Announcements

ALGBTIC, AMCD, CSJ, and ASERVIC Joint Statement in Response to the Proposed Erasure of Transgender Identity by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department On October 21, 2018, the New York Times reported that the United States Department of Health and Human Services is considering the creation of a legal definition of gender, which would define one’s gender as “male or female based on immutable biological traits identifiable by or before birth” (Green, Benner, & Read more…

AMCD Statement on Dr. Thomas A. Parham November 13, 2018 On behalf of the AMCD Executive Council would like to extend our congratulations to AMCDs 17th President Dr. Thomas A. Parham on his appointment as President to California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Dr. Parham assumed this position on July 1, 2018 and becomes the eighth permanent president of CSUDH. Parham succeeds Willie Hagan who retired from the university at the end of the 2017-18 Read more…

AMCD Statement Regarding the Mass Shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, PA October 27, 2018 The Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), a division of the American Counseling Association, send our condolences and sympathies to our family and friends at Tree of Life Synagogue, the Squirrel Hill and Jewish Community, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We at AMCD reiterate the statement issued by HIAS, “There are no words to express how devastated we are by Read more…

Statement of Solidarity As our presidential year begins in 2018, we wanted to share with you a collective commitment to multiculturalism, diversity, advocacy, and social justice.  Beginning about 19 months ago, we began having conversations about how our divisions can join forces and collaborate to serve our members and promote the mission of our divisions and ACA.  From these conversations, this inter-divisional presidential statement emerged. We are dedicated to:   Joint webinars, once a quarter. Read more…

AMCD Recognizes Minority Mental Health Month July was designated as Minority Mental Health Month in 2008 to bring awareness to the unique struggles that underrepresented groups face in regard to mental illness in the United States (US).  In May of that year, the US House of Representatives announced July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Albert Wynn [D-MD] and cosponsored by a large bipartisan group to achieve Read more…