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Psychology research may overlook power and lived experience, limiting progress on mental health inequalities and community-led solutions for fairer care today

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Masking matters year-round, and Mask Week is meant to help strengthen habits of everyday community protection and care.

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WORLD MASK WEEK 2026

An effort to onboard folks back into masking up in solidarity with those most impacted among us and to cherish the health of ourselves and our neighbors. Mask up! Well fitting masks work! Holler for free masks, 845!

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No odor. No color. You cannot taste ethylene oxide drifting from the sterilization facility two blocks from the school. What accumulates, over years, is leukemia. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Breast cancer. The body keeps the score the neighborhood never got to see. The EPA classified EtO as a human carcinogen in 2016. Biden's rules required 90% emission cuts and community monitoring. This March, the EPA proposed gutting those rules permanently. 86 registered facilities. Forty-one already received exemptions. Most in low-income zip codes. The gas is the policy is the body count.

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#ethyleneoxide #EPA #cancer #environmentaljustice #publichealth #airquality #toxicemissions #communityhealth #eparollback #environment #environmentalracism

Ethylene oxide. No odor. No color. You cannot taste it drifting from the sterilization plant two blocks from the school. What accumulates over years is leukemia. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The EPA classified it carcinogenic in 2016. Now they want to gut the rules. Cancer in someone else's zip code β€” already written off as a line item.

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What Survives the Morning: $4 Gas, Cancer Air, and the Trans Politician JK Rowling Got Elected

What survives soaring gas prices, toxic air, and a trans politician JK Rowling helped elect? Wendy's unflinching analysis of economy, climate, and queer survival in crisis times.

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Join Chris O’Rear, M.Div., MMFT, for #SIP Training Level 2 05/07/26 in Nashville, TN! Learn spiritually integrated psychotherapy from an author & speaker.

More: http://dlvr.it/TSHT7b

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Spatial Anomaly: Cancer Clusters and the Mapping of Proximity

Keyport, NJ residents are mapping 28 cancer cases on one street. They worry about environmental causes. What happens next?

#KeyportCancerCluster, #NJHealth, #EnvironmentalConcerns, #CommunityHealth, #CancerMapping

https://newsletter.tf/keyport-nj-28-cancer-cases-mapped-street/

Residents in Keyport, New Jersey, have manually mapped 28 cancer diagnoses on a single street. This is more than expected for the area.

#KeyportCancerCluster, #NJHealth, #EnvironmentalConcerns, #CommunityHealth, #CancerMapping
https://newsletter.tf/keyport-nj-28-cancer-cases-mapped-street/

Keyport NJ Residents Map 28 Cancer Cases on Their Street

Keyport, NJ residents are mapping 28 cancer cases on one street. They worry about environmental causes. What happens next?

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Join Dorothea Lotze, M.Div., Th.M., LMFT, for #ACPE’s #SIP Training Level 1, starting 09/22/26 online. This 15-hour training is designed for #mentalhealth professionals seeking to integrate #spirituality into their #psychotherapy practice.

Training Overview:
This #onlinelearning program consists of five 3-hour courses, each focusing on key aspects of #spiritually integrated psychotherapy:
β€’ Foundations and Ethics of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy
β€’ Developing Spiritual Conversations in Psychotherapy
β€’ Spiritual Assessment
β€’ Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Resources, Part 1
β€’ Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Struggles

Why Attend?
β€’ Learn to ethically integrate spirituality into your therapeutic practice.
β€’ Gain practical skills for #spiritual assessment and interventions.
β€’ Engage in interactive seminars, role plays, and case illustrations.
β€’ Earn 15 #NBCC #CECredits approved for #socialwork, #counseling, and #mentalhealth professionals.

About Dorothea Lotze:
Dorothea is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Educator of Clinical Pastoral Education (#ACPE). Originally from Germany, she earned her Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and Master of Theology (Th.M.) at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. As Executive Director of the Training and Counseling Center Atlanta (TACC), she leads programs that prepare clergy, counselors, and lay leaders to provide spiritually attuned, socially just care.

Dorothea’s training approach emphasizes #trauma-informed, systems-oriented, and spiritually integrated psychotherapy, drawing on her expertise in Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and mindfulness. She is also a Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation teacher, incorporating embodied practices into her training.

Training Dates & Times:
β€’ 09/22/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
β€’ 09/29/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
β€’ 10/06/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
β€’ 10/13/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
β€’ 10/20/2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST

Cost:
β€’ Member & Non-Member (Code Required): $400.00
β€’ Scholarship: $240.00

Continuing Education:
This training is approved for 15 #CECredits by #NBCC, #ASWB, and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners.

Registration at https://bit.ly/3QPmKFV

More about Dorothea Lotze at: https://bit.ly/4tgme28

More about the Spiritually Integrated Training Program at: https://bit.ly/480y2gL

The #ACPE #Psychotherapy Commission is a community invested in the practice of integrating #spirituality into our work. This work may be done by a volunteer helper, a #spiritual #healer, or a licensed mental health practitioner. We offer training. Learn more at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org.

Blog at https://sip-com.wildapricot.org/news.

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