The 2025-26 ABPsi STL Chapter
Executive Leadership
President- Dr. Gladys Smith, Psy.D, LPC, NCC, MAC
Vice President - Gary Forde
Treasurer- Kenneth Woods
Secretary- Vacant
ABPsi is organized to operate exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including but not limited to:
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promoting and advancing the profession of African Psychology
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influencing and affecting social change; and
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developing programs whereby psychologists of African descent (hereafter known as Black Psychologists) can assist in solving problems of Black communities and other ethnic groups.
ABPsi is also comprised of a Student Division which includes our student voice and efforts! Our students are on college campuses across the world. If you are a student, and interested in joining The Student Circle of ABPsi please contact: Bria Brown Membership Chair scmembership@abpsi.org
ABPsi in the Media
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St. Louis organization commemorates Juneteenth with walkathon
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Dr. Joseph L. White, the ‘Father of Black Psychology’ passes
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Latest Updates: Protests Nationwide as More Troops Are Called to Ferguson--Dr. Marva Robinson (The New York Times)
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St. Louis psychologist offers game plan to parents on Ferguson--Dr. Marva Robinson (The Washington Post)
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Amnesty International Panel: If Ferguson Is To Become A Movement, What Are The Next Steps?--Dr. Marva Robinson (St. Louis Public Radio)
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Close to Home: A Psychologist Reflects on Providing Crisis Counseling in Ferguson--Dr. Jameca Falconer (American Psychological Association)
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Amnesty International Releases New Ferguson Report Documenting Human Rights Abuses--Amnesty International
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The Impact of Violence on the Students of Ferguson and Their Learning Culture--Dr. Marva Robinson (Living Education eFocus News)
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Coming To Grips With The Conflict, In Ferguson And Beyond--Dr. Marva Robinson (St.Louis Public Radio)
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Why Community Policing Matters--Dr. Marva Robinson (MSNBC)
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Crowd Urged To Turn Rage Over Brown's Death Into Productive Change--Dr. Marva Robinson (St. Louis Public Radio)
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The lessons Ferguson children learned before the first day of school--Dr. Marva Robinson (Fusion)
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Educators ask: How to teach Ferguson?--Dr. Vetta Sanders Thompson (St. Louis Dispatch)