Mission

The RMPA Diversity Council’s mission is to promote multicultural education, training, research and social justice in a manner that assists psychologists in maintaining and enhancing their ethical conduct with diverse groups. The term multiculturalism or diversity is not limited to race, ethnicity or gender, but also encompasses differing religions/spiritualities, socioeconomic status, sexualities, abilities, ages, etc... Further, it is the hope of the RMPA Diversity Council to promote a biopsychosocial approach to diversity programming at the annual conference. Therefore, the goal of the Diversity Council is to promote the education, cultural awareness and sensitives from a dynamic perspective of individuals at all levels of their professional development. Students, faculty members and clinicians are encouraged to submit proposals for the annual convention related to diversity in order to promote the American Psychology Association’s (2002) Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists.

2021 RMPA Statement

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS RACIAL INJUSTICE, RACISM, PREJUDICE AND HATRED IN ANY FORM. WE ALIGN WITH THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION’S STANCE ON THESE MATTERS, AND FEEL IT IS OUR DUTY AS PSYCHOLOGISTS TO SUPPORT THOSE AFFECTED BY RACIAL INJUSTICES, TO RESEARCH POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, AND EDUCATE OTHERS TO PROMOTE CHANGE. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO READ THE STATEMENT “WE ARE LIVING IN A RACISM PANDEMIC” BY THE CURRENT APA PRESIDENT, SANDRA L. SHULLMAN, PHD.

Thank you to our 2024 Keynote Speaker, Dr. Haynes-Mendez

Thank you to the 2022 Diversity Keynote Adress
Dr. Melba Vasquez
**Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP**

Title: "The Ethics of Self-Care for Survivors of Inequity"

Thank you to the 2019 Diversity Speaker, Dr. Shari E. Miles-Cohen for her talk, “Cultivating Community: The Subversive Nature of Leadership Development for Girls and Women”

Thank you to the 2018 Diversity Speaker, Dr. Tania Israel, for her talk "FOUR WAYS PSYCHOLOGISTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL CHANGE"

Resources For Teaching

The RMPA Diversity Council hopes to develop a comprehensive page dedicated to diversity related teaching resources. Therefore, RMPA members are encouraged to share their resources to be added to the page. This list of resources is not all inclusive, so please send us more information to add to this page. Please feel free to email suggestions on resources to be added to the page to nnjones@coloradomesa.edu.

K-12 Resource:

Teaching Tolerance: Teaching Resources on a variety of diversity issues for grades Pre K–12

Higher Education Resource:

USC Rosier-Tools for Teaching Diversity

Stereotyping, Prejudice, Discrimination:

Breaking Prejudice- A website of teaching resources compiled by Dr. Mary Kite at Ball State University

Understanding Prejudice- a web site for students, teachers, and others interested in the causes and consequences of prejudice

Race/Ethnicity

PBS: Race the Power of Illusion

Gender

Psychology’s Feminists Voices Teaching Resources

Media Smarts: Canada’s Center for Digital and Media Literacy