"Practice is where we learn how our theories or ideas are implemented. Practice is where we improve our skills by adapting to the ever-changing environment."

"We are similar to archeologists, we try to understand the customs, norms and values within different contexts; we search for understanding by listening to people's lived experiences."

"We added a voice to communicate our field to an international audience, included new voices, and considered the cultural variables that would make the effort fair and impactful."

"The global journal helped define CP practice, and create an outlet for the contributions of practitioners that otherwise would never have told the stories of their projects."

"We try to understand collaborations with communities, and we have sought vehicles that value opportunities to take risks and are open to our unorthodox storytelling."

Featured Articles from Around the Globe

Digital storytelling and the narrative turn in psychology: Creating spaces for collective empowerment

Alexios Brailas

In this article, we propose a model that combines digital storytelling with narrative practice to create a facilitated peer-to-peer experiential learning space for collective empowerment. This model was inspired by an educational intervention that utilized participatory digital comic strip making to raise students’ awareness of bullying and its consequences.

Community-Level Resources Bolstering Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV/AIDS

Renato M. Liboro, Tammy C. Yates, Charles Fehr, George Da Silva, Francisco Ibañez-Carrasco, Andrew D. Eaton, Daniel Pugh, Lori E. Ross, and Paul A. Shuper

The aim of this qualitative study is to identify community-level resources that bolster resilience to HIV/AIDS based specifically on the perspectives and lived experiences of middle-aged and older (MAO) men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS.

Assessing Feminist Community Psychology Pedagogy

Michele M. Schlehofer, Yuki Okubo, and Dominic D. W. Williams

Feminist pedagogy and community psychology share many ideological similarities, including an action-oriented approach to social problems, a focus on the voices of marginalized communities, and an emphasis on empowerment. This article presents focus group findings from seven students who took an undergraduate community psychology course taught with FCPP, to better understand the impact of this teaching approach on their educational experiences.

Reverse Innovation in Mental Health: Review and Recommendations

Christine Ngaruiya, Kunmi Sobowale, and Anniyizhai Annamalai

This paper presents a commentary and literature review examining the status quo on Reverse Innovation in mental health. Barriers to knowledge exchange between Low- and Middle-Income, and High-Income country partners are discussed, and potential solutions are presented.

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Editor's Note

The Gifts of Guidance and Honesty

Community psychology practitioners, when they are open to receiving the gifts of guidance and honesty from the communities they serve, have such a unique opportunity to perpetuate a cycle of growth rather than privilege and oppression.

tools of the trade

Community Asset and Needs Culturalgram

Nataka Moore and Tiffany McDowell

Most needs/asset maps are static in that they look at what the needs and assets are of the community at the current time frame. Community residents, researchers, public health care workers, and activists have the opportunity to use the Community Asset and Needs Culturalgram (CANC) as an alternative approach to assessing the needs and assets of a community.

Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice

Featured Articles from Around the Globe

Digital storytelling and the narrative turn in psychology: Creating spaces for collective empowerment

Community-Level Resources Bolstering Resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV/AIDS

Assessing Feminist Community Psychology Pedagogy

Reverse Innovation in Mental Health: Review and Recommendations

In this Issue

Editor's Note

The Gifts of Guidance and Honesty

tools of the trade

Community Asset and Needs Culturalgram

Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice ISSN 2163-8667

Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
ISSN 2163-8667