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Diversity Study Group Project

Diversity and Social Action Committee

Posted: December 12, 2024

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Greetings. We are writing to invite you to join our Diversity and Social Action Committee’s membership-wide Study Group initiative described in an AAPCSW Newsletter article (Website, 2024, Issue 2) titled: “Let's Read, Play and Learn together: Diversity Study Group Project.”

We are hoping the newly formed groups will be ready to begin meeting by the middle of January 2025.

AAPCSW's core mission is focused on promotion of excellence in psychoanalytic social work knowledge and skill. Accordingly, the goal of the Study Group initiative is to provide further opportunities for self- initiated small group exploration of selected diversity topics (e.g., women's issues, immigration, intercultural clinical practice, LGBTQIA+ issues, etc.) from a psychoanalytically informed clinical perspective along with other colleagues. Our plan for achieving this goal involves several stages:

  • At this beginning stage, after reading the Newsletter article with further details about the project, we are hoping that our invitation appeals to you, and you can get back to us with your area of interest.
  • Upon receiving your response, we will put those of you with similar interest in contact with one another. We will need your written permission to provide your contact information to others.
  • At this stage, we recommend that the group members arrange for an initial meeting and begin to decide on choosing their study material (see the Newsletter for examples), the time and frequency of the meeting and other structural aspects of forming their group. Our committee will be available in a consulting role if needed.
  • The group then will share the details of its decisions with our committee and respond to our periodic inquiry regarding how things are going.

We are quite excited about the potential of this project for providing the opportunity for all of us to come together, learn from one another and enjoy being part of the community.

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My best,
Golnar Simpson, PhD, LCSW
Chair, AAPCSW Diversity and Social Action Committee