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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
donjacques
Apr 8, 20203 min read
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...
donjacques
Feb 4, 20206 min read
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...
donjacques
Jul 26, 20196 min read
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...
donjacques
Feb 19, 20196 min read
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...
donjacques
Oct 8, 20184 min read
Black Boys and Men Face Daunting Odds, Here’s How We Can Promote Their Resilience and Future S
By Dawn X. Henderson, PhD (Co-Director, Collective Health and Education Equity Research (CHEER) Collaborative) When my son was just eight...
donjacques
Sep 6, 20184 min read
How Science and Socioeconomics Impacts a Mother’s “Choice” to Breastfeed
By Lauren Montgomery, MA (Program Coordinator, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) I did whatever I thought would provide the best start...
donjacques
Aug 27, 20184 min read
Why We Need to Act Now to Address the Harmful Effects of Unemployment on Black Millennial Men
By Abigail Luke (Intern, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment...
donjacques
Aug 23, 20183 min read
What Can We Do to Combat the Maternal Mortality Crisis Affecting Black Women in America?
By Chelsea Crittle, MS (2018 SPSSI Dalmas Taylor Fellow) According to the latest research from the Centers for Disease Control and...
donjacques
Aug 3, 20184 min read
How Building a Positive Self-Image Helps Parents and Children of Color Cope with Racial Stress
This post continues our blog series regarding racial/ethnic socialization practices, programs, and approaches. APA is putting together a...
donjacques
Jul 25, 20184 min read
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[CROSS-POST] Fostering a Growth Mindset Through Culturally Responsive Teaching
The following is a cross-post from our sister blog, APA’s Psych Learning Curve – where education and psychology connect. By Julie...
donjacques
Jul 6, 20183 min read
Children Are Not Colorblind: 4 Ways to Talk to Young Children About Race
This post continues our blog series regarding racial/ethnic socialization practices, programs, and approaches. APA is putting together a...
donjacques
Jun 29, 20184 min read
Depression in Black Boys Begins Earlier Than You Think
By Aaron Hunt, MS (Graduate Intern, APA Health Disparities Office) and David J. Robles, BA (Graduate Intern, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral...
donjacques
Jun 29, 20185 min read
A Dream Deferred: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report
By Lauren Walker (Graduate Intern, APA Office on Socioeconomic Status) March 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission...
donjacques
May 4, 20185 min read
Black Panther and the Power of Representation
This post continues our blog series regarding racial/ethnic socialization practices, programs, and approaches. APA is putting together a...
donjacques
May 2, 20185 min read
Wholeness and Hope in Education: This is What a Professor Looks Like
Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Executive Director, Latina Researchers Network) It was 2003. I...
donjacques
Apr 30, 201812 min read
Finding My Passion: To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
Welcome to our new blogspace, We’re Psyched! – the purpose of this space is for undergraduates, graduate students and post-docs to share...
donjacques
Apr 6, 20183 min read
We Achieve What We Believe: How to Encourage African American Students to Believe in Their Academic
This post continues our blog series regarding racial/ethnic socialization practices, programs, and approaches. APA is putting together a...
donjacques
Mar 28, 20184 min read
What Does A Professor Look Like?
By Kevin L. Nadal, PhD As a child of poor immigrants from rural Philippines, I often heard about how my parents grew up without running...
donjacques
Mar 9, 20186 min read
This is What Psychology Looks Like: Dr. Celeste Malone
Welcome to the first post in our new blogspace, We’re Psyched! – the purpose of this space is for undergraduates, graduate students and...
donjacques
Feb 20, 20182 min read
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