Interfaith Groups as Mediating Structures for Political Action: A Multilevel Analysis

Todd, Nathan R.; Boeh, Brett Ashley; Houston-Kolnik, Jaclyn D.; Suffrin, Rachael L.

doi:10.1002/ajcp.12121

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“…Maton (2008) argued that empowering community settings can bring about outcomes of community betterment and collective action to challenge inequality. Drawing from these frameworks, research has been conducted on how setting activities and norms may facilitate or inhibit social justice participation and political action (Houston & Todd, 2013; Todd, Boeh, Houston-Kolnik, & Suffrin, 2017). Building on this literature, the current study will focus on social change behaviors as an important and potentially empowering outcome for college students in the campus setting.…”

Section: Campus Factors Predicting Social Change Behaviorsmentioning

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Social change behaviors among Asian American college students: Ethnic regional group differences and campus-level predictors.

Todd

2020

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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We examined ethnic regional group membership (East, South, and Southeast Asian) and campus-level variables (e.g., identity-based organizations, discriminatory campus climate) as predictors of social change behaviors for Asian American college students. This focus contributes to the field's knowledge of differences between East, South, and Southeast Asian groups that are commonly excluded in research. We used a sample of 3,707 Asian American students from 88 campuses across the United States who participated in the 2015 Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership. We examined our hypotheses using multilevel modeling, which allowed us to consider the nested structure of the data. Findings showed that South and Southeast Asian students engaged in more social change behaviors than East Asian students. Greater participation in racial/ethnic identity-based organizations on campus and lower individual-level perceptions of discriminatory campus climate predicted more social change behaviors. Moreover, there was a significant cross-level interaction between ethnic regional group and campus-level discriminatory climate on social change behaviors, such that the effect of campus-level discriminatory climate was negative and significant for South Asian students, and nonsignificant for East and Southeast Asian students. We discuss implications for future research and for campus programming to support Asian American students working for social change in the college context. What is the public significance of this article?This study suggests that ethnic regional group membership, participation in identity-based organizations, and perceptions of discriminatory campus climate predict engagement in social change behaviors for Asian American college students. Specifically, our results point to important differences between East, South, and Southeast Asian groups that are commonly excluded in research.

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Social change behaviors among Asian American college students: Ethnic regional group differences and campus-level predictors.

Todd

2020

Asian American Journal of Psychology

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“…At times such beliefs may reinforce inequality (e.g., promoting individualism, and patriarchy), or may motivate working for social justice (Beer et al, 2012; Todd et al, 2014). Beyond working with individuals, there is potential for community psychologists to partner with religious organizations that share values of social justice and are working to dismantle privilege, such as some religious congregations or interfaith groups (Houston & Todd, 2013; Todd et al, 2017). Community psychologists may provide educational and awareness types of resources, as well as engage in participatory action types of research with religious groups who desire to engage in activism and social change efforts.…”

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Examining awareness of privilege among midwestern college students: An analysis of race/ethnicity, gender, and religion

Todd

Blevins

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American J of Comm Psychol

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Dominant group members often are not aware of the privileges they benefit from due to their dominant group membership. Yet individuals are members of multiple groups and may simultaneously occupy multiple categories of dominance and marginality, raising the question of how different group memberships work in concert to facilitate or inhibit awareness of multiple forms of privilege. Examining awareness of privilege is important as awareness may be linked to action to dismantle systems of privilege that maintain oppression and inequality. Grounded in intersectional scholarship, in this study we examined how occupying intersecting categories of race/ethnicity, gender, and religion corresponded to an awareness of White, male, and Christian privilege. In a sample of 2321 Midwestern college students, we demonstrated that students from marginalized groups broadly reported greater awareness of all forms of privilege than students from dominant groups, and the difference between marginalized and dominant groups was most pronounced when the specific group category (e.g., gender) aligned with the type of privilege (e.g., male privilege). We also tested interactions among race/ethnicity, gender, and religion, only finding an interaction between race/ethnicity and religion for awareness of White and male privilege. These findings helped to clarify that multiple group memberships tended to contribute to awareness as multiple main effects rather than as multiplicative. Finally, we examined mean differences among the eight intersected groups to explore similarities and differences among groups in awareness of all types of privilege. Taken together, these findings quantitatively demonstrate the ways in which group memberships work together to contribute to awareness of multiple forms of privilege. We discuss study limitations and implications for community psychology research and practice.

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“…Research on politically liberating processes have focused on particular behaviors (e.g., civic and collective action) and the individual and community outcomes of those actions. Much of this study has been directed at the Alinsky tradition of relational community organizing (e.g., Christens & Speer, ; Christens et al, ; Speer & Hughey, ; Speer et al, ; Speer et al, ; Todd & Allen, ; Todd, Boeh, Houston‐Kolnik, & Suffrin, ). We seek to extend the conversation in community psychology on the developmental processes of liberation by examining the practices among a diverse group of anti‐racist activists.…”

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Psychological and political liberation: Strategies to promote power, wellness, and liberation among anti‐racist activists

Collins

Kohfeldt

Kornbluh

2019

Journal Community Psychology

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In recent years, there has been a robust racial justice movement in the United States, which has pursued power with the goal of promoting wellness and liberating people from racially and historically oppressed communities. Organizations such as Black Lives Matter and Showing Up for Racial Justice continue building power and promoting psychological and political liberation. The purpose of our study is to investigate the developmental processes by which anti‐racist activists resist psychological and political oppression to approach wellness and liberation. We conducted 24 interviews from self‐identified anti‐racist activists in the United States and utilized thematic analysis to construct qualitative codes to identify the psychological and political strategies activists implemented in their racial justice work. We found that activists adopted four psychological strategies, two political strategies, and two bridging strategies to resist oppression. Psychologically, activists tended to examine political and historical contexts to understand the root causes of oppression and how their own oppressed and privileged identities fit within those larger systems. Politically, activists sought opportunities to enhance their capacity as activists and engage in critical actions to build power and seek liberation. Bridging these psychological and political domains, activists also formulated a theory of liberation and engaged in critical self‐reflection, which guided their political actions.

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Interfaith Groups as Mediating Structures for Political Action: A Multilevel Analysis

Cited by 7 publications

References 57 publications

Social change behaviors among Asian American college students: Ethnic regional group differences and campus-level predictors.

Social change behaviors among Asian American college students: Ethnic regional group differences and campus-level predictors.

Examining awareness of privilege among midwestern college students: An analysis of race/ethnicity, gender, and religion

Psychological and political liberation: Strategies to promote power, wellness, and liberation among anti‐racist activists

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