{"id":7439,"date":"2025-10-08T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everypiecematters.com\/jget\/?page_id=7439"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:11:24","slug":"editors-message-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/everypiecematters.com\/jget\/editors-message-2","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7439\" class=\"elementor elementor-7439\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eab3ae3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eab3ae3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7be0391\" data-id=\"7be0391\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-826d590 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"826d590\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Message from the Associate Editor & Editorial Team<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a0a97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89a0a97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.2 - 11-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Reawakening the Vision \u2014 Reigniting the Movement<\/strong><\/p><p>After a meaningful period of reflection and renewal, we are honored to welcome you back to the <strong>Journal of Global Engagement and Transformation (JGET).<\/strong><\/p><p>Emerging from hiatus, JGET steps into this new season with renewed energy, vision, and purpose \u2014 ready to continue the vital work of connecting research, practice, and lived experience to advance global mental health, human development, and social transformation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b902020 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b902020\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4afea55\" data-id=\"4afea55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3558c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f3558c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As the <strong>Associate Editor<\/strong>, I, <strong>Angel Ash<\/strong>, together with our dedicated <strong>Editorial Team and Peer Reviewers<\/strong>, celebrate this relaunch as a collective milestone.\u00a0<\/p><p>Our team represents a wide spectrum of disciplines: <strong>counseling, education, psychology, theology, criminal justice, social work, community health, and organizational leadership,<\/strong> bringing together diverse expertise and shared commitment to <strong>GCSCORED\u2019s mission:<\/strong> to Renew Minds, Transform Lives, and Create Safer and More Socially Connected Communities.<\/p><p>JGET is more than a publication; it is a <strong>movement<\/strong>, a living ecosystem of knowledge, stories, and practices that inspire transformation across systems and societies.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">We believe that knowledge must not only be studied but lived; not only published but practiced.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Our goal is to make space for voices and perspectives that challenge, expand, and reimagine how we understand and engage with the <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">ecology of mental health<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">, the personal, relational, cultural, structural, and systemic factors shaping well-being locally and globally.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9633ab5\" data-id=\"9633ab5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2a9607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2a9607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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We believe their insights and experiences are not peripheral but essential to building equitable, compassionate, and culturally responsive approaches to healing and transformation.<\/p><p>Together, as editors, reviewers, and contributors, we are not merely curating articles, we are cultivating a community. Our shared hope is that JGET continues to serve as a beacon for justice-informed, inclusive scholarship and a catalyst for meaningful engagement that bridges disciplines, sectors, and borders.<\/p><p>To our readers, authors, and partners: thank you for joining us on this journey. The relaunch of JGET marks not an ending but a <b>reawakening<\/b>, a collective recommitment to the vision that began in 2017 and continues to grow through your passion, partnership, and participation.<br \/>Welcome to this new chapter of engagement, renewal, and transformation.<br \/>In Solidarity and Hope,<\/p><p><b>Angel Ash,<\/b>\u00a0<\/p><p>Associate Editor, Journal of Global Engagement and Transformation (JGET)<br \/>On behalf of the JGET Editorial Team &amp; Peer Reviewers<\/p><p><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:jget@gcscored.org\">jget@gcscored.org<\/a><br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/everypiecematters.com\/jget\">https:\/\/everypiecematters.com\/jget<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from the Associate Editor &#038; Editorial Team Reawakening the Vision \u2014 Reigniting the Movement After a meaningful period of reflection and renewal, we are honored to welcome you back to the Journal of Global Engagement and Transformation (JGET). 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