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17 Jul Can Performance Change the World?

Posted at 20:21h in Clowning, Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Health Care, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Youth Development 0 Comments

July 17, 2010 Participate in discovering/creating responses to this question by attending the sixth Performing the World conference: Performing the World 2010, September 30-October 3, 2010, New York City (hosted by All Stars Project, Inc and East Side Institute for Group and short Term Psychotherapy) “Can Performance Change the World?” Performing artists, community organizers, theatre workers,...

16 Jul Critical Psychology on Street Corners

Posted at 20:20h in Community Organizing, Culture, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 2 Comments

July 16, 2010 I'm beginning to write a chapter on the state of Critical Psychology for a Chinese journal and I've spent a few hours flipping through writings, both mine and colleagues of mine. It's part of how I create an environment for having a new thought, for allowing others (including...

17 Apr Ambassador for Development through Performance

Posted at 18:14h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Youth Development 2 Comments

April 17, 2010 Anyone who knows me and/or visits this site knows I'm an avid supporter of the All Stars Project and have been since it began some decades ago. The All Stars' program are exquisite applications of the social therapeutic approach to human development because they are uniquely suited to...

16 Apr If There is an Achievement Gap, Where is it?

Posted at 19:22h in Education, Learning Environments, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development 0 Comments

April 16, 2010 On April 15, my good friend and colleague Lenora Fulani delivered a brilliant statement about educational policy at the National Action Network's Annual National Convention in New York City. Dr. Fulani, a developmental psycholoigst and political activist, co-founded the All Stars Project, Inc. and its Operation Conversation: Cops...

30 Mar Development Grows in Newark

Posted at 21:51h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Outside of School, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development 0 Comments

March 30, 2010 I don't usually post news items but I'm so thrilled about the All Stars Newark expansion plan — a partnership through which everyone grows — that I want to share it! From The Star Ledger NEWARK — The All Stars Project of New Jersey today announced a $9 million fundraising...

12 Mar Play in China

Posted at 22:29h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development 8 Comments

March 12, 2010 I just returned from a week in China - specifically, Deyang, a city in the Sichuan province very hard hit by the 2008 earthquake (more than 17,000 people died and over 70,000 were injured; the schools in neighboring areas collapsed). I was there to train middle school teachers...

23 Feb Philosophizing and Clowning with Patch Adams and Fred Newman

Posted at 23:22h in Clowning, Community Organizing, Culture, Health Care, Popular Posts, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

February 23, 2010 [caption id="attachment_403" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fred Newman and Patch Adams"][/caption] This past Saturday I had the privilege of hosting Patch Adams for the day between two university presentations he was giving that morning and evening. The meeting was a long time coming; Patch ("the clown who is a doctor") and I...

15 Jan Galinsky on Play and Learning (and Performance)

Posted at 21:43h in Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development 0 Comments

March 18,2010 Here's the link to a video of the scened from the Work/Play described below January, 15, 2010 I was delighted to see The Work/Play - the current production of Youth OnStage! (the youth theatre of the All Stars Project) - featured in a column by Ellen Galinsky in today's Huffington Post....

05 Jan Can Performance Change the World?

Posted at 21:54h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming 2 Comments

January 5 2010 That's the question for the sixth Performing the World conference taking place September 30-October 3 in New York City. I'm what you could call the "chief organizer" for Performing the World (PTW) conferences and community. It's a great job because there seems to be no end to the...

09 Aug Sonia Sotomayor and the All Stars

Posted at 15:21h in Education, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Youth Development 0 Comments

About 100 young people watched the swearing in of Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court judge at the All Stars Project's headquarters on 42 St. Sotomayor is a friend of the All Stars and has "mentored" young people in one of its programs, the Development School for Youth. Lots of press...