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The Oregon Psychological Association Board of Directors and Diversity Committee would like to offer our condolences to the Orlando community, especially the members and families of the LGBTQ community and their allies for the unbelievable trauma and loss experienced on Sunday, June 12th. Like so many others around the world, we've struggled to determine what to think, feel, and do in response to the heinous and terrifying actions of one man. All of us feel the reverberations of pain, sadness, grief, and determination to create some kind of value out of so much devastation. However, we know those of us who are members of the LGBTQ community, who already know the experience of feeling unsafe and unseen, are particularly impacted by this event. The OPA Diversity Committee and Board of Directors wishes to reiterate our determination to advocate for culturally relevant and culturally responsive psychological research and practice, but more than that we wish to stand with and beside the LGBTQ community as one of countless safe and loving spaces and communities for LGBTQ individuals. The profound path toward healing lies before us all, but we understand and believe in the tremendous capacity of a community which has always tenaciously overcome adversity and persecution. |
