{"id":97956,"date":"2017-09-04T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=97956"},"modified":"2017-09-13T17:49:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T16:49:06","slug":"tms-editor-receives-prize-for-peace-and-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/09\/tms-editor-receives-prize-for-peace-and-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"TMS Editor Receives Prize for Peace and Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 Prize:\u00a0Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, Portugal\/Brazil and Dr. Brad Olson, Chicago, Illinois
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Aug 2017 \u2013 PsySR\u2019<\/em>s Anthony J. Marsella Prize for the Psychology of Peace and Social Justice is given annually to recognize outstanding psychology-based contributions in scholarship and action by an individual in one or more of the following areas: Peace and Nonviolence, Poverty, Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Spirituality, and Social Action [US$ 1,000].<\/em><\/p>\n

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Antonio C. S. Rosa<\/strong> is the founder-editor of the pioneering Peace Journalism<\/strong> website TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS)<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0 He is also Secretary of the International Board of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/em><\/a> and an assistant to Prof. Johan Galtung. He completed the required coursework for a Ph.D. in Political Science-Peace Studies (1994), earned a Masters in Political Science-International Relations (1990), and a B.A. in Communication (1988) from the University of Hawai\u2019i in Honolulu.\u00a0 Originally from Brazil, Mr. Rosa lives presently in Porto, Portugal after 11 other countries of residence.<\/p>\n

As a victim of torture in 1964 Brazil\u2019s military coup, he would dedicate the rest of his life to the cause of peace and nonviolence.<\/p>\n

TRANSCEND Media Service<\/em> is a fierce advocate for Peace on the international stage, and has taken strong stands for the oppressed-disenfranchised-bereaved, social-individual justice, human-indigenous-animal rights, Gandhian nonviolent activism, nonviolent conflict resolution, peace by peaceful means.<\/p>\n

TMS <\/em>stands against oppression-oppressors of all kinds, militarism, armaments-war industry, nuclear weapons, all cases of exploitation of humans-fauna-flora-environment, violent conflict resolution, wars, interventions, invasions, conquests, imperialism, neo-colonialism, torture, might makes right.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rosa has also translated or edited a number of books advancing peace: Peace Journalism: 80 Galtung Editorials on War and Peace<\/a> (editor)<\/em> \u2013 Cobertura de Conflitos: Jornalismo para a Paz<\/a> (translation), Transcender e Transformar: Uma Introdu\u00e7\u00e3o ao Trabalho de Conflitos<\/a> (translation).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Peace Mission to Syria-Lebanon, 2013. Damascus Parliament House, audience with Syria’s Prime Minister. Antonio C.S. Rosa, far right, with TRANSCEND member, Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire (center) and other delegates from around the world.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brad Olson<\/strong> is the current treasurer and 2012 president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, and an Assistant Professor of Psychology and co-director of the Community Psychology Program at National Louis University.\u00a0 He also served as president of APA Division 48 (Peace Psychology) and is a co-founder and member of the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology.\u00a0 As is now widely-known, the six members of the Coalition made an outsized contribution to the struggle of psychology dissidents to bring accountability to the American Psychological Association for its collusion with government forces practicing torture.<\/p>\n

Anyone who knows Brad knows he is a force of nature.\u00a0 A magnet for attracting new active members to PsySR, he is also the member least likely to take a PsySR break, bringing input and enthusiasm not only to the torture issue, but also to environmental justice, racial justice, resistance to war and militarism, and the defense of academic freedom. His input and encouragement remain essential to holding the organization together and keeping it flourishing.<\/p>\n

Though known widely for being an essential player in the Coalition and PsySR, less known is the specific role he played in precipitating the conditions that brought the APA apologetically to its knees for allowing torturing U.S. government departments to dictate its ethics policy.\u00a0 Brad was the one who reached out to Scott Gerwehr, the CIA contractor cc\u2019d on many of the emails passing back and forth between the APA, the DoD and the CIA.\u00a0 Brad was also the one who got hold of Gerwehr\u2019s email treasure trove and passed it on to James Risen, the New York Times reporter.\u00a0 Risen\u2019s reference to the APA controversy\u2014and Gerwehr\u2019s emails\u2014in his book Pay Any Price<\/em> forced the APA to investigate itself with the help of David Hoffman and his firm Sidley Austin LLP.\u00a0 And the rest is history.<\/p>\n

Those who have visited Brad in Chicago know that he is also a formidable amateur painter.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, it is one of my ambitions to get Brad a gallery opening. \u00a0Write to me if you have some gallery contacts and want to read my full pitch for Brad\u2019s oeuvre<\/em>.\u00a0 A tantalizing excerpt is below:<\/p>\n

Olson\u2019s paintings speak to the value of eruptive imagination.\u00a0 They reflect the art that can arise when people who escape classification as \u201cartists\u201d make room for the untamed flow of their consciousness while pursuing the other witness and work they devote their lives to.\u00a0 Olson\u2019s work on all fronts raises appropriately psychological questions about the connection between creative, moral and professional inspiration.\u00a0 Does the muse guiding Olson\u2019s art also dance with the muse guiding his work in community psychology and his witness against the horrific corruption of his profession by the cold mechanics of profit and power?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Past Award Winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2005 \u00a0 Dr. Diane Bretherton, LaTrobe University, Australia
\n2006 \u00a0 Dr. Marc Pilisuk, Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco (TRANSCEND member)<\/em>
\n2007 \u00a0 Dr. Michael Knox, University of South Florida, Tampa
\n2008 \u00a0 Dr. Floyd Rudmin, University of Troms\u00f8, Norway (TRANSCEND member)<\/em>
\n2009 \u00a0 Dr. Jean Maria Arrigo, Irvine, California
\n2010 \u00a0 Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Cambridge, Massachusetts
\n2011 \u00a0 Dr. Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
\n2012 \u00a0 Dr. Paula Green, Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
\n2014 \u00a0 Dr. Roy Eidelson, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (TRANSCEND member)<\/em>
\n2015 \u00a0 Dr. Trudy Bond, Toledo, Ohio and Dr. Kathie Malley-Morrison, Boston, Massachusetts
\n2016 \u00a0 Dr. Nahid Aziz, Dr. Jancis Long, and Dr. Luisa Saffiotti, Washington, DC<\/p>\n

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Friends and colleagues have created an endowment to fund the prize in recognition of Professor Marsella\u2019s lifetime achievements (see a biographical sketch\u00a0<\/em>HERE<\/a>). The prize is administered by Psychologists for Social Responsibility and is awarded annually. <\/em>http:\/\/www.psysr.org\/about\/awards\/marsella-prize.php<\/a><\/p>\n

PsySR is an independent, non-profit organization that applies psychological knowledge and expertise to promote peace, social justice, human rights, and sustainability. Our members are psychologists, students, and other advocates for social change in the United States and around the world. <\/em>Learn More \u00bb <\/a>http:\/\/psysr.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D., a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment<\/a>, is a past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Emeritus Professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii\u2019s Manoa Campus in Honolulu, Hawaii, and past director of the World Health Organization Psychiatric Research Center in Honolulu. \u00a0He is known internationally as a pioneer figure in the study of culture and psychopathology who challenged the ethnocentrism and racial biases of many assumptions, theories, and practices in psychology and psychiatry. In more recent years, he has been writing and lecturing on peace and social justice. He has published 21 books and more than 300 articles, tech reports, and popular commentaries. His<\/em> TMS articles may be accessed<\/em> HERE<\/a> and he can be reached at <\/em>marsella@hawaii.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2017 Prize: Antonio Carlos da Silva Rosa, Portugal\/Brazil and Dr. Brad Olson, Chicago, Illinois. PsySR’s award is given annually to recognize outstanding psychology-based contributions in scholarship and action by an individual in one or more of the following areas: Peace and Nonviolence, Poverty, Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, Spirituality, and Social Action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,199,41,40,62,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transcend-news","category-announcements","category-tms-peace-journalism","category-transcend-members","category-media","category-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}