Dr. Lois Holzman visits the border
From left to right: Dr. Chris Reyman (co-founder ImprovISA), Sandra Paola López R (co-founder ImprovISA), Dr. Lois Holzman, Miguel Cortés (co-founder Fred Newman Center), Jorge Burciaga (co-founder Fred Newman Center)
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We were honored to co-host our dear friend and mentor Dr. Lois Holzman in a 4-day visit in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Joining forces with community organizers in Ciudad Juarez and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), we were able to offer 5 public events impacting over 150 people. A HUGE thank you to our co-sponsors: UTEP's Liberal Arts Honors Program, UTEP's Women and Gender Studies, The Social Justice Initiative, UTEP's Department of Theater and Dance, UTEP's Center for Civic Engagement, The Fred Newman Center, and Tira Paro.
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Lunch and book signing with the Liberal Arts Honors Program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
Lois had an invigorating discussion over lunch with students in the Honors Program and had the opportunity to sign copies of the first edition of Vygotsky at Work and Play that the program purchased for students. If you are interested in the second edition of this book, you can find it here.
Lois had an invigorating discussion over lunch with students in the Honors Program and had the opportunity to sign copies of the first edition of Vygotsky at Work and Play that the program purchased for students. If you are interested in the second edition of this book, you can find it here.
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"Creating Communities of Hope" a talk for the UTEP community An hour-long lecture/demonstration followed by a 20 minute Q&A on how performance and play can help us create new possibilities in our world. |
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"Developing Community Internationally" a panel In this two hour-long panel/conversation, Dr. Holzman was joined by local organizers from ImprovISA and the Fred Newman Center to discuss the growing performance activism movement on the border, NYC and the world. The panel took place at the administrative center of El Paso Community College. |
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Discussing performance activism
A discussion about performance activism with the public and faculty and students from the departments of music and theater and dance at the University of Texas at El Paso.
A discussion about performance activism with the public and faculty and students from the departments of music and theater and dance at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Creating a coalition
The Fred Newman Center and ImprovISA are coming together to form a binational coalition called Performing Communities de Esperanza (PCE). Dr. Holzman's visit helped us catalyze the efforts to launch it and we will be sending an official announcement in early 2018. PCE will create resources and training in social therapeutics and performance activism in Spanish and will lead performance-based initiatives in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. Our first task is to get the Fred Newman Center (pictured right) ready to hold our meetings and social therapy groups lead by social therapist Miguel Cortes! Stay tuned for more.
The Fred Newman Center and ImprovISA are coming together to form a binational coalition called Performing Communities de Esperanza (PCE). Dr. Holzman's visit helped us catalyze the efforts to launch it and we will be sending an official announcement in early 2018. PCE will create resources and training in social therapeutics and performance activism in Spanish and will lead performance-based initiatives in Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. Our first task is to get the Fred Newman Center (pictured right) ready to hold our meetings and social therapy groups lead by social therapist Miguel Cortes! Stay tuned for more.
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Human Development and Revolution: A Conversation with Dr. Lois Holzman
About 20 people organized by our colleagues from the Fred Newman Center got together to share and imagine how social therapeutics can help us build community on the border. Several of the people present have become the core group now developing PCE (see above). |
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4th Module of the certificate program "Interventions with At-risk Youth: Concepts, Experiences and Tools"
For an entire morning, we shared Dr. Holzman's take on play as revolutionary activity both in theory and in practice with 40 educators in a certificate program headed by Mariana Soledad Loya Parra. Mariana is also a co-founder of the Fred Newman Center and a leader in the local organization Techo Comunitario and the community network Tira Paro in Ciudad Juarez. |
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