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05 Dec

Posted at 21:02h in Creativity, Culture, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming

That's the title of a Women's Forum of New York panel organized and moderated by Women's Forum member and All Stars Project CEO Gabrielle Kurlander. I loved the diversity of our voices in response to Gabrielle's invitational questions. I hope you do too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRvnKgHQYc0&feature=youtu.be  ...

02 Apr

Posted at 01:01h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming

My last post, “Police and Teens, Connecting” (March 29, 2017 ) pointed to an article that appeared in The New York Times that same day. The article featured a unique kind of “connecting” of police and teens—Operation Conversation: Cops & Kids, a program of the All Stars Project in partnership with the...

17 Dec

Posted at 22:07h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, DSM-5, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Publications, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy, Vygotsky, What's New, Youth Development

My Facebook feed this morning made me happy. Here’s why— That’s Marian Rich—long-time friend, colleague and member of the current  International Class of the East Side Institute—holding a copy of the new Second Edition of my book, Vygotsky at Work and Play. I’m excited for Marian and others to read it! Here’s...

27 Oct

Posted at 18:51h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Publications, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy

I'm happy to report that the expanded second edition of my book, Vygotsky at Work and Play is just three weeks away from publication (11/17/16). To give you a preview, here's an excerpt from my Introduction to the second edition. In his thoughtful and very generous Foreword to the first edition...

27 Oct

Posted at 15:58h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Español/Spanish, Play, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements, Theatre

Dan Friedman (artistic director of the Castillo Theatre and associate dean of UX) and I were in Bogota Colombia last week at the invitation of former mayor Antanas Mockus and his organization Corpovisionarois. We were both keynote speakers at their International Conference on Citizenship Culture. This years theme was "Another...

19 Apr

Posted at 16:30h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, I Like This, Outside of School, What's New

The All Stars Project is seeking diverse fellowship candidates with a relationship to, and an affinity for poor communities of color. What does it mean to be a Fulani Fellow? First and foremost, it means training and working alongside independent activist and grassroots leader Dr. Fulani and her high-performing and diverse...

24 Feb

Posted at 14:10h in Community Organizing, I Like This, Learning Environments, Outside of School

Here's a unique and exciting opportunity—Apply to be a Fulani Fellow! This fellowship will be a rigorous introduction to and immersion in the on-the-ground ?practice, methodology, and approach to human development employed in the programs of the All Stars Project. The fellowship is designed as an opportunity for young professionals to train...