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Dear friends, the world is always changing but some moments are tipping points. The global solidarity erupting for Black Lives Matter looks like one of these tipping points.
The Process Work Institute stands in community and solidarity against racism and with those who are protesting against police brutality for a fair and just system. Following process means unfolding experiences of grief and rage because they can signal that abuse and harms are occurring. These experiences provide the energy to create a tipping point, to stop abuse, to bring justice, to repair relationships, and to heal individuals and communities.
At PWI, we have been working to embody our values, and frankly struggling as a predominantly white institution to change supremacist elements of our culture and make a safer and more welcoming space for people of color wanting to study and teach Processwork. We have been lucky to receive direct feedback from our community and it has been agonizing and confronting to hear and feel the negative experiences. It is a privilege that we’ve received this feedback and that students, faculty, graduates and community members of color, along with white allies, have taken the risk and contributed their emotional labor to give the institution the energy and impetus to change.
As an organization we are committed to earning back trust through actions and outcomes. The PWI Board is developing a plan of concrete actions to hold the organization accountable to diversity, equity and inclusion goals including CR issues like increasing representation, as well as continuing work on dreamland and essence levels - shifting culture, roles, figures and processing the atmosphere. This plan will be made public so we can seek your help in creating accountability.
As one signal of the world channel tipping point, I was moved by the public health officials in Portland who made this statement about the impact of protests on pandemic re-opening plans:
“Our residents have been compelled to leave their homes and flood into the streets despite the risk, in order to confront an even-deeper sickness: the systemic racism that enables the tragic and unwarranted killing of Black people at the hands of police brutality.
The County recognizes that an effective, equitable response to the pandemic ... requires us to actively address the disease that has been endemic to this country for 400 years.“
Grief and rage about systemic abuse and violence needs expression, needs a response, and needs justice and actions to heal. When black lives matter, we have a chance at building a sustainable future.
This week is
Juneteenth
, June 19th, a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, and to celebrate African American culture and achievements. A powerful moment to mark a shift.
In hope and solidarity.
Hellene
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Hellene Gronda, Executive Director
Ph.D, PW. Dipl, MA, BSc/BA(Hons)
Hellene has a life-long interest in personal and collective change and has been inspired by Processwork for over 30 years. An experienced leader in government and nonprofit settings she values the deep optimism and courageous spirit of Processwork, and its ability to find creative and unexpected solutions to the most difficult, confusing or inexplicable challenges.
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Please consider supporting the many incredible organizations led by Black, Brown, Indigenous and People of Color, offering their leadership in the movement for change.
Some links here as starting points, with special focus on Portland groups:
Right to Health
Founded by Leslie Gregory, part of the processwork community. Right to Health is a Portland based nonprofit organization working to address inequities using a restorative and health perspective, and leading a campaign for the Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health to declare racism a public health crisis.
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Did you miss Lane Arye's live webinar
From Trauma to Resilience During the Pandemic?
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MAPOF5 Commencement Saturday, July 11th!
Save the date for our first ever online-only commencement ceremony!
Join us online Saturday,
July 11th, to celebrate the MAPOF5 graduation.
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Read our 2 newest blog posts
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Masters in Process-Oriented Facilitation & Conflict Studies
Study Processwork and earn a Masters Degree
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Accreditation renewed through December 2022!
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Now more than ever we need skills to navigate inner and outer experiences, disturbances, and change.
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Have you been dreaming about joining our masters program?
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The Master of Arts in Process-Oriented Facilitation and Conflict Studies (MAPOF) is our integrative, two-year foundational training program in the process-oriented approach to the facilitation and study of inner and outer conflicts. This program prepares graduates to be facilitators of psychological and group change, building on a foundation of personal growth and development, and practical facilitation training. Facilitation is a cross-disciplinary set of skills and attitudes that can be applied in conflict resolution, coaching, counseling, and organizational consultancy or leadership.
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JOIN AN INFO SESSION TO FIND OUT MORE
Friday, June 26th, 3-4pm PST
Thursday, July 2nd, 9-10am PST
Tuesday, July 7th, 5-6pm PST
Wednesday, July 15th, 10-11am PST
Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89495787913
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The Play and Art of Community
with Suzette Payne
Tuesdays, June 16th & 30th
noon - 1pm PST
Free of charge
~ all welcome
No art experience is needed!
An innerwork art making meditation for community awareness and support in creatively processing the diversity of experiences in our shared Coronavirus world!
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Online Case Supervision
with Dawn Menken
Final class this week!
Wednesday, June 17th, 5:00-6:30pm PST
Case supervision provides an opportunity to develop a process-oriented approach to working with individuals, couples & groups by working with real-life examples from participants. Participants will have the opportunity to be selected to present cases from their professional or personal life & receive individualized coaching, while the group observes & learns together.
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Community Meetings during extraordinary times
hosted by Elva Redwood, Heike Hamman, Daya Mia and Fred Kahane
Sunday, June 21st, 9-10:30am PST
Sunday, June 28th, 6-7:30pm PST
Sunday, July 5th, 9-10:30am PST
Sunday, July 12th, 6-7:30pm PST
Sunday, July 19th, 9-10:30am PST
Sunday, July 26th, 6-7:30pm PST
Open space to connect, hold & deepen our experiences during these extraordinary times
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Engaging the Inner Critic: Toward a More Fluid Inner Ecology with Rhea
Wednesday, June 24th, 4-5pm, PST
Free online event – all welcome!
Online @
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/417364317
Essential self-care at this time of great upheaval and possibility.
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Dreambody Medicine Forums
Fridays, 7-8:30pm PST
June 26th, July 24th, Sept 25th, Oct 23rd, Dec 11th
Free of charge
~ No registration required
Community space to process experiences of body symptoms and their connection with larger cultural and social issues
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Processwork in Practice:
Free Introductory Online Class
with Dawn Menken
Unfolding Anxiety and Depression
Monday, June 29th, 11am - noon PST
Free and open to all
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Mining Your Gold to Discover the Powerful Presenter Within
with Cathy Bernatt
Wednesday, July 8, 4-5:15pm
& Tuesday, July 14, 9-10:15am PST
Free ~ all welcome!
In this interactive case study presentation, Cathy will share tips on partnering with a client to mine their inner gold to discover the Powerful Presenter within. She will highlight how she did this in her role as a Process-oriented Executive Coach working with a senior leader who was preparing to give her first Keynote Speech.
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Dreambody and Deep Bodywork
online class with Gary Reiss
Saturday, July 18th, 11am-2pm PST
Saturday,
July 25th, 5-8pm PST
Saturday,
August 1st, 11am-2pm PST
Saturday,
August 8th, 5-8pm PST
Dreambody Work, with its focus on the integration of symptoms and dreams, is the foundation of Process Work. Deep bodywork skills give us access to the dreaming body and the eternal body. We will start by working on basic interventions with symptoms and dreams and then move into new methods to help us work with our most difficult, chronic symptoms and nightmares. We will learn how to use our hands and words combined to do deep bodywork focusing on trauma states, altered states, and deep trance states.
Early registration deadline July 4th
sliding scale available
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Questions? Talk to Melissa
Remember you can always chat with our Outreach Coordinator, Melissa Perry, to find out more or explore the full range of training opportunities at the Process Work Institute.
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