Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2020

Publication Title

The Community Psychologist

Volume

53

Issue

1

Pages

22-25

Publisher Name

Society for Community Research and Action

Abstract

Scholar-community collaborations offer an opportunity to conduct translational research that is both useful and respectful to the population of study (Foster-Fishman, Berkowitz, Lounsbury, Jacobson & Allen, 2001). When projects involve an intervention targeted towards a marginalized community, it is even more important to perform the research with such regard. Community-based interventions are more likely to find sustained success with community members as part of the service and research team. However, tensions between researchers and practitioners may present challenges with this work (e.g., researchers devaluing practitioner insights, practitioners and community members concerned about past histories of mistreatment of research subjects), particularly in marginalized communities experiencing systemic oppression. This case study aims to recognize community collaborator challenges, contributing factors, and solutions from Saving Lives, Inspiring Youth (SLIY), a community-based participatory cross-age peer mentoring program based in the south and west sides of Chicago. Specifically, we present challenges navigating a partnership with our community collaborators at a SLIY mentoring site on the west side of Chicago in 2017.

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© The Authors, 2020. This work is posted here by permission of SCRA (Society for Community Research and Action). The definitive version was published in The Community Psychologist, Volume 53, Issue 1, Winter 2020. https://www.scra27.org/publications/tcp/tcp-past-issues/tcpwinter2020/special-feature-case-studies-community-collaborations/

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