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February

March

 
EAST SIDDE INSTITUTE NEW YEAR
 

Friends of East Side Institute

Send Greetings & Dreams for 2024 

Led by Lois Holzman w/ Dan Friedman,

Raquell Holmes, Carrie Lobman, Marian Rich


Sat / Sun, Feb 17 / 18

Sessions start: 

10am EST |

Fee: $140 / $100 / $40

Join for a weekend exploration into the conceptions and practical tools of social therapeutics and performance activism. Perfect for experienced organizers as well as newly becoming activists.

Register Here!

The Institute Proudly Celebrates the Publication of

Social Therapeutic Coaching:

A Practical Guide to Group and Couples Work

Meet the Authors

Carrie Sackett & Murray Dabby


Sat. Feb 3, 12 - 1:30pm EST (virtual)

RSVP / Free Registration

Hot off the press, a practical guide to coaching groups! Filled with case-study examples of groups led by social therapeutic coaches, it's a sophisticated and accessible introduction to the foundations of social therapeutics and an important new resource for coaches, counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, talent-development professionals and community leaders.

Check-out 3 new letters from The Developmentalist, offering an antidote to the life space of Big Psychology. READ HERE!


HELP! I'M A WORKAHOLIC

What do I do when it’s not “crunch-time?”


HOW EMBARRASSING I TALK TOO MUCH

Will I disappear if I talk less?


HOW DO I PROTECT MY KIDS, NOW THAT THEY’RE NO LONGER “KIDS?”

I don’t want them to get hurt…

Collective Emotional Growth

An interactive workshop for therapists and coaches

Sat, March 16

11am - 3pm Eastern US

Fee: $140 | $100 | $40

Looking for innovative ways to engage with your clients?


Roll up your sleeves and dive into a hands-on experiential workshop and learn the HOW of social therapeutics. 

A 6-week Online Course

Saturdays, March 23 - May 4

1 - 2:30pm Eastern US

Fee: $195 | $145 | $85

Carrie Lobman teams with ESI’s Latin American hub organizer, Majo Castrillo, for a playful / philosophical introduction to social therapeutics. Learn about the many facets of a powerful, performatory approach to human development and culture change.

 
 

Peter Harris, one of Israel’s major innovators of community-based theatre, shares with Des Wandan his 50 yrs experience creating performances with marginalized communities, including his work in the Theatre Studies Department at the Western Galilee Academic College bringing Arab and Jewish students into “the aesthetic space where memory and imagination can come together,” and painful and developmental dialogue becomes possible through performance. 

Inviting performance activists, educators, mental health practitioners and social change leaders seeking new tools for personal, professional and community development. Led by Lois Holzman and faculty. Read more. Contact Melissa Meyer mmeyer@eastsideinstitute.org

NOW ENROLLING FOR 2024/25

Deadline: Sat, June 15

Explore & Apply Now!

Welcome to a monthly drop-in social therapeutic conversation. Learn the skills of creating (emotional) conversations that can support well-being, connection and development.

Let’s Learn! The World as Classroom, an ESI alliance with Lloyd International Honors College, UNC-Greensboro. A free and volunteer-based community of teacher-learners for people from all walks of life all over the world. No grades, just growin’. Click here for more information & free registration.

Islam in the Global History of Science  

Dr. Omar Ali and Dr. Nadja Cech 

Tues, Feb 6, 2pm Eastern US 

Introduction to Lebanon

Christelle Barakat

Sat, Feb 17, 11am Eastern US;

African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan

Dr. Thomas Lockley

Tues, Feb 13, 7pm Eastern US

Recovering Our Lost Histories

Dr. Dan Friedman

Sat, Feb 24, 1pm Eastern US

The Global Play Brigade (GPB), led by ESI faculty and associates with a volunteer community of play and performance activists, improvisers, clowns, musicians, educators and therapists who bring people together across borders — to play, create, connect and grow — creating new pathways for social change.

Heart & Power | Global Playshop | March 1 & 2

This event will host 7-10 play workshops (“playshops”) that will focus on the theme of emotional support. You won’t want to miss this! Click here for more information & free registration.

 

Dialogic and Collaborative Practices, 

February 1-3, 2024

A 3-day workshop with Taos Institute Co-Founders Harlene Anderson & Sheila McNamee


Have you ever wondered how to engage with curiosity when faced with different views, beliefs, and ideas? This practical seminar embraces relational, dialogic, and collaborative resources for dealing with difference. Harlene and Sheila discuss constructionist theory and its practical implications to the participants' specific contexts. Click here for details.

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