Jan
From Jan Bostock
On 5 Jul 2020, at 01:36, David Fryer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear Annie,Thank you for your email and for reminding the list of the powerful contributions made by Cathy MCcormack to community activism, community psychology and to social and environmental justice. I have relayed your message to Cathy, who I am certain will very much appreciate it. It is Cathy's birthday today and you have sent her a great present!I am still very much in touch with Cathy - in fact we are currently working togther on a special issue of the APA journal International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation titled:Global Changes in the “World of Work” and “Personal Lives” in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. You can read the call for papers at: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ipp/call-for-papers-global-changes-covid-19Last year I guest edited edited a Special Issue of The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (Volume 19, Number 1, March, 2019) celebrating Cathy's inspiring activism over several decades. The contents are:Editorial / Cathy McCormack in Print, Online, on Film (a compilation put together by David Fryer)The War Without Bullets: socio-structural violence from a critical standpoint (by David Fryer and Cathy McCormack)Blogs to God (by Cathy McCormack)Psychological Tyranny Masquerading as Welfare Reform (by Mo Stewart)A War Without Bullets – psychology’s role in disarming the workforce and weaponizing the industrial-medical complex (by Paul Duckett)Psychology, History and War: two examples of academic discourses that fail to oppose war and militarism (byJim Orford)The Malaysian Emergency: a war with and without bullets (by Doug Newnes and Craig Newnes)A Letter to Nelson Mandela (by Cathy McCormack)Viva Viva Cathy McCormack (by Dan Glass)If anyone wants to catch up in one place with lots Cathy has done over many years, this Special Issue is a good place to startWarm regardsDavid___________________________________ The list is jointly managed by David Fryer [log in to unmask] and Grant Jeffrey [log in to unmask], either of whom are able to deal with queries. To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUKOn Saturday, 4 July 2020, 16:13:52 GMT+10, Annie Mitchell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Dear all, - and David Fryer especially,___________________________________ The list is jointly managed by David Fryer [log in to unmask] and Grant Jeffrey [log in to unmask], either of whom are able to deal with queries. To unsubscribe or to change your details on this COMMUNITYPSYCHUK list, visit the website: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=COMMUNITYPSYCHUK
I’ve been thinking a lot about climate and poverty activism - and I often recall the rousing talk that Cathy McCormack gave at a UK community psychology conference we held in Plymouth a few years ago, alongside David. She had a big impact, making clear how social injustice and inequalities underpin climate and environmental harm. I found this splendid 5 min film she put together many years ago now (1995). And i have long mislaid her powerful book The wee yellow butterfly (as happens with all the best books which get shared...). David if you’re still in touch with her please can you tell her that her words definitely still resonate? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHGujyyiBX0
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