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CSJ Webinar Announcement

8/29/2017

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CSJ Webinar: Social Justice Counseling and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement on September 1st at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2 p.m. ET

*If you plan to attend the webinar mentioned below, please respond to Laura Pignato via email at csjprofessionaldevelopment@gmail.com by Wednesday (8/30/17) to be added to the attendee list. The zoom meeting allows for 50 attendees. Thank you.*

Dear Colleagues,

Counselors for Social Justice is excited to announce the third webinar in an ongoing series focused on providing important social justice information and support to our membership and the communities we serve. Members can earn 1 CEU by attending the webinar.

As such, we are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting that will facilitate this webinar. You do not need a zoom account to access the zoom meeting or need to download any software, just click on the access link at the time of the meeting.

Below you will find the webinar description along with the zoom meeting link to join on 9/1 at 11 a.m. if you are PT or 2 p.m. if you are ET

Title: Social Justice Counseling and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
Presenters: Joseph M. Williams, University of Virginia; Ahmad R. Washington, University of Louisville; Janice Byrd, Kent State University

Description:

Counselors should help contest hyper and hostile policing, which adversely affects the mental health and well-being of people from marginalized populations, (especially Blacks) (Turner, 2016). This interactive webinar presentation considers how combining the ACA advocacy competencies with the #BlackLivesMatter Movement can assist counselors in combatting hyper and hostile policing in Black communities.
  • Participants will learn about the Black Lives Matter movement
  • Participants will examine the historical context of police brutality and racial profiling and its effect on mental health.
  • Participants will learn how to respond to injustice and contribute to movements such as the #BlackLivesMatter Movement using the ACA Advocacy Competencies
Link:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/581988195 (use this link if participating from your laptop)
Or iPhone one-tap :
  • US: +14086380968,,581988195#  or +16468769923,,581988195#
Or Telephone:
  • Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
  • US: +1 408 638 0968  or +1 646 876 9923
  • Meeting ID: 581 988 195
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=3xM1RVwa0l9AgbR_cGh_NlgkS_Ogc3y-
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Laura Pignato, M.S.College of William & Mary
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Professional Development Chair, Counselors for Social Justice
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Helping Those Affected by Harvey

8/29/2017

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At every ACA Conference, counselors are able to become trained in disaster mental health response through the American Red Cross. Here is information from the American Red Cross if you, or another counselor you know, is interested in deploying to Texas to help with Harvey.

​The American Red Cross has activated a Direct Deployment process to recruit new Disaster Mental Health (DMH) volunteers to assist with hurricane relief efforts. Volunteer recruitment information for health and mental health professionals can be found at

http://www.redcross.org/…/hurricane-harvey-health-professio…


Please consider becoming a Red Cross volunteer and assisting the people and communities affected by this devastating storm. Disaster Mental Health (DMH) volunteers must have a master’s degree or higher and be licensed or certified in a mental health profession (if retired, they must have held a license/certificate within the past 5 years). The Red Cross will provide training, transportation, food and lodging. It is expected that DMH volunteers will serve on the operation for one week or longer, plus two travel days.
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Charlottesville

8/16/2017

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Dear CSJ community,

I want to share with you how we’re working to respond to the recent events in Charlottesville. The CSJ board is working on an official statement as well as a online meeting for those interested in developing ways to respond. We have also created a folder within ACA Connect where I invite you to post resources, personal reflections, or anything else that you’d like to share with our community. To access the folder, log into ACA Connect, go to the CSJ Community page, click on the Library tab, select the “Charlottesville and Related Resources” folder, and upload documents using the “New” button on the left under Folder Contents.

Many of us were likely not entirely surprised by the events Charlottesville, since we are under no the illusion that white supremacy, bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and more aren’t common in our country. I am, however, sad and angry and scared, as I am almost every day when I hear about some new, terrible hate crime, violent act, or bigoted rhetoric or policy. And I’m relatively safe as a straight white cis woman. I hope that this wakes more people up and that people of conscience work together for justice and against bigotry — both the overt forms we are seeing as well as the more subtle and insidious forms of bigotry. I hope we work in solidarity with all groups targeted — people of color, immigrants, Muslims, Jews, women, the LGBTQ community, and more. I hope we are outraged and that it spurs us to action. I had the opportunity to join some of the protests in Washington, DC this weekend, and being in community with those on the side of justice was energizing and heartening. I hope we will speak up when and where we can, because, in the words of Audre Lorde, “Your silence will not protect you.”

Thank you for being part of our community. Please reach out if you would like to be part of our efforts.

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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
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Statement in Response to Charlottesville Incident

8/13/2017

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Statement in Response to Charlottesville Incident
August 2017
In response to the recent racially driven violent event in Charlottesville, the members of Counselors for Social Justice division of the American Counseling Association, make this statement. 

We abhor the senseless acts of violence and displays of hatred towards our brothers and sisters. We “value an inclusive society where people are accepted regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, culture, physical ability, religion, age, or sexual identity. Any discrimination is harmful to the well-being of the individual and our society (ACA, 2017).”

As a division that works to promote social justice in our society through confronting oppressive systems of power and privilege that affect professional counselors and our clients and to assist in the positive change in our society, we respond to this event with this statement and social justice action.  ​

We will be providing lists of ideas of actions that can be undertaken in response to this act soon. 

​For more resources and information visit:

https://www.counseling.org/news/updates/2017/08/14/aca-responds-to-charlottesville-violence
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Call for Papers

8/8/2017

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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
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