Counselors for Social Justice

Presidents Message Oct.2009

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Pioneers and Emerginng Leaders Featured at the 2009 ACES Conference in San Diego
From left to right: Dr. Selma D. Yznaga, Dr. Don C. Locke, Dr. Kent Butler, Dr. Judy Daniels, Dr. Anneliese Singh, and Dr. Allen Ivey.

What is Counselors for Social Justice?

The mission of Counselors for Social Justice is to work to promote social justice in our society through confronting oppressive systems of power and privilege that affect professional counselors and our clients and to assist in the positive change in our society through the professional development of counselors.

What is social justice in counseling?

Social justice counseling represents a multifaceted approach to counseling in which practitioners strive to simultaneously promote human development and the common good through addressing challenges related to both individual and distributive justice. Social justice counseling includes empowerment of the individual as well as active confrontation of injustice and inequality in society as they impact clientele as well as those in their systemic contexts. In doing so, social justice counselors direct attention to the promotion of four critical principles that guide their work; equity, access, participation, and harmony. This work is done with a focus on the cultural, contextual, and individual needs of those served.

Why should I join CSJ?

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It is an honor to serve such a noble organization. Please be encouraged to send suggestions via the link below so that I may be better equipped to move forward towards understanding your most truthful of visions in the months, and years to come. I look forward to working with such a compassionate, intelligent and motivated group of professionals.

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Chris Santacroce

Announcements

New edition of The Activist posted:

Please see the "newsletter"section of the website for the most recent edition of the CSJ newsletter, The Activist. Past editions of the newsletter and information on how to submit your own material to the newletter may also be found here.

CSJ Co-sponsors a National Project
Continuing the National Discussion on Race, Justice and Peace

Submitted by Michael D’Andrea

In the Fall of 2007, the CSJ leadership agreed to co-sponsor a national project with the National Institute for Multicultural Competence (NIMC) called “Continuing the National Discussion on Justice, Race, and Justice.” This national intervention in based on the recommendations generated by the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance that was convened in South Africa. The 2001 World Conference recommended that counselors, psychologists and other mental health professionals around the world would do well to convene meetings in local communities to continue discussions about these important issues.

The first town hall meeting that was co-sponsored by CSJ was held at the Annual Winter Roundtable at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York on February 16, 2008. Several additional town hall meetings were held in other locations since that time. This includes town hall meetings convened in Honolulu (March 2008); Boston College (August 2008), the University of Wisconsin; OsKosh (October 2008), Ellensburg, Washington (at Central Washington University in November 2008), New Orleans (January 2009), New York City (2009), and Gainesville, Florida (at the University of Florida in September 2009). Future town hall meetings are being planned for San Diego (October 2009) and Dallas, Texas (November 2010). If you are interested in getting more information about this project and ways to bring the town hall meeting project to your university or community, contact Michaeel D'Andrea

Launch of the new social justice focused journal!

Co-sponsored by Counselors for Social Justice and Psychologist for Social Responsibility, the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology recently put forth its very first issue. To access the journal, please click here.