Standing Committees
| Committee | Description | Leadership | ||
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| Fellows | To identify and recognize excellence in community research and action among Society Members. | Judah Viola | ||
| Finance | Responsible for doing an annual review of the budget to ensure that expenditures are aligned with the mission, goals, strategies and resources of SCRA. | Chris Nettles | ||
| Nominations | Mission is to ensure a broadly representative ballot for all SCRA Executive Committee positions, except the position of Student Representative; to implement a participatory nominations process that leads to high quality, diverse leadership for SCRA in a fair and timely manner. | Brad Olson | ||
| International |
To support and promote communication and interaction among community psychologists and practitioners from all nations, facilitate the dissemination of research and programs developed outside the United States, and foster involvement of community psychologists from around the world in SCRA. |
Noha Hassanin Azza Abd Elmoneim Osman Michihiko Bando
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| Investment | Defines sources and uses of funds to support SCRA mission, vision and strategy based on SCRA current Statements and Bylaws, and input from the SCRA Executive Committee. Defines and periodically reviews investment policy and qualifies “risk” as appropriate for non-profit organizations, IRS guidelines, APA directives and policy as advisory and/or binding, and SCRA policy statement on investments including “socially responsible investing.” | Vernita Perkins | ||
| Publications | To identify, encourage, implement, and oversee effective ways of disseminating information about community research and action; to recommend a strategic publication plan to the Executive Committee, including print and electronic media; to oversee the society’s official newsletters and publications; to make recommendations to the Executive Committee concerning editorships; and to initiate other projects such as a book or monograph series, other forms of print and electronic communication, textbooks, and publication of materials related to intervention, research, policy, theory, practice, education/training, and the profession of community psychology. | Bret Kloos |