cpsylist: FW: Presidential Election

[Ellen H McWhirter]

>From the president of the Society for Counseling Psychology

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Ellen Hawley McWhirter, Ph.D.

From: Division 17 Discussion list [mailto:DIV17DISCUSS at LISTS.APA.ORG] On Behalf Of Heesacker,Martin
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2016 8:32 AM
To: DIV17DISCUSS at LISTS.APA.ORG
Subject: [DIV17DISCUSS] Presidential Election

Dear SCP/D17 Colleagues and Student Colleagues,
If you are like me, you stayed up until 3 am and then tossed and turned the rest of the night. I am now more worried than ever about the well-being Americans who are women, Islamic,  Black, Latinx, first-generation, young, poor, undocumented, LGBTQ. I am more worried about the well-being of our international visitors and of refugees and other victims of dictatorships and terrorist groups around the world. This election won't make the lives of any of these people better.
In this election, privilege won. So, everyone lost.
I plan to wallow in my negative emotions for the rest of the day. Maybe a little longer. And I encourage you also to take care of yourselves right now, in the ways that work best for you.
But, after that-I mean RIGHT after that-I plan to get going. I plan to double down on justice, double down on activism, double down on critical thinking skills, and double down on empowerment. Will you join me? We must be better agents of change. We must do more as therapists, teachers, scholars, consultants, policy experts, and administrators. The American electorate has handed us a very long To Do list. That list must include (a) actions to protect those who are now even more vulnerable today than they were yesterday (b) teaching people to examine their privilege (c) helping people to make decisions based on careful and thoughtful reasoning, and data, not on their emotions and prejudices (d) facilitating higher-level moral reasoning, instead of just voting with your tribe, and finally (e) holding ourselves, each other, our elected officials, and our institutions accountable.
Let's work together to put that To Do list together. Then let's work tirelessly over the next four years and beyond to make a difference. Let me ask you again, will you join me?
Best,
Marty
Martin Heesacker
SCP/D17 President

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