication. The journal attempts to break down the divide between theory and practice in one of the most critical areas of our work: social transformation toward social and ecological justice and peace. This journal features action oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and implementation, training, legislation) that has been conducted by the submitting author(s) and not proposed work or simple conceptualizations of issues. JSACP features four unique sections:

• Activism and Advocacy
• Education and Training
• Policy and Theory
• Program Development and Evaluation
  

How to submit? Articles submitted to JSACP are subjected to a masked review. We currently accept articles in English and Spanish. There are no deadlines to submit a manuscript. To submit an article and to learn more about the journal, visit: http://jsacp.tumblr.com

Publication costs: As a fully open access journal, all articles are available free of charge on the journal website and there are no submission fees.

Co-Editors: Lawrence H. Gerstein, Ph.D., Ball State University
Pamela Valera, Ph.D., The Rutgers University – The State University of New Jersey
Sponsors: Counselors for Social Justice & Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Publisher: Ball State University Center for Peace & Conflict Studies

For further information: editorjsacp@bsu.edu

Follow us on: Facebook (@Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology) and Twitter (@JSACP)

Abstracting and Indexing information:
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing)
ArticleFirst (OCLC)
Educational Research Abstracts
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO Publishing)
Scopus
SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO Publishing)

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The Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP; http://jsacp.tumblr.com) is seeking a Social Media Coordinator. The social media coordinator will be responsible for managing all social media content (e.g., Facebook, twitter, instagram, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Manage JSACP’s Facebook (@Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology) and Twitter (@JSACP)
• Find relevant articles in academic sources, reliable media sources, etc. related to social justice-locally, nationally, and internationally and posting them.
• At least 3 posts a week on Facebook page.
• At least 3-6 tweets per day on twitter.
• Form relationships within the social media community to engage other professionals working in organizations that are engaged in social justice work.
• Engage with relevant FB accounts (i.e., friending, commenting on material, sharing material on and from JSACP page) of:
  • Academic departments
  • Other scholarly journals
  • Community Based Organizations
  • Non-profits / Non-governmental organizations
  • People involved in social justice work with large online followers
• Engage with relevant Twitter accounts (i.e., following, retweeting, tweeting at, exchanging a heart for a heart) of:
  • Academic departments
  • Other scholarly journals
  • Community Based Organizations
  • Non-profits / Non-governmental organizations
  • People involved in social justice work with large social media presence

Monthly Deliverables

• 40 New Facebook followers
• 40 new twitter followers
• Identify 12 new organizations/people/journals to follow on twitter
• Identify 12 new organizations/people/journals to like on Facebook
• Minimum Qualifications
• Expertise in social media including strategies to increase postings and traffic on social media outlets.
• Enjoy involvement with social media activities (e.g., engaging with social media accounts multiple times a day).
• Self driven and motivated.
• Creative and enjoy taking on new responsibilities.
• Have an understanding of and passion for social justice and action.

To Apply
Email the following information to Professor Lawrence Gerstein (lgerstein@bsu.edu) by March 12, 2018:

• Statement explaining:
  • Interest in the position.
  • Details of experience with various forms of social media.
  • Background and interest in social justice and action.
• Resume

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Co-Editors: Lawrence H. Gerstein, Ph.D., Ball State University
Pamela Valera, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Sponsors: Counselors for Social Justice & Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Publisher: Ball State University Center for Peace & Conflict Studies

Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology

​http://jsacp.tumblr.com

Mission: Founded in 2007, the mission of the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology (JSACP) is to promote deep reflection on community change and system transformation in which counselors, psychologists, and other human service professionals play a role. This open access journal aims to highlight ‘engaged scholarship‘ and the very important social change work done by professionals and activists that would not normally find its way into publication. The journal attempts to break down the divide between theory and practice in one of the most critical areas of our work: social transformation toward social and ecological justice and peace. This journal features action oriented articles, meaning manuscripts that discuss actual work (e.g., advocacy, activism, research, policy formulation and implementation, training, legislation) that has been conducted by the submitting author(s) and not proposed work or simple conceptualizations of issues. JSACP features four unique sections:

• Activism and Advocacy
• Education and Training
• Policy and Theory
• Program Development and Evaluation

How to submit? Articles submitted to JSACP are subjected to a masked review. We currently accept articles in English and Spanish. There are no deadlines to submit a manuscript. To submit an article and to learn more about the journal, visit: http://jsacp.tumblr.com
Publication costs: As a fully open access journal, all articles are available free of charge on the journal website and there are no submission fees.
Co-Editors: Lawrence H. Gerstein, Ph.D., Ball State University
Pamela Valera, Ph.D., New York University & Nathan Kline Institute
Sponsors: Counselors for Social Justice & Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Publisher: Ball State University Center for Peace & Conflict Studies
For further information: editorjsacp@bsu.edu
Follow us on: Facebook (@JSACP) and Twitter (@JSACP)
ISSN 2159-8142
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Rachael D. Goodman, PhD, LPC
President (2017-2018), Counselors for Social Justice, a division of the American Counseling Association
Associate Professor, George Mason University
email: rgoodma2@gmu.edu