A Common Joy

A community for Black women psychologists.

Connecting Black women across the profession—from doctoral training through every stage of a career in psychology.

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About A Common Joy

There’s something powerful about finding one another—especially in spaces where we are rarely all together.

Black women are present across every corner of psychology. We’re learning, teaching, researching, practicing, supervising, leading, creating, and shaping the profession in countless ways. Yet we are often scattered across institutions, specialties, cities, countries, and stages of our careers. A Common Joy was created as a place for those paths to meet.

This is a community for the whole of who we are. It’s a place to exchange knowledge and seek consultation, but also to find friendship, mentorship, collaboration, encouragement, laughter, and room for conversations that have nothing to do with our work. Whether you are still becoming a psychologist or have spent decades in the profession, A Common Joy is an invitation to know one another, to be known, and to discover what becomes possible when we are no longer so scattered.

Here we can…

Find

Someone who understands your corner of the profession. A mentor—or someone who needs what you’ve learned. A new friend who happens to live twenty minutes away.

Find

Someone who understands your corner of the profession. A mentor—or someone who needs what you’ve learned. A new friend who happens to live twenty minutes away.

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Ask

A question you don’t want to ask in a room where you’re the only one.

Ask

A question you don’t want to ask in a room where you’re the only one.

Create

A collaboration around the idea you’ve been carrying.

Create

A collaboration around the idea you’ve been carrying.

Gather

For dinner when you’re both at the same conference. For coffee when you discover you’re in the same city. For a conversation that has absolutely nothing to do with psychology.

Gather

For dinner when you’re both at the same conference. For coffee when you discover you’re in the same city. For a conversation that has absolutely nothing to do with psychology.

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Membership

A Common Joy welcomes Black women psychologists and psychologists-in-training across specialties, career stages, professional settings, and geographic regions.

We verify membership to maintain the integrity and trust of our community.

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Each application is reviewed personally.

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