Christine Robinson || Community Psychology

The Psychology Podcast

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🗓️ 23 June 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Today we welcome Christine Robinson who is an executive coach, consultant, facilitator, and strategist whose expertise lies in building pathways to policy and systems change. She has worked as a consultant to the White House, the Ford Foundation, Harvard Medical School, the Lumina Foundation and other notable organizations. Christine studied at Vassar College, Brandeis University, and the University of Pennsylvania, and is trained as a developmental and community psychologist.

In this episode, I talk to Christine Robinson about community psychology. In order to nurture a culture of well-being, Christine says it’s crucial to acknowledge the multifaceted identities of individuals. Instead of seeing marginalized groups as “others”, she encourages us to view diversity as a valuable asset to society. We need to listen to everyone’s perspective before we can bring forth social change and co-create an inclusive and equitable community.

Website: christinerobinsonconsulting.com

Topics

02:44 What is community psychology?

06:59 Urie Brofenbenner’s ecological systems theory

13:58 Community well-being and collective efficacy

18:24 Intersectionality of social identities

24:41 Socialization and meaning making

27:30 Othering - a barrier to well being

34:25 Intersectional equity

40:53 The paradox of differences

50:20 Inclusive society psychology

55:28 Co-creation and capacity building

58:41 Negative impacts of discrimination

1:01:56 Cultural intelligence and competence

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0:00.0	can we be patient long enough to listen to perspectives which may not be ours and understand
0:11.9	the value and validity in those perspectives.
0:22.0	Hello and welcome to the psychology podcast. Today we welcome my dear friend Christine Robinson
0:26.8	on the show. Christine is an executive coach, consultant, facilitator, and strategist whose expertise
0:33.1	lies in building pathways to policy and systems change. She has worked as a consultant to the White
0:38.7	House, the Ford Foundation Harvard Medical School, the Lumina Foundation, other notable organizations.
0:44.0	Christine studied at Vassar College, Brandeis University, and the University of Pennsylvania
0:48.4	and has trained as a developmental and community psychologist. In fact, that's the topic of our
0:53.5	chat today, community psychology. It's an exciting new field and Christine has really impacted the
0:58.8	field in really innovative ways. In order to nurture a culture of well-being, Christine says it's
1:03.8	crucial to acknowledge the multifaceted identities of individuals. Instead of seeing marginalized
1:08.8	groups as others, she encourages us to view diversity as a valuable asset to society. She argues
1:14.4	we need to listen to everyone's perspective before we can bring social change and co-create an
1:19.2	inclusive and equitable community. This was a really fun chat with a dear friend, and I'm excited
1:24.8	to bring it to you today, so that further ado, I give you my discussion with Christine Robinson.
1:30.5	Christine, I'm so excited to chat with you today on the podcast. I'm thrilled to be here. Thank
1:34.9	you so very much for the invitation. Yeah, well, I've been a great admirer of your work for many
1:40.4	years now, and I'm excited to get it kind of spotlight on it on the podcast. Thought we would
1:45.3	start off with a quote from Margaret Wheatley that says, all social change begins with a conversation.
1:53.2	Why do you like that quote so much? Because I feel as though if we can't talk about things,
1:59.2	we're not going to make any headway, and I think this is true. First of all, it's kind of a
2:03.1	foundational precept in looking at not only psychology, but every single discipline and our
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