Liberation psychology of and for transformative justice: Centering acompañamiento in participatory action research.

Fernández, Jesica Siham

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“…The issue with those approaches is that they do not necessitate contribution from the communities the training is discussing, nor does it change the power disparity creating harm. In a liberatory framework, the disenfranchised and marginalized are empowered via a strengths-based focus, either as individuals in the service-relationship (via a healthcare team, or in individual psychotherapy), or on the community level in a school, neighborhood, or city via participation in research (Fernández, 2020). There are multiple interventions in liberation psychology to accomplish this.…”

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“…Liberation psychology does not naively suggest that individuals facing oppression wait for society to change around them, but includes the person and their community in addressing the circumstances that contribute to suffering (Burton & Kagan, 2009). Activism as a resource also acknowledges that the agent of change cannot only be the marginalized, but that it is the responsibility of the practitioner to engage in active participation alongside those they serve, using one's privilege and resources in support of needs and healing (Fernández, 2020).…”

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On Liberation Psychology, Hate, Hope, and Healing

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2023

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Entering the third year of the COVID-19 era, the United States faces myriad problems with hate speech, misinformation, racial and politically based violence, and deep-rooted institutional abuses. Oppression of minorities making up the majority of the population contributes to mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, and panic disorders. The problem of hate has been an active study by psychologists since World War II, but as of yet publications uniting interdisciplinary hate studies and community psychology are sparse compared to other interests. This essay addresses one such theory, liberation psychology, and how its approach may guide clinicians and institutions to a better understanding and support of communities and individuals with marginalized identities. The essay uses the lens of addressing hate to discuss the main interventions that make up the practical application of liberation psychology, not limited to the use of testimonios (stories of oppression), conscientization (a daily awakening to the impact of oppression), and praxis, how all human service providers should mobilize their resources and education in service of addressing hate against oppressed communities.

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“…From a Liberation Psychology and CRT lens, challenging marginalizing power dynamics is a resistance and wellness strategy for BIPOC trainees because racism and power “dictate opportunity and assign value” (Jones, 2016). Resisting oppressive dynamics and hostile learning environments can look like BIPOC defining themselves and their place in the world, honoring their traditions, taking pride in ancestral wisdom, and engaging in acompañamiento (intentionally standing with people) with other trainees, clients, and persons impacted by shared oppressions (Fernández, 2020). Upholding these frameworks as foundational in our field fortifies our commitment to social justice by fostering critical engagement in decolonizing theory, practices, and activism (e.g., participatory action research, photovoice, and storytelling), and providing trainees with tools to challenge interlocking systems of power (French et al, 2020).…”

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Black, indigenous, and trainees of color stress and resilience: The role of training and education in decolonizing psychology.

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Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has instigated a paradigm shift in psychology graduate training and education. As these system-wide changes are being implemented, Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) continue to be disproportionately impacted as they simultaneously experience, witness, and relive the deleterious consequences of systemic and institutional racism as trainees and members of minoritized communities. The field requires a radical culture shift to counteract the effects of ongoing psychological harm on trainees of color. Method: Our analyses are grounded in two decolonizing frameworks, Critical Race Theory and Liberation Psychology. We also provide a systems-based analysis of how BIPOC trainees are impacted by systemic racism and examine how these -isms are perpetuated in psychology training. Testimonios are used as examples on how to center trainee's experiential knowledge. Conclusions: Psychology is uniquely positioned to transform how science and practice informs, builds, and sustains equitable systems for trainees and the public. The profession must question and disrupt the status quo and system inequities to build capacity and foster resistance. Clinical Impact StatementBlack, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) hold multiple intersectional identities that are exacerbated by the injustices they encounter in their professional paths. Despite diversity and inclusion efforts, psychology training programs often fail to mitigate race-based traumatic stressors, adversely impacting the educational experiences and mental health of trainees. Therefore, we argue that Critical Race Theory and Liberation Psychology are frameworks that unearth these disparities by (a) providing historical context to distributions of power shaped by colonialism, (b) challenging ingrained systems of privilege and oppression, and (c) legitimizing experiences of BIPOC trainees.

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“…Feminist and decolonial scholars describe auto‐ethnography as a process of “storying the self,” of crafting a testimonio narrative of one's experiences with attention to the role of power in shaping interactions and positionalities (Bell et al, 2020). There is value in engaging in an auto‐ethnographic process when discerning conditions of oppression that impact the quality one's life and communities (Fernández, 2020; Silva et al, 2021). Additionally, auto‐ethnography can help the researcher deeply engage with their experiences as these reflect or inform the discourses, contexts, and cultural dynamics of a given setting.…”

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The society for community research and action on a path toward conocimiento: From silences and statements to solidarities in action in U.S. community psychology

Fernández

2022

American J of Comm Psychol

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A first‐person narrative essay is presented through a critically reflexive auto‐ethnography of a community psychologist's experiences as a member of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) and (as of this writing) co‐chair of the Cultural, Ethnic and Racial Affairs council. Through this methodological orientation, an analysis of some of the discourses that circulated within the SCRA listserv in relation to the murder of Mr. George Floyd, and amidst an ensuing pandemic are analyzed and discussed in relation to Anzaldúa's seven stages of conocimiento. The intentions that guide and ground this first‐person account are to animate deeper reflection, accountability, and solidarity‐in‐action, as well as an organizational shift in the culture of the SCRA. Guided by a set of questions—What accounts for the organizational silences within the SCRA? How did the SCRA respond or engage with the murder of Mr. Floyd, anti‐Blackness, Black Lives Matter, and related racial justice efforts?—the purpose is to turn a critical social analysis gaze to the SCRA in order to align its purpose, values, and mission with liberation and a decolonial feminist praxis. Anzaldúa's seven‐stage framework of conocimiento is utilized to describe the possibilities for an organizational cultural shift in the SCRA that aligns with racial justice and liberatory decolonial feminist praxes.

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Liberation psychology of and for transformative justice: Centering acompañamiento in participatory action research.

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

On Liberation Psychology, Hate, Hope, and Healing

On Liberation Psychology, Hate, Hope, and Healing

Black, indigenous, and trainees of color stress and resilience: The role of training and education in decolonizing psychology.

The society for community research and action on a path toward conocimiento: From silences and statements to solidarities in action in U.S. community psychology

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