MPA Student Division's End-of-Fall 2020 Newsletter 2020 has been an intense and exhausting year, we hope that you are able to find some rest and celebrate the holidays in a safe way! |
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Advocacy & Legislative Updates: - CMS cuts - We were vocal in expressing our stand against the proposed 11% reduction in payment for psychologists. You can read MPA president's, Dr. Willie Garrett, statement here.
- Watch the video of MPA Federal Advocacy Coordinator, Dr. Trisha Stark, giving a legislative update.
- MPA members and MN psychologists met with Imani Augustus from Congressman Phillip's office to talk about student loans and loan forgiveness bills tied to COVID-19.
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Educational/Social Events: - We had new and continued events this past fall:
- First Friday Forums - continuing education programs
- Difficult Dialogue Series - hosted by the Multicultural Division
- Multicultural Virtual Summit - in collaboration with MAMFT & Metro State University
- MPA social hours - keep an eye out for our next social in Jan 2021!
- Multicultural Division book club - next book: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Check out here for upcoming events in 2021!
- Sneak peak of upcoming events: first friday forums, multicultural book club, student & ECP division social hour... and more!
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Want to be more involved? |
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- Submit an article for our blog! We invite students to write about topics and issues important to you. They can range from specific clinical issues, social justice issues, graduate school advice, internship experiences, and more! You can also reach out to us at studentdivisionmpa@gmail.com if you need to brainstorm a topic with us!
- Active participation for legislative actions! The MPA legislative committee works hard at advocating and protecting our psychology profession & practice. They frequently send out emails for us to reach out to our representatives/senators to highlight certain issues regarding our profession and client care. As students, this impacts our future profession and scope of practice. We can play a role in our future by advocating and being vocal about practice/client issues to our state representatives. Your voice counts!
- Are you a social media enthusiast? We are looking for folks to assist in social media related tasks for the student division! Email studentdivisionmpa@gmail.com if you are interested!
- Curious about our governing council meetings? You can attend our meeting on Jan 23, 2021, 9:00 - 11:00 am. An invitation will be sent to all MPA members soon.
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All the best to doctoral students who are interviewing for internship!!! |
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Here are some resources to assist you in the process: |
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Student & Early Career Psychologist Division Social Hours |
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Thank you for all who showed up and participated in our monthly socials! We had such a fun time getting to know you! We will continue to host monthly socials in 2021, keep an eye out for announcements on our FB page. |
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(Dec 2020 social - played online games (jackbox) together!) |
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Racial Inequality in Psychological Research: Trends of the Past and Recommendations for the Future - Steven O. Roberts, Carmelle Bareket-Shavit, Forrest A. Dollins, Peter D. Goldie, Elizabeth Mortenson, 2020Race plays an important role in how people think, develop, and behave. In the current article, we queried more than 26,000 empirical articles published between 1974 and 2018 in top-tier cognitive, developmental, and social psychology journals to document how often psychological research acknowledges this reality and to examine whether people who edit, write, and participate in the research are systematically connected. |
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Introduction to Community Psychology - Simple Book PublishingBook Description: This textbook will show you how to comprehensively analyze, investigate, and address escalating problems of economic inequality, violence, substance abuse, homelessness, poverty, and racism. It will provide you with perspectives and tools to partner with community members and organizations to promote a fair and equitable allocation of resources and opportunities. |
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Self-Care | WellnessPodcasts Personal and Professional Self-Care and Wellness* Personal Self-Care and Wellness for the Socially Conscious and Worksheet and Ideas by Greene (PDFs) Personal Self-Care: Definitions. Blocks. Values. |
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Shout out to Linda Zheng who helped out in this newsletter! Linda Zheng (she/her) is a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Psychological Science program (Clinical-Counseling track) at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Her current interests include interpersonal violence, trauma, and mind-body interventions. She is currently leading a research project examining maladaptive interpersonal schemas and coping responses in children receiving services at a community child advocacy center. In the future, she desires to work with underserved, underrepresented, and economically disadvantaged individuals. |
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