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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...

05 Jun Social Therapeutics in a South African Prison

Posted at 17:49h in Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics 2 Comments

June 5, 2010 "As progressives we have come to believe that if people address the issue of human development—in direct and practical ways—we might indeed change the world." So reads the title page of a booklet the East Side Institute put out several years ago on our history, philosophy and programs. I...

29 May Online Learning Environments and Social Creativity

Posted at 01:21h in Education, Learning Environments, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics 1 Comment

May 28, 2010 I "teach" online a lot and I love it. I've done a course on Social Therapeutics at Massey University (evidently in New Zealand English, though, a "course" is called a "paper") and just launched one through the Zur Institute for 6 CEUs. But the bulk of my online...

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...

02 Apr Help New Yorkers Play

Posted at 18:58h in Community Organizing, Culture, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

April 2, 2010 You can help New Yorkers play by voting for New York Plays in the web-based grant competition Pepsi Refresh. It's the entry of the East Side Institute, the non-profit I direct. Our idea is To conduct at least 3 community PLAYgrounds throughout NYC To introduce the power of play to...

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...

22 Jan Reports from the Field—Advancing Community Building through Performance

Posted at 15:06h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics 2 Comments

January 22, 2010 In 2004 I initiated a program to support grassroots social entrepreneurs and activist-scholars whose work is too new or innovative or radical to get much support. The program is called The International Class of the East Side Institute. As of today, over 50 people from five U.S. States...