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Lenora Fulani Tag

06 Apr

Posted at 14:34h in Applied Theatre, Community Organizing, Creativity, Human Development, Look and Listen, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Theatre

I just rewatched this wonderfully intimate and informative video of a plenary session at Performing the World 2012. It begins with some talented improvisors setting the scene, so to speak, for the conversation among five performance activists—Lin-Ching Hsia from Taiwan, Christine LaCerva from NYC, Charles Rozman from France, Lenora Fulani...

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...

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...

10 Nov

Posted at 20:05h in I Like This, What's New, Words to Ponder

"Poverty is not a personal characteristic. It is social, it is political, it is one of the ways the world is organized, and it has a history. Radically accepting the poverty of one’s own life and community while simultaneously depersonalizing it makes possible a certain kind of growth/development—especially if one...

02 May

Posted at 19:34h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Youth Development

May 2, 2013 "Radically accepting the poverty of one’s own life and community while simultaneously depersonalizing it makes possible a certain kind of growth/development – especially if one is simultaneously involved in activities that engage the underdevelopment that accompanies poverty." [caption id="attachment_1506" align="alignleft" width="204"] Lenora B. Fulani[/caption] So says Dr. Lenora Fulani in...

20 Dec

Posted at 03:02h in Applied Theatre, Culture, Performance Movement, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapy, Theatre, Youth Development

December 19, 2012 “A lot rides on our capacity to be who we’re not.” So remarked Christine LaCerva, director of The Social Therapy Group and the East Side Institute’s clinical training. Christine was one of six who I assembled to address the topic, “The Therapeutic Power of Performance,” at a plenary session...