Racial reckoning, resistance, and the revolution: A call to community psychology to move forward

Pamela P Martin; Rhonda K Lewis; Bianca L Guzmán

doi:10.1002/ajcp.12658

Racial reckoning, resistance, and the revolution: A call to community psychology to move forward

Am J Community Psychol. 2023 Mar;71(1-2):3-7. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12658. Epub 2023 Feb 16.

Authors

Pamela P Martin¹, Rhonda K Lewis², Bianca L Guzmán³

Affiliations

¹ Clinical-Community Psychology Program, Barnwell College, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
² Department of Psychology, Service-Learning Faculty Fellow, Society for Community Research and Action Fellow, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
³ Pathway Programs Office, Office of the President, California State University, Los Angeles, California, USA.

PMID: 36797981
DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12658

Abstract

This article introduces a special issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology that features racial reckoning, resistance and the revolution in the context of a syndemic, the historical subjugation of communities of Color (COC) to racial hierarchies and the coronavirus (COVID-19). More specifically, this special issue underscores the need for community psychology and other allied disciplines to address this syndemic facing COC. The special issue delivers on the stories of the lived experiences from researchers and community members as it relates to COVID-19 and COC. Twelve articles are illuminated to challenge the field to create social change.

Keywords: racial reckoning; resistance; revolution and community psychology; special issue.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
COVID-19* / ethnology
Community Psychiatry*
Female
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Male
Racial Groups* / psychology
Racial Groups* / statistics & numerical data
Social Change
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult