The International Class Tag

02 Jul

Posted at 20:08h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Human Development, Psychology of Becoming

Instead of asking "What's the solution?" ask "How can we become the kind of species/society/community/organization that can create solutions that seem impossible?" That question—"How can we become?"— is unanswerable through traditional means. It requires a completely different relationship to knowledge, expertise, and human possibility. That's what The International Class at the...

15 May

Posted at 19:35h in Activity Theory, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Performance Movement, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes

With deepening social and political crises worldwide, many who want to make a difference find that they need more. They search for new tools, methods, conceptions and approaches to move forward. Since 2004, the Institute’s flagship program, The International Class, has attracted over 100 passionate and creative scholars, researchers, clinicians and...

06 Apr

Posted at 20:22h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Training/Classes

The International Class is the signature program of the East Side Institute. I'm so proud to have taught and coached over 100 activists, educators, counselors, theatre artists and scholars over the years, and played a part in their development as leaders in a new kind of social activism. Read what one...