[Commpsych] Online now: ACP Special Issue on Gender and Community Psychology

[Heather Gridley]

Dear Commpsych listers and fellow travellers
In case you hadn't heard already, we are delighted to share the link to the long-awaited special issue of the Australian Community Psychologist on Gender and Community Psychology, which has been a joint venture between the APS College of Community Psychologists and Women and Psychology Interest Group: The Australian Community Psychologist | APS .<https://psychology.org.au/for-members/publications/journals/australian-community-psychologist>  The link should be publicly accessible so feel free to share it widely!
The idea to develop this special issue grew from conversations within the Women & Psychology Interest Group, as we considered the unfolding gendered dimensions and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in our work, communities, and practice. There were many directions that this special issue might have taken around aspects of both gender (binary, non-binary, fluid…) and community psychology (theoretical, values-based, empirical, practice-based, lived experience, public policy…). The ensuing eleven contributions have between them taken a range of these paths. But in terms of focus, two content clusters emerged: gendered violence, and diverse sexualities and gender identities. They also highlight several core community psychology understandings typically shared with feminist frameworks, including collaboration, connectedness, systems-level analysis, intersectionality, and social power relations – and not least, the second-wave feminist maxim, “the personal is political”.
As a community psychology journal that is independent from large publishing houses, ACP relies entirely on collaboration, connection and collegiality. The editors of this special issue would like to thank all of the people who contributed and worked incredibly hard to see it through to publication.
We'd love to hear your feedback - and do encourage your colleagues and students to consider submitting their work to the journal at any time: The Australian Community Psychologist | APS<https://psychology.org.au/for-members/publications/journals/australian-community-psychologist>
Best wishes for whatever you are celebrating at this time of the year
Heather

Heather Gridley OAM FAPS

National Convener

APS Women and Psychology Interest Group



Community and Counselling Psychologist

E: hmgridley50 at outlook.com<mailto:hmgridley50 at outlook.com>

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