[Commpsych] Congratulations to Heather Gridley OAM!

[DRAGA JEVTIC]

Well done Heather, very exciting and well deserved!

Kind RegardsDraga

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Re: [Commpsych] Congratulations to Heather Gridley OAM!

	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

Antony Street Specialist Centre
6-8 Antony Street, Level 1
Palmyra WA 6157
 Ph:   (08) 9339 3333

 Fax: (08) 9319 3855

 On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 8:07 AM Harriet Radermacher
<harrietrad at hotmail.com [1]> 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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