Tag: activism and psychology
Climate Change, Mental Health and Collective Action: An Interview with Jennifer...
In an interview with MIA's Akansha Vaswani, narrative therapist Jennifer Freeman calls for a shift away from individualistic approaches to 'eco-anxiety' and toward responses that connect us all to a counter-tsunami of action for the planet.
‘Father of Black Psychology’ Joseph L. White Dies at 84
From Times Union: Joseph L. White, a psychologist, social activist, and teacher who helped pioneer the field of black psychology, has died at age 84.
"In the...
Agency and Activism as Protective Factors for Children in the Gaza...
Researchers recommend a âpolitically-informed focus', including activism, when assessing children and designing interventions in areas of chronic political violence.
âHow We Learned to Stop Worrying About People and Love the...
For Tom Dispatch, historian Rick Shenkman âexplores the biological phenomena that may well underpin our appalling lack of empathy, the animal instincts that allow so many of us to stand by in the face of unspeakable acts,â and âhow the stories we tell ourselves and others might offer us a path to overcome our utterly human inhumanity.â