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1 communiqué psychological perspectives on sexual orientation in communities of color july 2007 office of ethnic minority affairs public interest directorate

2 Staff of the Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs Bertha G. Holliday, PhD, Senior Director Alberto Figueroa-García, MBA, Assistant Director Sonja M. Preston, MSW, APA/NIGMS Project Administrator Dennis R. Bourne, Jr., BA, Program Officer Sherry T. Wynn, Senior Program Associate Debra J. Perry, Meeting Planner/Administrative Assistant Shannon Watts, Special Projects Manager Marylin Marquez, Senior Intern (202) (202) FAX (202) APA TDD The Communique is now available on the OEMA Website.

3 IN THIS ISSUE OEMA UPDATE Bertha G. Holliday, PhD, Director ASSOCIATION REPORTS The APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology Task Force (CEMRRAT2) Progress Report... 4 The CEMRRAT Progress Report Executive Summary Of Major Findings and Priority Recommendations Major Findings Priority Recommendations For Future Action APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs Draft Implementation Plan for the APA Resolution Requesting the Immediate Retirement of American Indian Mascots, Symbols, Images and Personalities by Schools, Colleges, Universities, Athletic Teams, and Organizations CEMA Awards Its 2007 Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology Congratulations to Members of Color Elected as Division and SPTA Representatives in 2007! Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, & TRAINING OF PSYCHOLOGISTS OF COLOR APA/NIGMS Grant Project Update The 2006 APA/NIGMS Project Assessment CEMRRAT Update CEMRRAT 2007 Grants Award Recipients SUINN Awards: and the Winners Are

4 IN THIS ISSUE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, & TRAINING OF PSYCHOLOGISTS OF COLOR 2008 SUINN AWARDS Nominate an Outstanding Doctoral Program in Psychology! PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR CPA/CLPA Conference on Latino Mental Health Federal Grant to Pay Incentive for 3 Years to Psychologists to Work in New Orleans PSYCHOLOGY AND RACISM Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Keynote Address to the American Psychological Association at the 1967 APA Convention in Washington, DC Celebration For Desegregation: Commemoration of Mendez vs Westminster District OEMA Launches APA Staff Education Program on American Indian Mascots Asian American Psychological Association Mourns Virginia Tech Tragedy PSYCHOLOGY AND ETHNIC MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS 2007 Promoting Psychological Research and Training on Health Disparities Issues Grants (ProDIGs) Awardees PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

5 IN THIS ISSUE FOR YOUR INFORMATION ANNOUNCEMENTS KUDOS! OEMA Staff Continue Their Education Alliant CSPP-SF Professor Eduardo Morales, PhD Honored as Fellow Member of Three APA Divisions Asuncion Miteria Austria, PhD Receives Two Prestigious Awards Five Ethnic Minority Psychologists Inaugural Winners of the Society for Counseling Psychology's Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS New Editors Appointed, RESEARCH, TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND INSTITUTES American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education and Educational Testing Service Outstanding Dissertations Competition AFSP Awards for Suicide Research Call for Applications: AEA/DU Graduate Education Diversity Internship Program Center for Deployment Psychology Training Postdoctoral Fellowship in Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Disparities in Mental Health Latino Mental Health Training Addresses Crucial Need Latino Cultural Competency Certificate Masters CE Training Series Immersion Program for Spanish Speaking Clinicians Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Sexual Abuse and Childhood Trauma

6 IN THIS ISSUE FOR YOUR INFORMATION Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychology Post-doctoral Fellowship Opportunity Behavioral Health Research and Policy Fellowships Post-Doctoral Fellow Opportunity In Natural Sciences Post-Doc Opportunity On Race/Ethnicity Mental Health Disparities UCLA Postdoc Psychiatric Epidemiology and Substance Abuse Postdoctoral Positions at Wright State Postdoctoral Fellowship Yale University School of Medicine Two-Year Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Specialized Clinical Research Training in the Assessment and Treatment of Aggression, Eating and Weight Disorders Yale Post-Doctoral Opportunity CALL FOR PAPERS Call For Papers Division 48 Peace Psychology Call For Authors: Diversity in Mind and in Action Call for Papers Respect in the Classroom Call for Papers Global Perspectives on Same-Sex Sexualities: Desires, Practices, and Identities CALL FOR PROPOSALS Call for Proposals for the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting Call for National Conference Participants: National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology: Blueprint for the Discipline s Future

7 IN THIS ISSUE FOR YOUR INFORMATION Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) To Publish Program Announcements with Review to Support Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities Conference on Evidence-Based Practices for Ethnic Minorities: Challenges and Solutions CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS Committee on Children, Youth, and Families Call for Nominations for Terms Beginning in Call for Nominations Committee on Socioeconomic Status Terms Beginning Continuing Education Committee Seeks Nominations Call for Nominations Publications and Communications Educational Testing Service Outstanding Dissertations Competition UPCOMING CONFERENCES & CONVENTIONS IMPORTANT RESOURCES BOOKS Charles J. Gelso, PhD; Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD; and Steven R. Lopez, PhD : Eds. Special Issue Culture, Race. and Ethnicity in Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training James N. Butcher, Jose Cabiya, Emilia Lucio, and Maria Garrido Assessing Hispanic Clients Using the MMPI-2 and MMPI-A H. Singaravelu and M. Pope: Eds. A Handbook for Counseling International Students in the United States

8 IN THIS ISSUE FOR YOUR INFORMATION Etiony Aldarondo: Ed. Advancing Social Justice Through Clinical Practice Beverly Daniel Tatum Can We Talk about Race? and Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation Kenneth S. Pope, and Melba J. T. Vasquez Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide, 3rd Edition Harriet A. Washington Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Stacie G. Goffin and Valora Washington Ready or Not: Leadership Choices in Early Care and Education Kurt C. Organista Solving Latino Psychosocial and Health Problems: Theory, Practice, and Populations ON THE WEB American Indian Mental Health Teaching Curriculum Workshop Children in Immigrant Families the U.S. and 50 States: National Origins, Language, and Early Education Éxito en el Norte The National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC) Launches Sexualidades Latinas! New Fact Sheet Recognizing and Understanding Schizophrenia in Young Adults New Spanish Publication Gives Evidence-Based Parenting Guidelines

9 IN THIS ISSUE FOR YOUR INFORMATION Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence: New Suicide Fact Sheets Specific to Four American Populations Raising a Thinking Child Available Workbook Available in Spanish Spanish-Language Publications Available Teaching The Levees U.S. Offers Free, Bilingual Health Checklists In Tribute To ASA G. HILLIARD, III, EdD SPECIAL SECTION: Psychological Perspectives On Sexual Orientation in Communities of Color... Centerfold

10 OEMA UPDATE Bertha G. Holliday, PhD About Us To put it gently, when asked, I am more than willing to talk about the activities of the APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs with significant enthusiasm. Nevertheless, I constantly run into psychologists who don t seem to have a clue about what it is exactly that OEMA does. So I thought I would quickly catalog OEMA s major activities since we wrapped up and shipped out the March 2007 issue of the Communique. We do a lot of governance work. In APA-speak, governance is the labyrinth of activities of APA task forces, committees and boards related to examining critical issues of interest to APA and setting Association policy. Staff are responsible for ensuring that members of governance groups: Get to and participate in their meetings with minimal logistical hassle; have organized agenda books that facilitate their conduct of Association business; are provided assistance and support related to preparation of meeting minutes, and the design and implementation of governance group projects/activities/efforts. Since March 2007, OEMA has staffed meetings of two governance groups: CEMA, and CEMRRAT2 Task Force. OEMA also staffed and coordinated associated logistics for the summer meeting of the Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Issues (CNPAAEMI) in Utah. Other OEMA governance support efforts included: (a) Shepherding the CEMRRAT2 Progress Report and Resolution through Board and Council of Representatives review; (b) coordinating with other APA staff with the lead responsibility for shepherding the proposal for APA Council seats for the national ethnic minority psychological associations through Board and Council review; ( c) assisting CEMA and CEMRRAT secure convention hours and develop convention activities; (d) coordinating the CEMA Dissertation Award selection process; and (e) facilitating CEMA s preparation of a draft of an Implementation Plan in support of the APA Retirement of American Indian Mascot Resolution. Most of OEMA s governance work is coordinated by OEMA Assistant Director Alberto Figueroa-Garcia. We like to serve and communicate with our constituents. We take pride in responding in a timely and accurate manner to a variety of daily inquiries from APA members and staff as well as the general public. OEMA Administrative Coordinator Debra Perry heads up these effort.

11 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ W e prepare and disseminate loads of information. Since March, we developed and/or produced a final draft of the CEMRRAT Progress Report, a 2007 Guide to Ethnic Minority Convention Programs, Activities, Events, and Dining in San Francisco (edited by OEMA Program Officer Dennis Bourne), and the current issue of the Communique (edited by Holliday and Figueroa-Garcia). We also continued to work on producing a web-based updated edition of the Directory of Ethnic Minority Professionals in Psychology. The production of all of these information products was coordinated by OEMA Program Associate Sherry Wynn. In addition, OEMA Project Administrator Sonja Preston edited and produced the annual APA/NIGMS Project Pipeline Newsletter. The dissemination of existing OEMA brochures and booklets was coordinated by Debra Perry. W e also disseminated information electronically by means of our everchanging website and through targeted e-blasts. Our webpage content is coordinated by Perry, while e-blasts are coordinated by Dennis Bourne. We administer many projects. Since March, we have: (a) Administered the award of 19 CEMRRAT Implementation Grants (former Special Projects Manager Shannon Watts); (b) coordinated the selection and award of the 2007 Promoting Psychological Research and Training on Health Disparities Issues Grants (ProDIGs) to five early career researchers at minority-serving institutions and ensured the grantees participation in the APA Minority Fellowship Program Psychology Summer Institute (Sonja Preston); ( c) continued ongoing administration of the activities and funds of the APA/NIGMS Project and its 14 participating institutions including facilitating two annual regional strategic planning meetings, the conduct of a formal orientation session for new project team members, and organizing a convention project meeting (Preston); (d) developed and disseminated a APA/NIGMS project-wide student evaluation form and continued ongoing update of the project s student tracking and project evaluation database (Bourne); (e) coordinated the inter-organizational administrative partnership of the DP2kB 4-day Summer Institute and assumed administrative responsibility for most of the logistical arrangements (e.g., travel, meals, per diem, meeting room, program production, etc) for its 25 participants (Figueroa); (f) organized two professionally facilitated OEMA Film Series screenings for APA staff 2

12 OEMA UPDATE (Bourne & Perry); and (g) established and coordinated an APA ad hoc committee for the APA Staff Education Program on American Indian Mascots (Holliday & Bourne). We value outreach and collaboration. We attend many meetings. Since March, OEMA staff representatives attended several conferences (e.g., APA State Leadership, Society of Indian Psychology, InterAmerican Psychological Society, Sullivan Alliance), and served on numerous staff committees (e.g., APA staff newsletter, Workforce Analysis, APA picnic), We attend to the mundane. We held monthly OEMA staff meetings and routinely attended the Public Interest Directorate s senior managers meetings and drafted reports about what we had done. We sought approval, ordered supplies and other services, wrote checks to others, and tracked our expenditures (Perry); we also got computer glitches and broken equipment fixed, maintained an OEMA Work Plan, and kept our computer files in order (Wynn). Occasionally, we became a bit irritated with each other but most of all, we were committed to doing whatever was required to get the job done. So now you know what OEMA does! A great deal of what OEMA does is reported in the Communique. But the Communique also reports a great deal of information on what others do and can do (see the FYI Section). And through its Special Section, the Communique shares some of the most innovative and cutting-edge thinking and activities related to the psychological challenges and interests of communities of color. In this issue s Special Section. the focus is on Psychological Perspectives on Sexual Orientation in Communities of Collor. This Special Section raises questions and issues that are sure to give one at least a little pause. So be sure to read it and share it with others. If you do not routinely receive copies of the Communique, please register for our mailing list at: As always, I wish Health and Peace and Power. 3

13 ASSOCIATION REPORTS The APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology Task Force (CEMRRAT2) Progress Report In 1994, APA President Ronald Fox appointed a 15-member Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training in Psychology (CEMRRAT). This Commission was charged to identify barriers to increased participation of ethnic minorities in psychology and to develop a plan for addressing those barriers. In 1997, CEMRRAT issued its final report, Visions and Transformations, which included a Plan for Action that subsequently was adopted by APA s Council of Representatives. Following adoption of the Plan, CEMRRAT was succeeded by a much smaller, 4- member CEMRRAT2 Task Force, with one member appointed by each of APA s four major Boards (i.e., Education, Practice, Public Interest and Science). CEMRRAT2 was charged to oversee the implementation of the APA/CEMRRAT Plan. This year, CEMRRAT2 completed its ambitious assessment of progress made to date in implementing the Plan, and increasing ethnic minority participation in psychology. That assessment, A Portrait of Success and Challenge The Progress Report: , was reviewed by the APA Board of Directors in June, and is scheduled for review and action by the APA Council of Representatives in August. Members of the CEMRRAT2 Task Force are: A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert, PhD (Chair); James Freeman, PhD; Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD; and Ena Vazquez-Nuttall, EdD. Below is the report s Executive Summary, including its recommendations. A copy of the most recent draft of the CEMRRAT2 Task Force is available online at: 4

14 ASSOCIATION REPORTS Major Findings THE CEMRRAT PROGRESS REPORT Executive Summary Of Major Findings and Priority Recommendations The findings of the Progress Report reflect both the tremendous success that U.S. Psychology has experienced in confronting and aggressively addressing barriers to improvements in ethnic minority recruitment, retention, training and advancement in psychology, as well as the significant challenges that remain. The following is a summary of the report s major findings. 1 Ethnic minority students increasingly are priming the APA student membership pipeline. Between 1998 and 2003, total student affiliate membership declined by 15.9% while minority student affiliate membership increased by 28.7%. During , 20.3% of APA s membership increase was attributable to ethnic minorities. Between 1997 and 2004, there was a 41.2% increase in ethnic minority participation in APA governance. Since 1997, ethnic minority representation has increased at all levels of psychology s education pipeline, but continues to exhibit constriction at higher levels of the pipeline. Between 1996 and 2004, the representation of ethnic minority recipients of bachelor s degrees in psychology increased by 37.6%. Between 1996 and 2004, the number of ethnic minority recipients of master s degrees in psychology increased by 90.8%; in 2004, 27.2% of such degrees were awarded to ethnic minorities. 1/ More detailed data for each of the nation's major ethnic minority groups are presented in the Report's chapter on "The Current Status of Ethnic Minorities in Psychology". 5

15 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ Between 1996 and 2004, the number of ethnic minority doctoral recipients increased by only 16.6%; in 2004, ethnic minorities received 20.1% of EdD and PhD degrees in psychology; in 2003, ethnic minorities were 19.9% of new enrollees in PsyD programs. APPIC summary data suggest a trend towards a shrinking internship applicant pool and an increase in the proportion of unmatched internship applicants who are ethnic minority. Between 1997 and 2001, new ethnic minority doctoral recipients decreased their participation as postdoctoral fellows by 26.1%. In 2001, ethnic minorities constituted only 11% of the nation s full-time psychology faculty. Members of the original CEMRRAT subsequently served in at least 24 APA Governance positions, thus ensuring the CEMRRAT vision was seeded throughout APA. Since its inception in 1999 through 2006, the CEMRRAT Implementation Fund awarded 134 grants totaling $478,000, which in turn leveraged no less than $370,000 in additional funds. Three waves of CEMRRAT-authorized surveys to SPTAs, Divisions, and Governance suggest that increased ethnic minority participation and infusion of diversity-related concerns involve a developmental process: The 2000 survey results suggested that responding entities focused their ethnic minority efforts on establishing the presence of ethnic minorities and ethnic minority issues at the core and in the leadership of these groups by developing minority slates or nominating ethnic minorities, and establishing committees on ethnic minorities (or similar groups). The 2002 survey responses suggested that priorities were shifting somewhat, with increased efforts reported relative to supporting committees on ethnic minority issues, supporting the attendance of ethnic minorities at conferences and meetings, incorporating ethnic minority content into publications, and organizing special events and programs on ethnic minority issues at conventions. 6

16 ASSOCIATION REPORTS The 2005 survey suggested a continuing increase in the scope of ethnic minority recruitment, retention and training efforts with 11 of 12 surveyed minority-focused activities reflecting increases in the percentage of Divisions, SPTAs or board/committees engaged in such activities. A summary analysis of the intensity of efforts since 1997 by the APA Central Office, Divisions, SPTAs and Governance in support of each of the APA/CEMRRAT Plan s five objectives and 20 goals revealed that by far, greatest effort was devoted to the following goal: Help psychology trainers, educators, and researcher become literate in multicultural issues and facilitate the inclusion of multicultural topics in classroom and field experience through the conduct and sponsorship of workshops and convention presentations. The following are among the goals for which the least effort was devoted: Develop procedures for responding to complaints and concerns related to diversity in academic and health institutions; Introduce and/or increase the enforceability of accreditation and licensing standards focused on services to/research with multicultural populations; Increase research and evaluation efforts related to ethnic minority recruitment, retention, education, graduation, and training; and Improve the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority faculty. Priority Recommendations For Future Action It is the intention of the CEMRRAT2 Task Force to continue to support and monitor activities related to the accomplishment of all objectives and goals of the 1997 APA/CEMRRAT Plan. However, findings of this Progress Report suggest that some of those goals have either gained increased urgency or are distinguished by the inattention that has been given to their accomplishment. Thus, priority recommendations represent those major areas of concern where to date, little transformative effort has been made relative to the extant need. The identification of these priorities is based on data presented in the Report s Analysis and Summary chapter. Rationales for recommended strategic actions are provided in the Report s Conclusions and Recommendations chapter. 7

17 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ The following are the CEMRRAT2 Priority Recommendations for the 5-year period of Summary of CEMRRAT2 Priority Recommendations for Future Action APA/CEMRRAT Plan Objective I: Promote and improve multicultural training in psychology Recommendation 1: Increase ethnic minority student interest and talent in math, science, and scientific areas of psychology Recommended Strategic Action 1: It is recommended that the APA and other organized entities in psychology monitor the numbers of persons of color entering the scientific fields of psychology at the graduate and faculty levels. Recommended Strategic Action 2: It is recommended that the numbers of ethnic minority participants in the APA Science Leadership Conference be increased and that racial and ethnic issues in scientific psychology be included in the agenda of future conferences. Recommended Strategic Action 3: It is recommended that APA increase the recruitment of psychologists of color to participate in the Advanced Training Institutes (ATIs) and, if possible, consider offering an ATI on Research Methods for Culturally Diverse Populations. Recommended Strategic Action 4: It is recommended that, once the Task Force Report on Increasing the Number of Quantitative Psychologists is completed and/or received by the APA Council, the APA will work to implement that report s recommended strategies for increasing the number of persons of color in the field of quantitative psychology. APA/CEMRRAT Plan Objective II: Increase ethnic minority faculty recruitment and retention in psychology Recommendation 2: Increase faculty recruitment, retention, and training 8

18 ASSOCIATION REPORTS Recommended Strategic Action 5: It is recommended that APA develop an online network (for a nominal fee) available to Universities and Colleges (but free to Departments of Psychology), and research corporations/entities that provides a listing of ethnic minorities who are nearing the completion of their doctoral programs Recommended Strategic Action 6: It is recommended that APA promote, fund, and actively support initiatives among graduate schools across the country that focus on preparing ethnic minority graduate students to pursue faculty positions by demystifying the teaching profession and providing professional development for students as a part of their graduate education. Recommended Strategic Action 7: It is recommended that publications be developed for ethnic minority psychologists and research/education/health agencies and institutions that outline the process of accessing and emphasize the benefits of engaging in postdoctoral training opportunities. Publications that target agencies and institutions also should include information regarding the recruitment of ethnic minority doctoral degree recipients, provision of support to graduates of color, and models for encouragement of transition from training to academic, and research careers. These publications should be linked to the web sites of organized entities of psychology. Recommended Strategic Action 8: It is recommended that an annual APA Convention session/workshop be developed to orient ethnic minority doctoral degree candidates and recipients to the benefits of postdoctoral training. APA/CEMRRAT Plan Objective III: Increase ethnic minority student recruitment, retention, and graduation in psychology Recommendation 3: Increase ethnic minority student recruitment, retention, and graduation Recommended Strategic Action 9: It is recommended that APA emphasize, promote, and support academic programs at the undergraduate level that include a focus on preparation for graduate school -- especially for doctoral study. 9

19 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ Recommended Strategic Action 10: It is recommended that APA seek to develop a joint venture with public and private funding sources including private foundations whose missions include post-secondary education (e.g., American Psychological Foundation; Ford, Kellogg, and Kauffman Foundations) to support initiatives among graduate schools across the country that focus on preparing ethnic minority graduate students for research and academic careers in psychology. APA/CEMRRAT Plan Objective IV: Provide national leadership for diversity and multiculturalism in education, science, and human services Recommendation 4: Increase the provision of national leadership for diversity and multiculturalism in education, science, and human services. Recommended Strategic Action 11: It is recommended that APA develop and implement a national public education campaign on diversity in postsecondary education and the workplace. Recommended Strategic Action 12: It is recommended that APA develop a comprehensive, coordinated strategic approach to guide APA s advocacy of federal, state, and foundation funding of ethnic minority training throughout the educational pipeline in psychology. APA/CEMRRAT Plan Objective V: Promote data collection, research, and evaluation on ethnic minority recruitment, retention, education, graduation, and training Recommendation 5: Increase data collection and compilation Recommended Strategic Action 13: It is recommended that all organized entities in Psychology (e.g., APA Boards and Committees; APA Divisions; State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Associations; APA Central Office) submit to APA timely, annual, standardized reports related to their activities in support of ethnic minority recruitment, retention, training and leadership development, and diversity in psychology. A related centralized 10

20 ASSOCIATION REPORTS data management system should be established to facilitate analysis of data, which will be interpreted and disseminated under the oversight of the CEMRRAT 2Task Force. Recommended Strategic Action 14: It is recommended that APA develop a Research Agenda (based on a thorough review of related research literature) of critical information and data needed to better understand the developmental processes and institutional procedures associated with effective ethnic minority recruitment, retention, and training for use in advocacy of related funding priorities at federal and private research funding agencies. Recommendation 6: Continue CEMRRAT2 Task Force oversight; continue funding for the CEMRRAT Implementation Grants; consider incorporation of the above recommended strategic actions into the APA CEO s proposed Diversity Enhancement Plan. Recommended Strategic Action 15: It is recommended that the APA Council of Representatives adopt this report s Resolution to Enhance Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology. APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs The APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) convened its first meeting in 2007 during the regular annual spring consolidated meetings cycle. Their meeting agenda continues to focus on its mission to promote and advance ethnic minority psychology in APA and the discipline at large, and among this meeting s important highlights were the following: (a) development of a proposed implementation plan and related media plan for the APA Resolution Recommending the Immediate Retirement of American Indian Mascots, Symbols, Images, and Personalities by Schools, Colleges, Universities, Athletic Teams, and Organizations; (b) the continuing collaboration efforts with the APA Committee on International Affairs in Psychology (CIRP) on the development of an implementation plan on the APA Delegation s Report on the 2001 United Nation s World Conference Against Racism (WCAR); (c) conceptionalization of a possible discretionary funds request to the APA Council of Representatives calling for the establishment of a task force charged to address the preparation and 11

21 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ diversity of future psychology faculty; (d) the submission of comments on the proposed APA diversity implementation plan; (e) commitments to the fall 2007 Coordinated Advocacy Campaign being organized by the APA Public Interest Directorate s Government Relations Office (PI-GRO); and (f) the preparation of CEMA s diversity statement. An important project that is planned for preliminary governance review during the fall 2007 consolidated meetings is CEMA s proposed implementation plan for the APA Resolution Recommending the Immediate Retirement of American Indian Mascots, Symbols, Images, and Personalities by Schools, Colleges, Universities, Athletic Teams, and Organizations. The draft plan is provided here. Comments/feedback are welcomed and should reach OEMA on or before September 1, Draft Implementation Plan for the APA Resolution Requesting the Immediate Retirement of American Indian Mascots, Symbols, Images and Personalities by Schools, Colleges, Universities, Athletic Teams, and Organizations Prepared by the CEMA Subcommittee Lisa R. Thomas, PhD, José M. Cervantes, PhD, and Arthur W. Blume, PhD in consultation with Society of Indian Psychologists and people of color in APA governance During CEMA Fall 2006 Meeting September 29 - October 1, 2006 A Within APA (1) CEMA will continue to collaborate with and support the APA Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) to develop and implement educational programming for APA central office staff regarding this issue. These educational materials will also be posted, as appropriate, on the APA website as resources for APA members and the general public. (2) CEMA will continue to collaborate with the Office of Public and Member Communications (OPMC) to: (a) reach out to diverse media outlets and audiences; (b) develop a multimedia campaign that could promote a significant increase in the general public's awareness of this issue that could include the development of poster(s), a training video, and/or educational brochure; (c) develop a "speakers list" of experts to serve as consultants and resources to the OPMC when responding to media inquiries; and (d) prepare a "standardized" Op-ed article/letter to the editor template on this topic that could be used by CEMA members or other experts for submission to local, state, or national news outlets. OPMC will provide routine progress reports on these and other related activities to CEMA during semi-annual CEMA meetings. (3) CEMA will continue to collaborate with the APA Public Policy Office (PPO) in the development of legislative advocacy that seeks to promote a research agenda that will 12

22 ASSOCIATION REPORTS increase the body of science and knowledge on this topic and more importantly, will challenge any efforts to curtail and/or reduce funding for research regarding the psychological implications of the continued use of stereotypic American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) mascots, images, symbols and personalities. (4) OEMA will forward relevant materials on this issue to the APA Council of Representatives' Diversity and Education Task Force staff liaison. B. Outside of APA (1) CEMA will collaborate with the Society of Indian Psychologists (SIP) to (a) support OEMA's educational programming concerning this issue by providing experts and content, (b) develop a list of AI/AN psychologists available to serve as speakers and provide other resources, (c) collaborate with experts, including Drs. Stephanie Fryberg, John Cheney, and John Gonzalez, to develop briefing papers and/or a potential grantspersonship strategy targeting AI/AN owned or operated gaming establishments to support dissertation or other research opportunities related to this issue, and (d) develop a list of SIP members willing to respond to trigger events by submitting op-ed pieces to local news journals (APA Office of Public and Member Communications has offered to develop a template from which to work and also to provide contact info for news journals). (2) CEMA will pursue collaboration effort with the American Indian Law Center at University of New Mexico and/or the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), or similar AI/AN law centers to explore any potential civil rights violation(s). Any relevant information developed from such collaboration efforts should be sent to the APA OPMC for consideration and use in the APA media plan on this issue and to OEMA for inclusion in the educational programming. C. Curriculum and Curriculum Development: (1) CEMA will invite psychologists and psychology students to develop new curriculum addressing this issue and will provide an award and/or honor the curriculum that is selected. This could include developing a video similar to In Whose Honor that portrays the negative impact of stereotypic images of AI/AN mascots. (2) Develop an interactive website as a resource that will include relevant scientific findings as well as personal and professional stories that educators could use as a resource. D. Community outreach and dissemination: (1) Forward APA materials to state psychological associations, ethnic minority psychological associations, and departments of psychology, and request that they consider carrying (or publishing?) an article on this APA action in their newsletters and/or other media outlets, as well as encourage them to disseminate this information widely, and/or if appropriate, consider adopting as policy some portion of CEMA's implementation plan in the development of their own action plan. 13

23 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ (2) Identify well-known athletes or sports personalities who could be contacted and approached to act as spokespersons on this issue on APA's behalf. E. Responding to "triggering events" that afford "a media opportunity": (1) Collaborate with OPMC to identify events that can serve as opportunities to provide education and resources regarding the negative impacts of the inappropriate use of stereotypic AI/AN imagery. (2) Disseminate and encourage the use of the "standardized" Op-ed articles/letters to the editor developed by the OPMC by state psychological associations, APA divisions, and/or departments of psychology in response to triggering events. The Committee was pleased to welcome the Division 40 liaison, Desiree Byrd, PhD, as well as Cheryll Rothery-Jackson, PsyD, the recently appointed National Council of Schools of Professional Psychology (NCSPP) liaison to CEMA and Allan Noonan, MD, 2007 liaison to CEMA from BAPPI. CEMA 2007 members are: Lisa R. Thomas, PhD (chairperson); Jennifer J. Manly, PhD; Karen Y. Chen, PhD; José M. Cervantes, PhD (chairperson-elect); Anderson J. Franklin, PhD; and Arthur W. Blume, PhD. CEMA s next meeting is scheduled for September 2007 in Washington, DC. L to R: Drs. Cervantes, Franklin, Byrd (liaison), Thomas, (Chair), Blume, Chen, and Manly 14

24 ASSOCIATION REPORTS CEMA Awards Its 2007 Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology Derek Griner, PhD is the.2007winner of the Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology competition, sponsored by the APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA). Dr. Griner won for his dissertation, titled, "Culturally Adapted Mental Health Treatments: a Meta-analysis" (Brigham Young University, 2005). The award includes a plaque, a $500 cash prize, and convention registration fee. In addition, the APA Science Directorate will provides a travel award. The award plaque will be presented to at an awards ceremony during CEMA's awards reception and social hour at the upcoming APA Derek Griner, PhD annual convention in San Francisco, California. The event will take place on Friday, August 17th, 6:00pm, in the Yerba Buena Salons 5 & 6 of the San Francisco Marriott Hotel. Derek Griner is a doctoral candidate of Counseling Psychology at Brigham Young University. He has conducted research on multicultural psychology and recently received the Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship on Race & Ethnicity Award from APA Division 17. Last year he spent a semester in Hawaii working with culturally diverse clients, making new friends, enjoying outdoor activities and learning to surf. Derek also works extensively with students with disabilities, assisting in program development and is currently conducting qualitative research in this area. He is presently attending a full time internship at Arizona State University. Derek plans to work in a university setting where he will be able to continue counseling, teaching classes and further researching multicultural psychology. 15

25 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ Congratulations to Members of Color Elected as Division and SPTA Representatives in 2007! The 2007 ballots to elect Division Officers and Division and SPTA Council Representatives were mailed on April 16. The election closed on May 31 The ballots have been counted; and the results certified by the Election Committee. Individual tally sheets are available from the APA Elections Office upon request. The following members of color were elected. Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics) President-elect: Gwyneth M. Boodoo, PhD Member-at-Large: Jorge L. Mendoza, PhD Division 7 (Developmental) Secretary: Sandra Graham, PhD Division 17 (Counseling) President-Elect: Janet E. Helms, PhD V.P. for Education and Training: Y. Barry Chung, PhD Division 30 (Hypnosis) President-Elect: Ian Wickramasekera, II, PsyD Division 31 (State, Provincial & Territorial Affairs) President-Elect: Jennifer F. Kelly, PhD Division 35 (Women) President-Elect: Martha E. Banks, PhD Division 42 (Independent Practice) Council Representative: Josephine D. Johnson, PhD Division 43 (Family) Secretary: Terry Soo-Hoo, PhD Division 44 (Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Issues) Council Representative: Terry S. Gock, PhD Division 45 (Ethnic Minority Issues) President-Elect: Manuel Casas, PhD Member at Large: Cheryl Talley, PhD Division's Representative to Council: William D. Parham, PhD Division 47 (Exercise & Sport) President-Elect: Ed O. Acevedo, PhD Division 48 (Peace) President-Elect: Eduardo I. Diaz, PhD Council Representative: Corann Okorodudu, EdD 16

26 ASSOCIATION REPORTS Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests The Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancem ent of Ethnic Minority Interests (CNPAAEMI) held its annual sum m er m eeting in the m ajestic m ountain paradise of Garden City, Utah. CNPAAEMI com posed of the presidents of the four national ethnic m inority psychological associations, APA and the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues (APA Division 45) was the guest of the Society of Indian Psychologists (SIP). SIP traditionally convenes it annual conference for Am erican Indian/Alaska Native students and psychologists at Utah State University in Logan, Utah in concert with a special retreat that im m ediately precedes it. W hile CNPAAEMI has held its sum m er m eeting in conjunction with a previous SIP conference, this was the first tim e CNPAAEM I m em bers were able to take part in the retreat portion of the event. Front L to R: Drs. Boyd and Suyemoto Rear L to R: Drs. Cervantes, Atwell, Peregoy and Daniels 17

27 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ Among the significant events of the retreat was this year s keynote presentation by Narcisse Blood (Blackfeet), First Nations, Cardston, Alberta, Canada. Mr. Blood s presentation focused on a documentary film being produced in Canada in connection with a University of Alberta course that leads First Nations people on an important journey to learn about and support efforts to reclaim sacred lands. CNPAAEMI members were pleased and honored to have been able to attend and experience the SIP retreat. The Council s meeting convened one day prior to the retreat. Among the meeting s important agenda items were the following: (a) offering guidance and consultation on a project to increase cultural competence in mental health disaster response and preparedness; (b) developing public policy legislative advocacy strategies related to ethnic minority training InPsych Programs and the Minority Fellowship Program, in particular; (c) developing a resolution addressing reparations, modeled after the Reparations Position Statement issued by the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi); (d) receiving a status report on APA s initiative to establish voting seats on the APA Council of Representatives for the four ethnic minority psychological associations; and (e) ongoing development of its publication series. The two publications currently being developed address education and training, and tests and assessments. Dinner at the SIP Retreat 18

28 ASSOCIATION REPORTS CNPAAEMI meets twice per year and its members continue to look for opportunities to collaborate and examine common perspectives on difficult issues in organized psychology. One strategic effort is to convene one of their annual meetings in connection with an annual meeting of an ethnic minority psychological association, as well as during APA s annual convention. The Council believes that this action affords an opportunity for ethnic minority psychology students and psychologists to dialogue and interact with ethnic minority psychology s leadership on a number of important and critical issues. Current CNPAAEMI members include: Mark C. Daniels, PhD, President, SIP; Robert Atwell, PhD, Past-President, ABPsi; José M. Cervantes, PhD, President, National Latina/o Psychological Association (NLPA), Alvin N. Alvarez, PhD, President, Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA), and Frederick T. L. Leong, PhD, President, APA Division 45. Information about CNPAAEMI and its initiatives and publications can be obtained by visiting the APA OEMA website at 19

29 RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, & TRAINING OF PSYCHOLOGISTS OF COLOR APA/NIGMS Grant Project Update The 2006 APA/NIGMS Project Assessment Sonja Preston and Dennis Bourne APA/NIGMS Grant Project Since 1996, OEMA has received grant funding from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for its project, Developing Minority Biomedical Research Talent in Psychology: A Collaborative and Systemic Approach for Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Recruitment, Retention, Training and Research, which is more commonly known as the APA/NIGMS Project. This project seeks to demonstrate the effectiveness of a pipeline and systemic approach for increasing the recruitment, retention, training and academic support of persons of color in the educational pipeline for biomedical and behavioral research careers in psychology. Major project strategies include developing partnerships among predominantly minority 2- and 4-year institutions and major research institutions, strategic planning and consultation to departments, research mentoring, and academic support activities. Fourteen institutions are involved in the project and more than 550 students have engaged in its research mentorship opportunities. Project evaluation and assessment are one of the project's critical elements. In October of 2006, each of the APA/NIGMS institutions was invited to evaluate the project by completing the 2006 APA/NIGMS Project Assessment. Completed surveys were received from 13 of the 14 project institutions. This survey instrument included 17 multiple choice items concerned with the success and impact of specific aspects of the project, as well as the institutions general satisfaction with the project. Overall satisfaction with the project was high, with a total mean of 4.5 out of 5.0. Eight institutions indicated that they were Very Satisfied. Four of the remaining institutions indicated that they were Satisfied. Other highly rated items involved the success of the regional/institutional programs and activities (4.7 out of 5.0), the project's positive impact on the students in the department (3.0/3.0), and the positive impact on the number of students transferring to 4-year institutions (3.0/3.0). 20

30 RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, & TRAINING OF PSYCHOLOGISTS OF COLOR Total Means for 2006 APA/NIGMS Project Assessment Item Response Item Description 1 5 (Very Dissatisfied/Unsuccessful to Very Satisfied/Successful) Total Mean (n=13) Overall satisfaction with APA/NIGMS project 4.5 Success of region/institution programs and activities 4.7 Success of collaboration between institutions in region (No positive impact to Positive impact) Positive impact on department as a whole 2.9 Positive impact on institution as a whole 2.9 Positive impact on students in department 3.0 Positive impact on students at institution 2.7 Positive impact on retention of primary students 2.8 Positive impact on retention of secondary students 2.6 Positive impact on minority-related training and research 2.7 Positive impact on recruitment of minority students 2.7 Positive impact on retention of minority students 2.8 Positive impact on training of minority students 2.9 Positive impact on climate for minorities in department 2.8 Positive impact on number of minorities transferring to 4-yr 3.0 Positive impact on number of minorities pursuing graduate study 2.7 Positive impact on graduate student assistants 2.9 There were also several open-ended questions that invited the institutions to elaborate on their responses to the multiple choice items, and to provide opinions and suggestions for improvement. The first series of these questions asked respondents about the major strengths of the overall project and recommendations for improving the project. Responses regarding project strengths included the opportunity for students to have summer experience that are related to their curriculum and encourage them to go to graduate school, and the diversity of the institutions and core team members. Another important strength was the continuity of the program, which allows present students to see and be encouraged by the accomplishments of former students. Recommended changes included using some program resources to begin encouraging interest and participation in research among students at the elementary, middle and high 21

31 OEMA COMMUNIQUÉ school levels. Respondents also suggested planning gatherings, such as conferences, to allow students and mentors to share research and program innovations. Several of the open-ended items were concerned with the value added to the institutions and departments through their participation in the APA/NIGMS Project. Noted advantages included helping to unify the Psychology department by involving faculty from various programs; increasing awareness of minority recruitment and retention issues; and increasing students understanding of the value of research. Students have also been able to develop research skills beyond those that could be gained in the classroom, and institutions have been able to use the project as a recruitment tool for new minority students. The results of the 2006 APA/NIGMS Project Assessment demonstrate that satisfaction with the program is high. We look forward to continually improve the project, and to even more academic achievements and programmatic successes in the future. For more information about the APA/NIGMS Grant Project, please contact: Sonja Preston, Project Administrator at spreston@apa.org or at or to the project's website: CEMRRAT Update CEMRRAT 2007 Grants Award Recipients Shannon Watts, Special Projects Manager This year 22 CEMRRAT Implementation Grants proposals were submitted between January 1, 2007 and April 15, Proposals were reviewed on a rolling basis, and funding decisions were made in the order of proposal receipt. Nineteen proposals received seed funds totaling $75,713. The awarded seed funds will serve to buttress several efforts related to ethnic minority recruitment, retention, and training in psychology including: (a) continuing support of emerging ethnic minority leaders (diversity delegates) at the APA State Leadership Conference; (b) developing four diversity concentration workshops to increase multicultural competence with faculty at Yeshiva University; (c) developing a web based multicultural and social justice training tool for psychologists at San Francisco State University; (d) supporting multicultural training for postdoctoral students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; (e) creating a training program for ethnic minority 22