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SPOTLIGHTED RESOURCES
Science and Advocacy
Slideshow: How to Write a Policy Brief
Handout #1: Deconstructing a Brief
Handout #2: Beginning Your Policy Brief
Handout #3: Policy Brief Checklist
Webinar: The Science of Policy and Communication (Part I) (Part II)
Workshop slideshow: Applying Science to Advocacy for Social Change
Research brief: Advocacy for Social Change
Immigration and Minorities
Fact sheet: Preventing Homegrown Radicalization
Fact sheet: Psychology and Immigration Reform (references)
Fact sheet: Widening Impact of Arizona's SB 1070
Fact sheet: Likely Effects of Cross-Deputization in Utah
Fact sheet: Immigration Facts and Myths
Fact sheet: Persuasive Message Framing and Immigration Attitudes
Event report: Policing in a Time of Budget Cuts: Immigration and Community Partners
Research summary: SIPR on Immigration and Civic Participation
Research summary: JSI on Immigrants and Hosts
Research summary: Multiracial Minorities
Expert response: Dr. Faye Crosby Responds to the Supreme Court Ruling in Ricci v. DeStephano
Gender and Sexuality
Policy Brief: Protect the Lives and Rights of Gender and Gender Diverse Youth
Slideshow and more: Resources related to SPSSI's Congressional Seminar on LGBTQ non-discrimination and inclusion
Multiple documents: Resources related to the Pulse Nightclub Tragedy
Fact sheet: Adoption Among Same-Sex Couples
Fact sheet: LGBT Discrimination and Denial of Marriage Equality
Fact sheet: Psychological and Social Outcomes for Children of Same-Sex Parents
APA resolution: Equality for Same-Sex Couples
Global Climate Crisis
Report and brief: Building Resilient Communities in the Face of Climate Change: A Resource for Local Communities
Research brief: Resilience and Adaptation to a Changing Climate
Congressional seminar: Engaging the Public in Climate Change Action
Fact sheet: Human Behavior Dimensions of Climate Change Policy
APA resolution: Affirming Psychologists' Role in Addressing Global Climate Change
Issue overview: Psychology and Global Climate Change
Poverty and Unemployment
Position statement: Psychological Consequences of Unemployment
Research brief: Framing Poverty as a Social Problem
International Human Rights
Human Rights 101: A Brief College-Level Overview
Fact sheet: Hate Crimes
Congressional seminar: Who Cares About Human Rights?
Research brief: Use of Torture in Interrogations
Expert response: Dr. Angel W. Colon-Rivera on Commemorating International Roma Day
Education
Fact sheet: 2018 Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act
Research brief: The State of Student Veterans in Higher Education in Nevada
Interpersonal Violence
Fact sheet: Psychology and Racial Profiling
Fact sheet: Psychology and Stand Your Ground Laws
Congressional seminar: The Violence Against Women Act (summary) (video)
Position statement: Call for Research on Gun Violence
Health
Policy summary: SIPR on Digital Gaming and Obesity
Position statement: UN on Mental Health and the Scope of Noncommunicable Diseases, SPSSI signator
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