Advocacy as a Critical Role for Urban School Counselors: Working toward Equity and Social Justice

By F. Bemak, R. Chung. 2005

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ACA Advocacy Competencies: Social Justice Advocacy at the Client/Student Level. (2009, background): “Calls for counseling professionals to be change agents and advocates for social justice are reflected in the school counseling (Bemak & Chung, 2005; House, 2004; Stone & Dahir, 2006), critical psychology (Fox & Prilleltensky, 1997; Prilleltensky& Nelson, 1997;Prilleltensky & Prilleltensky, 2003),…”
New Professional Roles and Advocacy Strategies for School Counselors: A Multicultural/Social Justice Perspective to Move Beyond the Nice Counselor Syndrome (2008, background): “…underpinnings that are linked to the academic achievement disparities that continue to exist in the United States, experts have increasingly directed attention to the new roles school counselors can play to proactively address these differences (Bemak, 2005; Bemak et al., 2005; Ming, 2006).”
The ACA Advocacy Competencies: A Social Justice Advocacy Framework for Professional School Counselors: (2007, background): “…is for school counselors to embrace a social justice advocacy perspective and help lead school reform efforts to challenge educational inequities such as achievement gaps stemming from the less than ideal learning environment that is prevalent in many schools (Bemak & Chung, 2005; Cox & Lee, 2007).”