Back to BaSiCs: Reaffirming the Core Values of Community
Southeast Ecological Community Psychology Conference 2019
University of South Carolina
November 15th & 16th, 2019
Call for Proposals
Submission Deadline: October 28th, 2019, 5:00 pm EST
The Southeast Region of the Society for Community Research and Action invites you to submit a proposal to the 2019 Southeast ECO Conference Back to BaSiCs: Reaffirming the Core Values of Community to be held at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC on November 15th & 16th, 2019.
Southeast ECO is a regional extension of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA, www.scra27.org). ECO conferences are organized by graduate students and allow community psychologists and other individuals from applied settings to gather. We welcome cross-collaboration, including but not limited to community organizers, public health, social work, the arts, and technology. The theme for the conference is Back to BaSiCs: Reaffirming the Core Values of Community Psychology. Our research and practice as community psychologists can take us down many avenues. Our field consists of a range of methods, epistemologies, and concentrations. But we are united by the common values of community psychology.
Back to BaSiCs returns us to our core: What are the different ways community psychology values take shape? How can we demonstrate adherence to these values regardless of the paths our work takes? In what ways do values permeate our activities, even in unexpected ways?
We encourage submissions on a variety of topics, but are particularly interested in work that explicitly demonstrates the core values of community psychology (Kloos et al., 2011):
Southeast ECO is a regional extension of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA, www.scra27.org). ECO conferences are organized by graduate students and allow community psychologists and other individuals from applied settings to gather. We welcome cross-collaboration, including but not limited to community organizers, public health, social work, the arts, and technology. The theme for the conference is Back to BaSiCs: Reaffirming the Core Values of Community Psychology. Our research and practice as community psychologists can take us down many avenues. Our field consists of a range of methods, epistemologies, and concentrations. But we are united by the common values of community psychology.
Back to BaSiCs returns us to our core: What are the different ways community psychology values take shape? How can we demonstrate adherence to these values regardless of the paths our work takes? In what ways do values permeate our activities, even in unexpected ways?
We encourage submissions on a variety of topics, but are particularly interested in work that explicitly demonstrates the core values of community psychology (Kloos et al., 2011):
- Individual and family wellness: Including physical and psychological health, resilience, socio-emotional skills, and life satisfaction.
- Sense of community: Refers to belongingness, interdependence, and collective unity. This can include settings such as neighborhoods, schools, faith groups, help groups, organizations, coalitions, and virtual environments.
- Respect for human diversity: Recognizing and honoring the variety of communities and identities, such as gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, socioeconomic status, income, age, and others.
- Social justice: The fair, equitable allocation of resources, opportunities, obligations, and power in society. This includes distributive justice and procedural justice.
- Empowerment and citizen participation: The consideration and process of power dynamics in relationships, organizations, and communities. This particularly relates to the distribution of power.
- Collaboration and community strengths: The relationships between community psychologists and citizens, as well as the process of their work relationship. Critical to this is strengths-based approaches and power distribution.
- Empirical grounding: The integration of research into community action and grounding this action in empirical research.
Submission Guidelines
Submission Deadline: October 28th, 2019, 5:00pm EST.
Submission Formats:
1. Poster Submission. Poster presentations facilitate individual and small group conversations through the use of a visual aid. Presentations can emphasize research, practice, action, or other initiatives. Posters will be organized by theme and are encouraged to highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding. Both graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit poster proposals. Poster dimensions: height 3 ft. or 91 cm and width 4 ft. or 121 cm.
2. Roundtable Submission. Roundtables provide a platform for generating discussion in a less formal way than a typical research presentation. A lively roundtable discussion allows participants to hear multiple views on a problem, brainstorm solutions, and share resources for action planning. The roundtable format would be appropriate for sessions that are open to active discussion among panel and audience members. Facilitators are encouraged to facilitate audience discussion around issues presented. Roundtable submissions may emphasize any issue within community psychology. For this year’s Back to Basics theme, we encourage submissions that highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding. Roundtable facilitators should plan for a 50-minute session.
3. Symposium. A symposium brings together papers that address a common topic from multiple perspectives. Symposia typically include 3-4 oral/paper presentations that are no more than 10 minutes in length and a chair that ties together the central theme of the papers in closing remarks. Symposia chairs should plan for a 50-minute session. To generate a lively audience discussion, symposia groups should provide a set of discussion points and/or questions to facilitate audience engagement. For this year’s Back to Basics theme, we encourage submissions that highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding.
4. Oral Presentation Submission. Oral presentations are an opportunity for sharing research, practice, and community work important to community psychology. Presentations are limited to 15 minutes in length and shorter presentations that provide opportunity for audience discussion is encouraged. Oral presentations may emphasize any issue within community psychology. For this year’s Back to Basics theme, we encourage submissions that highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding.
Submission Instructions: What will you need to submit a proposal?
Submission Deadline: October 28th, 2019, 5:00pm EST.
Submission Formats:
1. Poster Submission. Poster presentations facilitate individual and small group conversations through the use of a visual aid. Presentations can emphasize research, practice, action, or other initiatives. Posters will be organized by theme and are encouraged to highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding. Both graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit poster proposals. Poster dimensions: height 3 ft. or 91 cm and width 4 ft. or 121 cm.
2. Roundtable Submission. Roundtables provide a platform for generating discussion in a less formal way than a typical research presentation. A lively roundtable discussion allows participants to hear multiple views on a problem, brainstorm solutions, and share resources for action planning. The roundtable format would be appropriate for sessions that are open to active discussion among panel and audience members. Facilitators are encouraged to facilitate audience discussion around issues presented. Roundtable submissions may emphasize any issue within community psychology. For this year’s Back to Basics theme, we encourage submissions that highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding. Roundtable facilitators should plan for a 50-minute session.
3. Symposium. A symposium brings together papers that address a common topic from multiple perspectives. Symposia typically include 3-4 oral/paper presentations that are no more than 10 minutes in length and a chair that ties together the central theme of the papers in closing remarks. Symposia chairs should plan for a 50-minute session. To generate a lively audience discussion, symposia groups should provide a set of discussion points and/or questions to facilitate audience engagement. For this year’s Back to Basics theme, we encourage submissions that highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding.
4. Oral Presentation Submission. Oral presentations are an opportunity for sharing research, practice, and community work important to community psychology. Presentations are limited to 15 minutes in length and shorter presentations that provide opportunity for audience discussion is encouraged. Oral presentations may emphasize any issue within community psychology. For this year’s Back to Basics theme, we encourage submissions that highlight one or more of the 7 core values of community psychology: (1) individual and family wellness; (2) sense of community; (3) respect for human diversity; (4) social justice; (5) empowerment and citizen participation; (6) collaboration and community strengths; (7) empirical grounding.
Submission Instructions: What will you need to submit a proposal?
- Title. Your title should concise and descriptive. Please limit your title to 15-20 words.
- Authors. Full name, affiliation, and email address for each author.
- Proposal/Abstract. Proposals/Abstracts should be 300 words or less. Your proposal must be copied and pasted into the submission website. Do not include the title of the abstract or any identifying information in your abstract. Use standard reference citations, but do not include a reference list.