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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Dear Community Psychology colleagues and fellow travellers</span></font></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Some of you might have already heard the sad news that Dr Art Veno passed away last month. His health had taken a battering in recent years, and he died just a few months
after his wife Liz who had been living with cancer for a long time. We were fortunate that Art came along to a couple of comm psych events in the last 18 months and caught up with a number of old friends - he spoke to the students present about the legacy
of generations in the community psychology family that they would be taking forward - no pressure </span><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">😉</span><span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">. </span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">I
know that many of you knew Art well and will remember him fondly, whether from his early days in Australia in the 70s and 80s, as a teacher and mentor at Monash Gippsland, from the extraordinary 'mobile social justice' trips to the Maralinga and Yarrabah Aboriginal
communities that he organised in the early 90s, from his work with 'outlaw' motor cycle groups that saw him shift his focus from psychology to criminology, or from his adoption of Quaker philosophy and practices. </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">A
memorial service was held in Warragul for family and friends, <span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">and our thoughts are with his children Lucas, Zac and Maddie who are doubly grieving.
We are planning a small gathering in the near future for anyone who would like to share yarns and memories of Art's community psychology days - do let me know if you would like details. And anyone who can't be there in person is welcome to send along any thoughts
or stories that we might pass on to Art's family if it seems appropriate. (Not that 'appropriate' is a word often linked with Art Veno)</span></span></span></span></p>
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is a summary of the citation that accompanied the inaugural </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155); letter-spacing:-0.133333px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important">APS
College of Community Psychologists</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155); letter-spacing:-0.133333px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); display:inline!important"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Award
of Distinction to Art in 2007 - the College has only made five such awards in the 15 years since they were established by the APS across all nine Colleges. </span></span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing:-0.1pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">Dr. Arthur Veno</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing:-0.1pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">received the inaugural Award of Distinction</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing:-0.1pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">because
of his foundational and leadership roles in the College (then Board), and also for his work in promoting Australian Indigenous psychology. The Award also recognised Arthur’s mentoring role to students and practitioners over the years. </span><span style="color:rgb(118,62,155); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; letter-spacing:-0.1pt">A
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155)">He taught Community and Social Psychology from 1985–1994 at Monash University.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing:-0.1pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">He was National Chair of the Board from 1987-1990.
</span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155)">From 1984-1989, he was Editor of the first editions of
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155)"><i>Network: The Bulletin of the Board of Community Psychologists</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155)">,
now published online as </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155)"><i>The Australian Community Psychologist</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155)">.
</span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color:rgb(118,62,155)">In 1990 and 1993, he organized workshops involving extensive travel to Aboriginal communities for the APS, and became the inaugural (acting) convener
of the APS Interest Group on Aboriginal Issues (now the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Psychology Interest Group)</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(118,62,155); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">In 1992, he joined forces with David Thomas in Aotearoa New Zealand to edit a joint Community Psychology textbook which was the first non-United States book in the
area.</span></li></ul>
<span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; letter-spacing:-0.1pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">Arthur’s own blending of research and action exemplified best practice in applied community psychology.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; letter-spacing:-0.1pt"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">His
work with the policing of motorcycle groups represents one of the most innovative early applications of Community Psychology theory to an Australian community context, and saw him win several state and national awards for peace and violence prevention.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">In
sum, Arthur's deep commitment to community psychology has earned him a place of regard as one of our elders.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:normal; font-size:10pt; color:rgb(118,62,155)">He
has made a truly substantial, though often unorthodox, contribution to the profession and discipline, all in the context of enhancing community wellbeing.</span></span>
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