[Commpsych] Congratulations to Heather Gridley OAM!

[Monique Keel]

Hello,

I would also like to congratulate Heather.

Great job and thanks to those who organised the nomination.

Monique Keel


On 28-Jan-19 1:38 PM, K Thomas wrote:
> What wonderful news!
> Congratulations Heather! And so well deserved. Heather's advocacy for 
> women and her feminist stance has always been
> justice oriented and honouring of all of the facets of Community that 
> really matter.
> She has worked untiringly in advocacy of women's rights within and 
> outside of organizations based upon, and nourished by, implicit
> and explicit rankism and oppression.  This is an impressive 
> achievement. Even more impressive is the change she has managed to
> make and that she has been heard.
> Thank you Heather.
> This is a cause for celebration for Australia and all of Community 
> Psychology!
>
>
> */Dr. Katie Thomas
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>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 8:07 AM Harriet Radermacher 
> <harrietrad at hotmail.com <mailto:harrietrad at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     We are delighted to announce (for those who haven’t already heard)
>     that our very own Heather Gridley was awarded a Medal of the Order
>     of Australia yesterday for her services to community health! This
>     award recognises Heather’s outstanding contribution to the
>     community, in particular community psychology.
>
>     As most of you may be aware, Heather has been a trailblazer in
>     community psychology both in Australia, across the Trans-Tasman
>     and internationally for three decades. Heather’s interest in
>     community psychology stemmed from her work in community health in
>     the 1980s, where she became aware of the limitations of
>     interventions directed solely at individuals. In 1990 Heather
>     joined the fledgling Victoria University, where she coordinated
>     the postgraduate program in Community Psychology, which remains a
>     highly sought after course and has a reputation for producing
>     graduates with a strong commitment to social justice, critical
>     thinking ability and skills applicable to the complex problems of
>     today. Heather is a committed supervisor and mentor, with many
>     past students attesting to her influence on their career and life
>     pathways, most of whom she is still in touch with today!
>
>     Heather has been a driving force within the Australian
>     Psychological Society’s (APS) College of Community Psychologists
>     for many decades. She has ensured the group remain active and
>     viable, connecting graduates and networking across groups, cities
>     and states, relentlessly fighting for community psychology’s
>     legitimacy and survival within Australia. Heather has also
>     remained committed to building connections across the Trans-Tasman
>     as evidenced by her ongoing involvement in the Trans-Tasman
>     community psychology conferences, including as conference Chair at
>     the Melbourne conference in 2017.
>
>     Heather has written and published extensively about community
>     psychology and encouraged and supported others to do so. Her most
>     recent accomplishments include Editor of the Australian Community
>     Psychologist special issue and a chapter in the APA Handbook of
>     Community Psychology.
>
>     And of course true to the values of community psychology, Heather
>     has been a champion of the rights of marginalised groups and those
>     who face disadvantage including Aboriginal and Torres Strait
>     Islander people and communities, women and girls, migrants and
>     refugees and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and
>     Intersex people. Her work in partnership with Indigenous
>     Psychologists (both Australian and Maori) and ongoing active
>     membership of the APS Women and Psychology Interest Group were
>     particularly noted in the application for the OAM.
>
>     Heather worked for 12 years as Manager of the Public Interest at
>     the APS and has served two terms on the APS Board where she has
>     been influential in ensuring that psychology is applied in the
>     interest of community wellbeing and social justice. She currently
>     holds an Honorary Fellow position in the School of Social Sciences
>     and Psychology at Victoria University.
>
>     Please join us in congratulating Heather, on what we are sure you
>     will agree is a well deserved award, not to mention a great
>     promotion for community psychology!
>
>     Warm regards,
>
>     Emma and Harriet
>
>     P.s. A big shout out to Julie Morsillo who initiated this
>     nomination, and to Colleen Turner, Lauren Breen, Isaac
>     Prilleltensky, Ken Robinson and all others associated with the
>     nomination!
>
>
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