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ADVOCATING MULTICULTURALISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: A
SYNTHESIS PAUL
PEDERSEN, EDITOR
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Dear All. Here is a Second Generation Modified Delphi synthesizing your responses to the question:"What in the world are you doing about Social Justice?" Please feel free to add new responses and/or modify your previous response if I left out something especially important. Paul Paul B. Pedersen, Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University, Visiting Professor Univ of Hawaii, Dept of Psychology Website: http://soeweb.syr.edu/chs/pedersen
SYNTHESIS
This synthesis combines activities reported by Stuart Chen-Hayes , Allen Ivey, Mary Ivey, Miguel E. Gallardo, Patricia Arredondo, Jeffrey Scott Mio, Paul Pedersen, Pamela F.Foley, Lew Schlosseer, Rebecca Toporek, Helen Neville, Scott Evans, Elizabetth Vera, Hugh Crether, Anthony Marsella, Bryan S.K. Kim Julie Dinsmore, Gargi Roysircar, Manny Casas, Tod Sloan, Carlos Zalaquett and Gisela Lin. The reported activities are organized into categories. As more people report, or amend their reports, additional categories may be added. The objective is to identify what is already being done to promote and advocate for multiculturalism and social justice.
Changing the Counselor Education Program:
CE programs are being changed to encourage school counselors as advocates, leaders, collaborators, culturally competent counselors, achieved equity in achievement, opportunity and attainments in a variety of ways. Several reported advocating for their local program to endorse the Multicultural Competencies. One colleague was faculty advisor to the student multicultural committee which raises funds to support student’s multicultural research. One doctoral program requires evidence of at least a basic level of multicultural competence for admission. One reported a multicultural audit of the doctoral program by Nadya Fouad. All mentioned active involvement in promoting an awareness of social justice and multicultural issues in their departments. Many reported adopting the Multicultural Competencies by their department. One reported that all faculty in Education and selected partner school faculty required training for 2 semesters or 45 hours in multicultural counseling. One reported forming a Diversity Strategic Mission Committee in their School of Education. One reported founding a Multicultural Center for Research and Practice. Responsible for establishing and implementing the Office of Campus Outreach Activities. Two major goals of this office were to 1) increase the number of racial/ethnic minority students and faculty; 2) provide seed money for multiculturally focused research projects that could benefit targeted racial/ethnic minority groups.
Develop Curriculum Materials
Involved in the development of videos that could be used in diversity training programs on campus. Developed and/or taught required courses that focus on multicultural and social justice issues. Example: The Psychology of the Chicano, Social and Cultural Bases of Diversity, and, Racial/Ethnic Minority Counseling Interventions. Have helped to increase the number of dissertations in our program that focus on multicultural issues and groups. One collaborated with Dr. Michael D’Andrea to bring the National Institute for Multicultural Competence’s “Promoting Multicultural Competence and Social Justice.” national tour to USF.
Research
One colleague was just awarded a $1.4 million dollar grant to train all NYC elementary school counselors and principals. Another faculty reported a $900,000 grant for Equal Access to Higher Education, an 800,000 Platte Valley Corridor Grant to train K-12 teachers in ELL, a $63,000 National Youth Sports grant a $1.4 million Earmark grant to expand services Others are organizing surveys and focus groups among graduate students. Others are researching the development of allies across demographic boundaries in the name of social justice. One program gives the MAKSS as a pre and post test to all MA students entering and graduating. One was writing a dissertation on Human Service organizations in social/community change and social justice. Another reported on working to revise the MAKSS. Many reported doing research on multiculturally competent counseling strategies. One reported adapting the MCI and MSD along with acculturation measures such as AIRS, MMRS, CADC and INT-EXT ID for international multicultural use. Have submitted numerous grants through targeted mental health and social service offices in the county. The reason for doing this is so that the service providing agencies receive the overhead monies freeing up other money for the provision of services to the needy. From our end, the funds received via the grants are used for demonstration projects and for evaluation purposes. To date we have been able to bring over $21 million to the county.
Library
One reported getting $50,000 to increase library holdings on multicultural resources and a 10% allocation of department library budget each year to multicultural books.
Language
One provided Spanish language training for area teachers and a Spanish language program for area elementary schools.
Ethics:
Several reported they were advocating to change professional ethical guidelines to acknowledge cultural differences and social justice issues.
Editorial Boards
Several reported active involvement on journal editorial boards to increase the numbers of articles on multiculturalism and social justice.
Teaching
Many reported teaching courses on school counseling, developmental, multicultural, family counseling and others to infuse multicultural and social justice into courses , field work supervision and internships of students. Many reported actively mentoring students and younger colleagues to emphasize multiculturalism and social justice.
Professional Organizations and Associations
Several reported working with their local, state or national professional organization to infuse equity, social justice and multicultural awareness. Some were board members, president or past president of professional organizations and all were otherwise active in professional organizations. One was co-founder of PsyACT (Psychologists acting with conscience together). Several reported being active in APA governance for divisions such as 17 and 45. In Portland, we are organizing a local group of mental health professionals in conjunction with PsyACT (see www.psyact.org), which will be focusing on bringing attention to the interaction of poverty, discrimination, and mental health. One reported Chi Sigma Iota organized an annual day-long training on Social Justice issues for counseling.
Competencies
All reported actively advocating for, teaching, implementing and writing about the importance of multicultural competencies for counselors.
Writing and Publication
All reported that articles, chapters and books were in press or in preparation documenting the importance of multiculturalism and social justice issues. Several were organizing book series for Teachers College Press, Columbia University, Lahaska Houghton/Mifflin, Erlbaum, Springer-Verlag, SAGE and Greenwood Press were publishing new books related to multiculturalism and social justice issues. One reported editing a Handbook on social justice and most others are also working on completing books on relevant topics. Several described their research on counseling and assessment. One reported publications on how to internationalize the psychology curriculum. Several reported implementing an emphasis on multicultural in their Journal Editorial roles. One wrote an article for CToday to highlight the lessons learned from the experience of bringing the NIMC’s national tour to the Univeristy of South Florida.
Internet Several reported developing websites (such as http://www.psyact.org or http://counsselorsforsocialjustice.org/newsletter.html and other listserves on social justice and multiculturalism. I’ve developed the following web pages to distribute information about diverse groups to students, professionals, and the general public: The Successful Latino Student web pages. (http://www.coedu.usf.edu/zalaquett/ls/lsss.html); Su Nombre es Hoy--His/Her Name is Today (http://www.coedu.usf.edu/zalaquett/hoy), and the Dr. Zalaquett's Multicultural Counseling for Diverse Populations web site (http://www.coedu.usf.edu/zalaquett/mcdp/m.htm).
Media
Several reported contributing to the print and visual media , Public adio and Television with interviews, presentations and extensive production of teaching materials relevant to multiculturalism and social justice issues.
International
Several reported lectures, training workshops and other international activities to promote multiculturalism and social justice issues globally.
Conferences
Several reported regular presentations at conferences like ACA, APA
and others to promote multiculturalism and social justice. Several reported
working on local festivals to highlight the importance of multiculturalism and
social justice. Some indicated active involvement in organizing conferences on
multicultural and social justice topics. One reported an annual supervision
conference focused on multicultural issues in supervision. In Oregon, we are
starting up a chapter of Oregon Counselors for Social
Consultation:
Two reported a visit by Michael D’Andrea as part of the NIMC National Tour. Other faculty reported consultation with private and public sector agencies on multicultural and social justice issues. Have served as a multicultural consultant, trainer to the Office of the President of the University of California, the mental health, probation, and social services departments of the county, and to varied private corporations. This work often entailed the development of training manuals that could be used by existing training personnel. Developed the "Kids' Scorecard" for the local county. More specifically, we developed a data gathering system that focuses on identifying key indicators for "kids at risk." The Scorecard has been used as a prototype by other counties across the country.
Pro bono and Volunteer work:
Several reported doing pro bono therapy or therapy on a sliding scale or volunteering to support social justice in the community. Several described themselves as advocates and politically active members of the community.
Awards
Several reported receiving awards from their colleagues in recognition of their work on multiculturalism and social justice issues. Several reported receiving awards from APA and the AAPA.
Personal Life
Several reported donating thousands of dollars to organizations working on social justice issues and otherwise advocating for multicultural and social justice issues in the routines of their daily life. Several reported challenging racist statements. One reported studying Spanish and several reported donating money to agencies in support of multicultural and social justice issues. One reported on how the MC Center, and doctoral clinical students in multicultural coursework provide community outreach to ethnic and language minorities, immigrants, political refugees, and children of war, and also provide outcome evaluations of this outreach, thus addressing a diverse array of societal concerns to improve multicultural training, prevention, and research. One is an active member of USF’s Diversity Committee and the research subcommittee. We’ll be studying the perceptions and attitudes toward multicultural issues of our colleagues and the ways in which multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills are incorporated in the curriculum.
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