Webinar on Recent Developments Within APA

In November I wrote to you, the SPPP membership, about major changes within our parent organization, the APA. The APA Treasurer abruptly resigned, claiming that the administration would not give him the information needed for him to carry out his job. The (then) APA President wrote an email the day after this resignation was announced, telling the APA Council that the Board was about to express a lack of confidence in the Treasurer. A week later, the APA CEO abruptly announced a radical reorganization, including the dismissals of three key Senior Staff members less than a week later, the heads of Practice, Education, and Membership, which have now all been consolidated into one department headed by the former head of the Science Directorate. 

These changes led to an uproar on the APA Council of Representatives. SPPP Council Representatives and elected leadership are quite concerned about these decisions not only because of the impact on those of us who are practitioners and educators, but also because of the way in which these decisions were made by APA leadership. This reorganization took place without consulting with the member-elected Council of Representatives, which sits at the top of the organizational chart of the association and historically has been involved in these kinds of association proceedings. It is also notable that differing reasons have been given as to why these changes were made and what the future of the organization will look like. The changes and resultant uproar led to a major push to reform the organization, empowering the Council to reclaim authority over APA affairs it had surrendered several years earlier.  

One of SPPP’s Council Reps, Dana Charatan, has been at the forefront of these efforts to transform APA to make it more responsive to the membership. She and SPPP President Stephen Soldz, a leader in efforts to remove psychologists from abusive national security interrogations at Guantanamo and elsewhere, are scheduling a special Webinar to update our Society’s membership on these developments within APA that affect the organization’s willingness and ability to advocate for our members needs. Join them to learn more about the history that led us here, what the current situation is, and what you as members can do to support this initiative. 

Webinar on Recent Developments Within APA: Dana Charatan & Stephen Soldz. Wednesday, February 12, 2:00-3:00 EST.

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