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Aug 5, 2021
4 min

List of Resources for Start Ups

Small businesses make up 99.9 percent of all United States businesses, according to the SBA with 30.2 million small businesses in...

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Apr 8, 2020
3 min

Black Owned Restaurants that are still open for Delivery or Take Out in DC, Maryland & Baltimore

"Black and brown businesses are usually hit the hardest during these times and it's imperative that we support them." -Don

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Mar 14, 2020
2 min

9 Tips on how to spend your time while Quarantined…

Some states have already enforced school closings as well as WFH (work from home) restrictions due to COVID-19. Before implementing any...

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Feb 4, 2020
6 min

Black Women, the Forgotten Survivors of Sexual Violence

This article is part of our blog series on Violence Against Women and Girls by the APA Committee on Women in Psychology. By Jameta Nicole...

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Dec 16, 2019
2 min

Improving Mental Health Care in Criminal Justice Settings

By Amalia Corby, MS (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Advocacy Office) Did you know that an estimated 15% of men and...

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Nov 19, 2019
6 min

Beyond the Headlines: Preventing and Addressing Violence Against Transgender Women

By Julie M. Koch, PhD (Oklahoma State University) & Chloe Goldbach (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) In 2019, we have not gone...

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Jul 26, 2019
6 min

Layers and Layers of Grief upon Grief: The Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

By Iva GreyWolf, PhD, and Charlotte McCloskey, PhD As Native American psychologists, we appreciate the opportunity to share little known...

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Apr 22, 2019
5 min

[CROSS-POST] I-O Psychologists’ Passion Projects: Increasing Fairness for Job Seekers with Criminal

This blog post is cross-posted from APA’s Psych Learning Curve, a blog run by APA’s Education Directorate where psychology and education...

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Feb 19, 2019
6 min

The Work Is Never Done: Mental Health, Mass Incarceration, and African American Custodial Grandparen

By Frances Adomako, Ed.M (Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, Howard University) Traditionally, African American grandparents have...

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Jan 15, 2019
11 min

How Psychologists and Peer Mentors Can Work Together to Fight Human Trafficking in the United States

By Paola M. Contreras, PsyD (Asst. Professor, William James College) and Diya Kallivayalil, PhD (Asst. Professor, Harvard Medical...

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Nov 28, 2018
5 min

Taking Faith in the Future! 4 Ways Religious Involvement Can Help You Age Well

Thirty-nine percent of people across the world attend a religious service every week, but of them, few know just how beneficial religious...

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Oct 31, 2018
3 min

Why Sexualized Halloween Costumes Are Scarier Than You Think

By Isabelle Orozco (APA Women’s Programs Office) Every year many children and adults creatively plan out their costumes for the one night...

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Oct 25, 2018
5 min

APA Joins Forces with the CDC Tips From Former Smokers® Campaign to Reduce Smoking Disparities

By Corinne Graffunder, PhD, (Director of the Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health...

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Oct 24, 2018
5 min

Psychologists, Make Your Voice Heard Beyond the Ballot Box

By Walter R. Boot, PhD, & William E. Haley, PhD (APA Committee on Aging) The midterm elections are just a few days away, and we all know...

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Oct 17, 2018
6 min

25 Ways Psychologists Can Work to End Poverty

By Alycia Johnson, MA (Graduate Intern, APA Office of Socioeconomic Status) Today marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration of the...

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Oct 8, 2018
4 min

Don’t Take It Personally – Really

By Iva Greywolf, PhD (Greywolf Consulting) As a healer are you grounded to be present with pain? Can you be comfortable being on the...