Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology

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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

CSJ Webinar Series 2017

Greetings CSJ Community!

On June 29th, CSJ held its first webinar in an ongoing series focused on providing social justice information and support to our membership and the communities we serve.

Dr. Selma de Leon-Yznaga presented on the topic of policy changes and legislation related to immigration. Below is her PowerPoint presentation in PDF, and CSJ will soon  post the video.

Thank you to those who were able to attend and for your feedback about the webinar.

Supporting Immigrant Families in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty CSJ Webinar Series 2017 (1) (1)

Hello CSJ members!

We currently seeking a co-editor for our newsletter. The newsletter is put out quarterly and distributed electronically to our members. We have one member who has graciously volunteered to serve already, and we need one additional person to serve as co-editor. The typical term is three years and the CSJ Board is ready to lend lots of support in the process. If you are interested and/or want to learn more about the position, please email me: rgoodma2@gmu.edu. We also want to thank our outgoing editor, Shannon Ng, who has done a wonderful job, along with the graphic design expertise of Ghil Onyou Hong.

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Rachael D. Goodman, PhD, LPC
President Elect (2016-2017), Counselors for Social Justice
Associate Professor, George Mason University
email: rgoodma2@gmu.edu

*If you plan to attend the webinar mentioned below, please let us know via email or message so we can get an idea of how many plan to participate. Thank you.*

Dear Colleagues,

Counselors for Social Justice is excited to announce the first webinar in an ongoing series focused on providing important social justice information and support to our membership and the communities we serve.

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 first webinar description along with the zoom meeting link to join on 6/29 at 12 pm (ET)

Title: Supporting Immigrant Families in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty

Description:  Recent policy changes and legislation related to immigration have resulted in fear and confusion for citizens and unauthorized immigrants in the United States.  The purpose of this webinar is to increase awareness of current political issues and their potential impact on the immigrant population by providing

• an overview of the Executive Order on Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements and “sanctuary” legislation;
• empowerment interventions for clients; and
• social advocacy strategies and resources for clinical and school settings.

Presenter Bio: Dr. Selma de Leon-Yznaga is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley located on the southern border of the United States and Mexico.  With over 25 years of experience in clinical and school settings, she is committed to scholarship and advocacy related to immigration and refugee populations. She served as CSJ President in 2013-14 and founded the Texas Counselors for Social Justice in 2007.
Zoom Code:

Topic: Supporting Immigrant Families in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty

Time: Jun 29, 2017 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

(It is best to join by clicking this link) – Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: zoom.us/j/568889661

Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16465588656,,568889661# or +14086380968,,568889661#

Or Telephone:

Dial: +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)

Meeting ID: 568 889 661

International numbers available: zoom.us/…

Please let us know if you plan on attending so we can get an estimate of how many members to expect. We are looking forward to this new project and hope we can utilize the platform to further the CSJ initiative! If you have any questions or would like further information, please feel free to message me.

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Laura Pignato
College of William & Mary
Professional Development Chair, Counselors for Social Justice
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Hello, CSJ!

I hope this email finds you well and getting ready to enjoy your summer! It was a pleasure meeting with our members at the Town Hall Meeting at the ACA conference back in March. We received so many wonderful ideas from you. Today the CSJ board met and reviewed the notes from the Town Hall Meeting. Our president-elect, Rachael Goodman, drafted a plan for the upcoming year using your input. The board is happy to report that planning is underway! There will be more to report on this after our June meeting, I’m sure, but initial goals have been established:
Goal 1: Increase communication to and among CSJ members,
Goal 2: Increase social justice support and information to members, and
Goal 3: Increase clarity of purpose/roles and engage in long term planning.

To begin addressing these goals, we are researching software to improve our online discussion boards (Goals 1&2), taking steps to offer regular professional development to our members (Goal 2), and have been developing social justice-oriented policy statements, such as the one we released on healthcare (Goal 2). Additionally, the board now has a policies and procedures handbook in place, as well as approved by-laws (Goal 3). In addition, we have established a procedure for developing a CSJ university chapter and you can find information on our website: https://counseling- csj.org/csj-chapters/

Lastly, we are currently taking nominations for the following CSJ board positions: President Elect, Governing Council Representative, Student Representative, Retiree/Limited Means Representative, and Community Representative. Nominations are due to ACA by September 1. You can get details of requirements for each office and let us know if you would like to run for a CSJ board position or if you would like to nominate someone else by contacting Rita Chung at rchung@gmu.edu.

As the secretary, I will be sending out letters like this to you following each CSJ board meeting to keep you informed of what we are doing on behalf of you and the rest of the CSJ membership. And, on behalf of the board, I wish you a peaceful transition from the spring into the summer, whenever that happens for you.

In solidarity,
Lauren Shure
Your CSJ Secretary

Dear CSJ Community,

We are seeking nominations for the following CSJ Leadership positions 2018-2019:

President Elect

Governing Council Representative

Student Representative

Retiree/Limited Means Representative

Community Representative

Please refer to the CSJ website https://counseling-csj.org/about/ under Bylaws for a detailed description of each position, the term, and the roles and responsibilities.

Please email me separately at rchung@gmu.edu if you would like to make a nomination for the position. Please include your full name, ACA member number and your email address.

Hope you have a wonderful summer.
Rita Chi-Ying Chung
Jane Goodman
goodman@oakland.edu