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For Wellbeing and Human Rights at Grassroots International
For Wellbeing and Human Rights at Grassroots International
"The challenge is not limited to addressing the destruction and disorders caused by the war. The challenge is to construct a new person in a new society." — Ignacio Martín-Baró
The Martín-Baró Initiative supports progressive, grassroots groups throughout the world who are challenging institutional repression and confronting the mental health consequences of violence and injustice in their communities.
The Martín-Baró Initiative was established to honor the memory of Father Ignacio Martín-Baró, a Jesuit priest and social psychologist who was murdered in El Salvador in 1989, and to further the goals to which he dedicated his life. Our grants support progressive, grassroots groups throughout the world who are challenging institutional repression and confronting the mental health consequences of violence and injustice in their communities.
To learn more, visit the Initiative website.
THE IR(RATIONAL) PRIESTS
The Rationality Wars - Cited Podcast
Season 02, Episode 01
On July 8th, 2024, Brinton was featured on the Cited Podcast's returning series, the Rationality Wars, which tells stories about political and intellectual battles to define rationality and irrationality. She spoke about Martín Baró's journey from his birthplace of Valladolid, Spain, to the violence-ridden communities of El Salvador where he used the tools within liberation psychology to challenge the status quo and give a voice to the Salvadoran people.
A description of the episode from the Cited Podcast's website:
A group of landholding elites waged psychological warfare on the El Salvadoran people, and oppressed them for generations. When a psychologist and Jesuit priest defended the rationality of the people against their oppressors, he paid the ultimate price.
To learn more, and to listen to the episode, visit the Cited Podcast website.
Brinton and colleagues with Ignacio Martín-Baró
February 1989, Brookline MA
Brinton with Ignacio Martín-Baró
Relevant Publications
Lykes, M. B. & Portillo, N. (2016). A search for justice in El Salvador: One legacy of Ignacio Martín-Baró. ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America, pp. 51-53. http://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/performing-el-salvador
Lykes, M. B. & Sibley, E. (2014). Liberation psychology and pragmatic solidarity: North-South collaborations through the Ignacio Martín-Baró Fund. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 20(3), 209-226. doi:10.1037/pac0000045
Lykes, M.B. (2014). Ignacio Martín-Baró. In Coghlan, D. & Brydon-Miller, M. (Eds). The SAGE encyclopedia of action research. (Vols. 1-2) (pp. 523-526). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446294406
Lykes, M. B. (2012). One legacy among many: The Ignacio Martín-Baró Fund for Mental Health and Human Rights at 21. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 18 (1), 88-95. doi:10.1037/a0026982
Lykes, M. B. (1990, Octubre-Diciembre). Ignacio Martín-Baró: Un hombre para/dentro de otros: Reflexiones en homenaje a un amigo, colega, y mentor [Ignacio Martín-Baró: A man with/for others]. Revista de Psicología de El Salvador, 38, 370-375.
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