Saluting our sisters: A Black History Month roundtable
- Race, ethnicity and culture
This year's Black History Month theme is "Saluting our sisters".
To commemorate this the BPS are hosting a roundtable discussion, with an emphasis on Black women's voices in psychology.
The roundtable will include discussions on the unique experience of being a Black woman in psychology, the current climate in the profession for people of colour, paying homage to the trailblazers and those who have encouraged this generation of Black psychologists, as well as the current barriers Black communities face in psychology and what can be done to overcome these barriers.
The event welcomes all current psychologists who would like to be an ally, those who are currently studying to become a psychologist or considering a career within psychology.
The event will be 1 hour in length with an opportunity for any questions at the end.
For further information please contact [email protected].
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Dr Deborah Husbands (Co-Chair)
Dr Deborah Husbands is a Chartered Psychologist and Reader in Race and Sociocultural Psychology at the University of Westminster.
Holding several intersections, she has navigated the 'hard path' into higher education and as an academic.
Deborah is the Outreach coordinator for the School of Social Sciences, co-chairs the university's BME Network and leads its Black History Year programme.
She also sits as an adviser on the Psychology and Digest Editorial Committee.
Dr Melernie Meheux (Co-Chair)
Dr Melernie Meheux is a Senior Educational Psychologist and co-chair of the Division of Child and Educational Psychology (DECP), Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Working Group.
Melernie is a joint Year Co-ordinator on the Professional Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology DEdPsy training at the University College London (UCL), Institute of Education on the DEdPsy; she supervises academic research and teaches a range of topics including EDI and Therapeutic Play.
Her professional interests also include the Social, Emotional and Mental Health of children and supporting children who have been excluded or are at risk of permanent school exclusion.
Dr Jolel Miah
Dr Jolel Miah is a Chartered Health Psychologist, Practitioner Psychologist (HCPC Registered) and sits on the Board Member Equality Diversity Inclusion at the British Psychological Society.
Jolel is also a Lecturer in Psychology and co chair of the decolonisation the curriculum at the University of Sunderland and fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Jenny Eluwa
Jenny Eluwa is a Clinical Psychologist and holds a Chartered Psychologist status with the British Psychological Society.
She is a member of the Division of Clinical Psychology and registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
She is an Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS); and a member of the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors(“RAPPS”).
Jenny is a member of the Black and Asian Fund Panel and has worked as a clinical psychologist for over 10 years within and outside the United Kingdom.
Her work experience is within secure and non-secure settings. Jenny currently works as the psychology lead in a locked rehabilitation service.
Dr Amelia Baldwin
Dr Amelia Baldwin is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist.
Amelia is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of The West of England and is a practitioner psychologist in private practice.
Amelia sits on Equality Diversity and Inclusion committees within the University and trains and leads on varied aspects of anti-racist and decolonial practice.
Dr Ionnie Henry
Dr Ionnie Henry is currently employed as a senior forensic psychologist in the NHS and has several years of experience working at various points of the criminal justice and mental health systems with adults and young people with multiple intersections in their identity.
As a woman of the African and Caribbean diaspora, she has lived experience of systemic oppression and direct racism in both her personal and professional life.
Whilst it is traumatic, she has committed to engaging in a healing journey, through naming the discomfort, seeking community with those on a similar journey and allies who are committed to improving the lived experiences of the most marginalised.
Her personal and professional experiences have led her to explore the debilitating impact of racial trauma on her client group and wider society.
In practice, Ionnie strives to assess and formulate the client’s circumstances using non-traditional methods through a lens of their cultural needs, the impact of racial trauma and systemic oppression.
Her other contributions are in the form of teaching around racial trauma, race culture and ethnicity in forensic settings, research into secondary trauma in helping professionals and diaspora studies.