Lois Holzman |

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...

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....

30 Oct Development Grows in Juárez

Posted at 22:10h in Community Organizing, Culture, Education, Learning Environments, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapeutics, Vygotsky, Youth Development 5 Comments

October 30, 2009 These days, la Cuidad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico is pretty much known for one thing—violent crime. No denying the destruction of life and transformation of culture that’s hit this city so hard. But it is not the whole story (it never is). [caption id="attachment_321" align="alignleft" width="300"...

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...

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