donjacquesAug 5, 20214 minList of Resources for Start UpsSmall businesses make up 99.9 percent of all United States businesses, according to the SBA with 30.2 million small businesses in...
donjacquesApr 8, 20203 minBlack 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
donjacquesMar 14, 20202 min9 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...
donjacquesFeb 4, 20206 minBlack Women, the Forgotten Survivors of Sexual ViolenceThis article is part of our blog series on Violence Against Women and Girls by the APA Committee on Women in Psychology. By Jameta Nicole...
donjacquesDec 16, 20192 minImproving Mental Health Care in Criminal Justice SettingsBy Amalia Corby, MS (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Advocacy Office) Did you know that an estimated 15% of men and...
donjacquesNov 19, 20196 minBeyond the Headlines: Preventing and Addressing Violence Against Transgender WomenBy Julie M. Koch, PhD (Oklahoma State University) & Chloe Goldbach (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) In 2019, we have not gone...
donjacquesJul 26, 20196 minLayers and Layers of Grief upon Grief: The Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous WomenBy Iva GreyWolf, PhD, and Charlotte McCloskey, PhD As Native American psychologists, we appreciate the opportunity to share little known...
donjacquesApr 22, 20195 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...
donjacquesFeb 19, 20196 minThe Work Is Never Done: Mental Health, Mass Incarceration, and African American Custodial GrandparenBy Frances Adomako, Ed.M (Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, Howard University) Traditionally, African American grandparents have...
donjacquesJan 15, 201911 minHow Psychologists and Peer Mentors Can Work Together to Fight Human Trafficking in the United StatesBy Paola M. Contreras, PsyD (Asst. Professor, William James College) and Diya Kallivayalil, PhD (Asst. Professor, Harvard Medical...
donjacquesNov 28, 20185 minTaking Faith in the Future! 4 Ways Religious Involvement Can Help You Age WellThirty-nine percent of people across the world attend a religious service every week, but of them, few know just how beneficial religious...
donjacquesOct 31, 20183 minWhy Sexualized Halloween Costumes Are Scarier Than You ThinkBy Isabelle Orozco (APA Women’s Programs Office) Every year many children and adults creatively plan out their costumes for the one night...
donjacquesOct 25, 20185 minAPA Joins Forces with the CDC Tips From Former Smokers® Campaign to Reduce Smoking DisparitiesBy Corinne Graffunder, PhD, (Director of the Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health...
donjacquesOct 24, 20185 minPsychologists, Make Your Voice Heard Beyond the Ballot BoxBy 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...
donjacquesOct 17, 20186 min25 Ways Psychologists Can Work to End PovertyBy Alycia Johnson, MA (Graduate Intern, APA Office of Socioeconomic Status) Today marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration of the...
donjacquesOct 8, 20184 minDon’t Take It Personally – ReallyBy Iva Greywolf, PhD (Greywolf Consulting) As a healer are you grounded to be present with pain? Can you be comfortable being on the...
donjacquesOct 1, 20184 minSix Essential Lessons You Learn from Working on Capitol Hill as an APA Congressional FellowBy Meghann Galloway, PhD & Laura Knudtson, PhD (2017-2018 APA Congressional Fellows) Pinch me… is this a dream? Am I really here? Did I...