Dear All,
Michael Gopfert's suggestion brought to my mind the issue of
political action, which as a charity, the British Psychological
Society was not able to engage in overtly. It seems to me that many
of the possible activities of the Community Psychology Section might
be construed as being political, and, indeed, should be so construed.
It would be a good idea to look into this when drawing up the
constitution and the above solution might be applicable. I am not
familiar with the APA details and the SCRA or what the initials stand
for, but thought I would mention this issue and a possible solution.
One of the political issues which seems to be so blatantly lacking is
a reasoned explanation of changes any government proposes to make and
the consequences. The current closing of many law advisory centres
and legal financial aid; with the possible effect on families and
especially children, seems to be a case in point. This seems to me
to the sort of thing that the Community Psychology Section might get
involved in both at the level of reasoned explanation and
consequences. Etc. Etc. This is a big challenge to psychology
overall, not just this example.
Best to all,
Erica Brostoff, M.Sc. (Social Psychology)
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