Thanks for pulling this statement together David. It is good to have something clear and strong like this. I agree with Bob and jan : most likely to have impact at a public level linked to news items…

Can we do something with this on the website Mark? Although this statement is great, and was worked up based on the Birmingham Manifesto, there was more from Birmingham wasn;t there and it would be a shame to lose that.

Annie….

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From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Diamond Bob
Sent: 29 October 2007 13:04
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Subject: Re: Poverty statement redrafted

I’d like to support the statement I think it reads fine as a press statement but would need some elaborating for detail.

I think Jan has a point about linking such statements up with related press coverage. May be we could do both, ie, release this now and also repeat it or something similar at opportune times

Bob

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From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Fryer
Sent: 28 October 2007 19:08
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Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] Poverty statement redrafted

Dear All,

as promised I have redrafted the poverty statement which emerged from the York UK CP Conference and kindly developed by Wendy Franks. I have amended it in the light of comments received from Jacqui Akhurst, Julie Bird, Jan Bostock, Paul Duckett, David Fryer, Sue Roffrey and Annie Mitchell. Apologies if I missed anyone's feedback:

As community and critical psychologists we believe that psychologists have a fundamental responsibility to join with others to end both poverty and societal inequality independent of absolute wealth, which we believe are personally, collectively and socially destructive.

We believe mainstream psychology to be complicit with the prevailing psychologically toxic neo-liberal economic order and believe psychology has allowed itself to be used to hide systemic effects of poverty and inequality and instead position poverty as a consequence of individual psychological dysfunction.

We call for the radical transformation of psychology so that it has the resources necessary to expose the personally, collectively and socially destructive effects of poverty and inequality and the proactive deployment, with allies, of this transformed psychology to end poverty and societal inequality and the exploitation, exclusion, oppression, distress and illness which result from them."

on behalf of the UK community psychology network

Comments welcome.

Would anyone be willing to take responsibility for dissemination of the final agreed version?

The question arises as to how and where to disseminate it - Jan suggested waiting til an opportunity to respond to an inequality issue. Others have suggested a letter in The Psychologist. Any other ideas?

David

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