Communtiy Psychology Praxis
@cp-praxis.bsky.social
Community psychologist and university professor with organizing experience. I teach community organizing and advocacy skills to undergraduates (among other things).
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We are entering another public comment period- looks like lots of environmental regulatory changes are open for comment right now (looking at you, climate activists)! I put together some infographics on public comments- what they are, how to do them, and why it's important.
This is a GREAT resource!
😰 Are you dreading the moment when a family member will surely bring up a viral falsehood this holiday season?
✨ We can't guarantee success, but here are six tips for holding productive, fact-based conversations: zurl.co/QEAbD
✨ We can't guarantee success, but here are six tips for holding productive, fact-based conversations: zurl.co/QEAbD
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is a GREAT resource!
I keep saying this. CEOs will start pushing back when it becomes clear we plebs can no longer afford to be good little consumers. (Also, we should embrace anti-consumerism).
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I keep saying this. CEOs will start pushing back when it becomes clear we plebs can no longer afford to be good little consumers. (Also, we should embrace anti-consumerism).
Who wants to take a guess that the DOJ won't release the files because there's now an active investigation of Democrats (that the President requested)?
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Who wants to take a guess that the DOJ won't release the files because there's now an active investigation of Democrats (that the President requested)?
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New paper out in this volume by human rights lawyers www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/int... where I discuss what an ‘epistemic jurisdiction’ is, two possible different views on it, and why it matters for international cooperation in the context of implementing the human right to science (Art 27 of UNDHR).
November 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New paper out in this volume by human rights lawyers www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/int... where I discuss what an ‘epistemic jurisdiction’ is, two possible different views on it, and why it matters for international cooperation in the context of implementing the human right to science (Art 27 of UNDHR).
For those available to be in DC on Wednesday.
RFK is a danger to the health of our nation. Join us in DC to deliver 100k petition signatures calling for RFK Jr. to be impeached!
📣 🚨 911 March for Health and Science!
⏰ November 5th, 3:30pm ET
📍From the National Mall to HHS HQ (200 Independence Ave SW)
INFO and RSVP 🔗 in bio!
📣 🚨 911 March for Health and Science!
⏰ November 5th, 3:30pm ET
📍From the National Mall to HHS HQ (200 Independence Ave SW)
INFO and RSVP 🔗 in bio!
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
For those available to be in DC on Wednesday.
If you're tired of calling your reps - send them an email. You can email all three of your Congressional reps here. democracy.io#!/
Democracy.io - Contact your Members of Congress
Democracy thrives when people’s voices are heard. Send a message to your legislatures using EFF's simple new tool.
democracy.io
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If you're tired of calling your reps - send them an email. You can email all three of your Congressional reps here. democracy.io#!/
"Restrictions on free expression and debate can also stifle students’ intellectual curiosity, curb engagement and hinder critical-thinking development.
Equally concerning is the long-term impact on innovation."
theconversation.com/college-facu...
Equally concerning is the long-term impact on innovation."
theconversation.com/college-facu...
College faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing – the stress also trickles down to students
Faculty members say they are worried about job security but also whether they should be introducing certain topics, like gender, in their class or with colleagues.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Restrictions on free expression and debate can also stifle students’ intellectual curiosity, curb engagement and hinder critical-thinking development.
Equally concerning is the long-term impact on innovation."
theconversation.com/college-facu...
Equally concerning is the long-term impact on innovation."
theconversation.com/college-facu...
Listen. Faculty and students at these institutions are behind these refusals. Faculty and students are organizing and pushing their admin against signing. The admin aren't resisting because they have moral courage. They're resisting because Faculty and students are resisting. Let the Faculty lead. ✊️
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Listen. Faculty and students at these institutions are behind these refusals. Faculty and students are organizing and pushing their admin against signing. The admin aren't resisting because they have moral courage. They're resisting because Faculty and students are resisting. Let the Faculty lead. ✊️
One of the people protesting at our local No Kings event last Saturday was wearing an old "Tea Party Politics" tee shirt. He said he was concerned with government overreach, both then and now, and was wearing the shirt to demonstrate this was a non-partisan issue.
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One of the people protesting at our local No Kings event last Saturday was wearing an old "Tea Party Politics" tee shirt. He said he was concerned with government overreach, both then and now, and was wearing the shirt to demonstrate this was a non-partisan issue.
Money is the only thing that gets through to these corporations.
Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Money is the only thing that gets through to these corporations.
Schrodinger's protester. Violent anti-American terrorists, while simultaneously also old or silly looking.
October 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Schrodinger's protester. Violent anti-American terrorists, while simultaneously also old or silly looking.
Things that are happening are scary and dangerous. They are also trying to appear more powerful than they are.
You need to see this:
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Things that are happening are scary and dangerous. They are also trying to appear more powerful than they are.
Pretty important that we show up next Saturday.
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Pretty important that we show up next Saturday.
About to teach my students power mapping tomorrow- lots of great videos on this topic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBOv...
Power-Mapping and Identifying Targets for Organizing | Theory of Change | Lesson 8
YouTube video by Resistance School
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
About to teach my students power mapping tomorrow- lots of great videos on this topic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBOv...
Quick signature: Tell Congress to fix the health care crisis, prevent rural hospital closures, and reopen the federal government! action.momsrising.org/sign/rural_s...
Quick signature: Tell Congress to prevent hospital closures!
Tell Congress to fix the health care crisis, prevent hospital closures, and reopen the federal government!
action.momsrising.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Quick signature: Tell Congress to fix the health care crisis, prevent rural hospital closures, and reopen the federal government! action.momsrising.org/sign/rural_s...
Dislike with every fiber of my being. Hard no.
www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
Meet The AI Professor: Coming To A Higher Education Campus Near You
The integration of AI in higher education is explored and considered in relation teaching and learning. Meet the AI avatar professor
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October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Dislike with every fiber of my being. Hard no.
www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...
So harmful, and for what purpose?
The Trump administration has cancelled 4,304 deliveries to food banks so far this year, refusing to deliver 94 million pounds of contracted-for food. Food banks simply can’t feed people enough anymore. Millions of Americans are going hungry as a result.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So harmful, and for what purpose?
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there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level
Something our glorious Secretary of War does not seem to have considered is that the reason military PT and grooming standards, plus policies for EEO and abuse reporting, are the way they are is because they're necessary for recruitment and retention
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
there's this assumption by the admin that there is an infinite supply of buff KKK members ready to fill the ranks of the military and ICE and I have bad news for them both about the overall number of KKK members and their general fitness level
The President of Dartmouth- a social psychologist who studied implicit biases towards women- is pushing Dartmouth to be 'apolitical.' This highlights the divide between experimental and applied psychologists, imo- applied ppl blend research w/action.
www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025...
www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025...
Letter to the Editor: On Institutional Restraint, Beilock Needs to Be More Careful with Her Words
Beilock needs to better communicate the nuance in her policy so that new students feel free to engage in their own advocacy.
www.thedartmouth.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The President of Dartmouth- a social psychologist who studied implicit biases towards women- is pushing Dartmouth to be 'apolitical.' This highlights the divide between experimental and applied psychologists, imo- applied ppl blend research w/action.
www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025...
www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025...
Hmm I wonder why there's all this public interest?? wtop.com/dc/2025/09/d...
Display of the Constitution at National Archives extended due to public interest - WTOP News
The special display of the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives will extended as a result of the public’s interest.
wtop.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hmm I wonder why there's all this public interest?? wtop.com/dc/2025/09/d...
Love, love, LOVE this citizens historian Initiative to document the exhibits in our Smithsonian institutions! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMYBAWjU/
Citizen historians document Smithsonian exhibits under White House scrutiny The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It's a public-private trust that ...
TikTok video by pbsnews
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September 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Love, love, LOVE this citizens historian Initiative to document the exhibits in our Smithsonian institutions! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMYBAWjU/
It doesn't matter whether or not you watch Jimmy Kimmel- anyone who cares about our first amendment rights needs to speak up right now.
Sinclair and Nextstar are still withholding the Kimmel Show from the air! 😡❌👑
Are you ready for episode two? www.FriendsEverywhere.network
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Are you ready for episode two? www.FriendsEverywhere.network
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Protect free speech censorship. Jimmy Kimmel's suspension is an attack on free speech. Join us in defending the right to speak out.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It doesn't matter whether or not you watch Jimmy Kimmel- anyone who cares about our first amendment rights needs to speak up right now.
We are watching politicians decimate universities as a public good in real-time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south
Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are watching politicians decimate universities as a public good in real-time. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It bothers that discussions of leadership focus on those at the top, in titled roles. Titled leadership is appointed as they maintain status quo, which is why higher ed is folding- they can't meet the moment. Often, it's faculty who are the unsung campus leaders. www.chronicle.com/article/a-cr...
Linda McMahon Says Higher Ed Faces ‘A Crisis of Leadership.’ Here’s What College Presidents Think.
Three responses to the education secretary’s recent speech.
www.chronicle.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It bothers that discussions of leadership focus on those at the top, in titled roles. Titled leadership is appointed as they maintain status quo, which is why higher ed is folding- they can't meet the moment. Often, it's faculty who are the unsung campus leaders. www.chronicle.com/article/a-cr...