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September

October

This Fall, Step Onto a World Stage & Grow! 


“Developing Across Borders” 

Introductory Group-Building Experience!


Led by Barbara Silverman, Melissa Meyer & Lea Cikoš

Sat, Oct 22

10:30 am - 12PM Eastern US


Looking for new ways to grow as a group-builder and “world citizen?” Come “sit-in” on a Zoom-enabled, group-building, Developing Across Borders coaching group experience led by Barbara Silverman, Melissa Meyer and Lea Cikoš. Join as participants from across the world build with their cultural and political diversity and create new forms of emotional life. 


TAKE A LISTEN: All Power to the Developing Podcast (Ep. 2):  Border Crossers Build Their Culture: Lea Cikos, Mariamalia Cob, Juan David Garzon, Steven Hart & Morgane Masterman —  Developing Across Borders participants from Europe, the US and Latin America — talk to Lois Holzman about how their weekly social therapeutic conversations help sustain their activism and develop their social and emotional skills.   

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The HOW of Performance Activism

A Weekend Intensive

Led by Lois Holzman w/ Dan Friedman, Raquell Holmes,

Carrie Lobman, Marian Rich, Cathy Salit

Sat / Sun, Oct 15 / 16

All sessions: 10am Eastern US

Fee: $95 / $40

Join for a weekend exploration into the conceptions and practical tools of social therapeutics and performance activism. Explore how play and performance can break through social barriers, unleash imaginations, and open doors to new possibilities. See how these discoveries can work for you. Perfect for experienced organizers and newly becoming activists.

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Intro to Social Therapeutics &

Its Community Stages

A 6-week Online Course 


Starts Oct 29

Conversations are asynchronous

Fee: $135 / $85

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Join Carrie Lobman and Melissa Meyer for a playful / philosophical introduction to social therapeutics. Learn how this performatory approach has been embraced by colleagues worldwide to advance powerful tactics of positive resistance and social change.

All Power to the Developing Podcast - Ep. #28 

Meet ESI Associate, Nicola Pauling, whose New Zealand-based Voice Arts brings play and performance into nursing and retirement homes and for people living with dementia, as captured in this latest short film: The Echo Made Me Smile: Tales of Belonging & Not Belonging,

Dear Developmentalist

Advice to Grow With

Click HERE to read the latest!

Write Lois, and she will respond!

lholzman@eastsideinstitute.org

NEW LETTERS!


WHAT'S MY PATH TO EMPOWERMENT?

Does personal growth make a difference to the world? 


I KEEP MYSELF DISTANT WITH MY BIG-CITY JUDGEMENTS

How can I be a better neighbor?


DO NOT DISTURB: I’M PROCESSING!

Settling on the Story of What Happened.

Regístrese Aquí

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR THERAPIST/COACH

A Conversation Led by Clients (who aren't afraid to ask)

Join in as clients interview their social therapeutic group leaders/coaches to explore their histories, values, therapeutic approach and passion for development.

Sat Oct 1

1 - 2:30pm Eastern US

Fee: $30 / $15

Register Here!

Meet the East Side Institute

Its People & Programs!

Hosted by Janet Wootten & Desire Wandan

Sat, Sept 17

12 - 1:30pm Eastern US

Welcome, All, to the ESI -- a hub for a diverse community of social activists, thought leaders and developmentslists. Meet and mingle with new colleagues! Take a “tour” of our programs and offerings and discover “what’s next.”

Free Registration!

Explore Fred Newman’s Let’s Develop: A Guide to Continuous Personal Growth and Performance of a Lifetime: A Practical-Philosophical Guide to the Joyous Life in a lively reading-and-discussion group, introducing the collaborative, performatory (and joyful) practice of social therapeutics.

Wed, Oct 5 - Nov 9

11am - 12:30pm Eastern US

Fee: $25

Register Today!

The 2022 Lloyd Honors College Annual Lecture

with Dan Friedman

Performance Activism:

A Reconstructive Approach to Social Activism & Generating Possibility

Mon, Sept 12

Resistance & Imagination:

The Role of the Arts, Creativity & Play in Activism w/ Alex Sutherland

Sat, Oct 29

Political Theatre in Zimbabwe

w/ Daniel Maposa and Dan Friedman

Tues, Nov 15

Free Registration 

Creating Our Mental Health

A Free Monthly Drop-In Group

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Second Saturday of the Month

Sat, Sept 10, Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 10

2 - 3:30pm Eastern US

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


Led by Hugh Polk, MD

Rachel Mickenberg, LCSW

Jessie Fields, MD

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Sept 10 — American Therapeutic Association conference. The Joy of Dementia: Creating a New Performance of Dementia (and Life) led by Mary Fridley & Murray Dabby; The Westin, Birmingham, AL.  mfridley@eastsideinstitute.org


Sept 10 — El Liderazgo a Través del ‘Activismo Performativo’ (Leadership Through Performance Activism). Let's Learn, led by Jorge Burciaga-Montoya, Miguel Eduardo Cortés-Vázquez & Sandra Paola López-Ramírez. jburciaga77@gmail.com


Sept 10 — Joyful Sadness: Do emotions need to make sense? a 3-week online workshop, led by Marian Rich. 50% discount to ESI community.


Sept 15 — San Francisco Village, The Joy of Aging, Memory Loss, and Dementia, led by Mary Fridley & Eileen Moncoeur. mfridley@eastsideinstitute.org


Sept 19 — Dementia Action Alliance conference, The Joy of Dementia (You Gotta Be Kidding!) led by Mary Fridley; The Crown Plaza , Indianapolis IN. mfridley@eastsideinstitute.org


Sept 19 — American Assoc. for Applied & Therapeutic Humor"Dear Developmentalist: Letters from the Dog House," Lois Holzman & Katy Bee. 

SAVE THE DATE!

ESI Fall Community Meeting & Fundrai$er

Sunday, November 13


A Global Meeting for a Global Project

Watch Dr. Holzman's talk, "Can We Lead A Decent Life on a Wicked World Stage," Spring 2022 Community Meeting

Mark your Calendars for this Important Community Building Event


RSVP Here!


Two sessions:

1:30 pm Eastern US  OR 7:15 pm Eastern US

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