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SPSSI 2018 Summer Conference
Bridges to Justice: Building Coalitions and Collaborations Within and Beyond Psychology
June 29-July 1, 2018 | Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
Known as “The City of Bridges,” Pittsburgh, PA, is unrivaled in its use of art, science, and industry to create a cohesive community. Through the installation of over 400 bridges, the first of which opened in 1818, Pittsburgh grew from a shattered series of hills, planes, and ravines, to a thriving, multicultural metropolis. Inspired by its host city, the 2018 SPSSI conference aims to shed light on and facilitate community building to overcome the varied and interlocking barriers to social justice we face today.
Racism, sexism, heterosexism, xenophobia, classism, ableism, and ageism, are mutually-reinforcing oppressions, linked in both our institutions and social consciousness. To overcome these oppressions, psychologists working towards social justice must creatively collaborate across sub-disciplines, leveraging the complementary strengths of social, developmental, community, cognitive, clinical, and applied perspectives. Psychologists working on social problems must also actively build bridges with policy makers and community organizations to center and translate their work for the public good. Given the global rise in attacks on human rights and active efforts to divide people with different social identities, the 2018 SPSSI conference theme of building bridges is meant to celebrate, inspire, and support the creation of coalitions and collaborations within and beyond psychology--as what one cannot do, many can accomplish.
Conference Co-Chairs
Asia Eaton, Florida International University
Jason Lawrence, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Special Conference Events:
I am Psyched Exhibit
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Policy Workshop: "Bringing Research to Policy: |
Diversity Pre-Conference: "Making and Finding |
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