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Goddard in Action
Susan Pearson, ecopsychologist and storyteller, faculty emeritus
Taina Asili, MA-TLA graduate, activist singer-songwriter
Nicolette Stosur-Bassett and friend making art out of recycling
Sarah Bobrow-Williams, faculty
Justin Kagan, MA-Consciousness Studies alumni
Jimmy Santiago Baca, poet and activist, & Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, faculty
Ralph Lutts, faculty emeritus
The GGI faculty, dean Gariot Louima, and admissions counselor Chip Cummingsariot L
Francis X. Charet, faculty
Bindu Panikkar, faculty
Susan Sakash, alumni, leading graduates to commencement
At graduation
Jim Sparrell, faculty
Robin Stone, HAS graduate, with her family
Hillary W. Smith, MA Consciousness Studies graduate
GGI faculty member Lise Weil (left) with Danielle Boutet, scholar-in-residence
David White, alumni
Rania Campbell-Cobb, alumni
A panel featuring studies, alumni and faculty
One of our graduates and her newborn
Pam McGrath, alumni, demonstrating capoeira, which she wrote a thesis on
Jayne Kraman, HAS alumni, with a close friend
Ezra Berkley Nepon, MA in Transformative Language Arts alumni
Kelly Johnson doing some nature journaling after graduating in HAS
Part of the community building
Lise Weil, faculty
Matthew Dineen, IMA alumni
GGI Program Director Ruth Farmer (right) and Transformative Language Arts coordinator Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Faculty Lise Weil, Ralph Lutts (Emeritus) and Sarah Van Hoy
Susan Sakash
Susan Sakash, MA-SIS student
Elizabeth Minnich, visiting scholar
Student Pamela McGrath demonstrating capoiera
Sarah Van Hoy, faculty
New students incoming to the Goddard Graduate Institute’s fall 2014 residency in Plainfield, VT. Photo by David Hale, on left.
A happy SIS student
Jenney Patterson, IMA student
Robin Stone, HAS alumni
Mike Alvarez, Consciousness Studies alumni
Katt Lissard talks with another conference participant
Karen Campbell, faculty, representing Goddard on the road
Goddard alumni and faculty at the Power of Words conference:: Deb Hensley, Joanna Tebbs Young, Amber and Ronan Ellis, Miriam Gabriel, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Scott Youmans, Taina Asili and Seema Reza
Bindu Panikkar, faculty
Ezra Berkeley Nepon, alumni, doing her graduating student presentation
Joanna Tebbs Young, alumni in Transformative Language Arts with Family and Friends
John Boyer, HAS alumni
Some recent graduates from HAS, IMA & SBC
Krista Gromalski, SIS alumni, with Bo Muller-Moore, founder of Eat More Kale
SBC Graduates Nina Smolyar, Kyla Basher, and Krista Gromalski
A rainbow over campus
At graduation
Jeremy Johnson, Consciousness Studies alumni
Faculty and students having a renga party
The woods in winter
Sonja Swift, IMA alumni
Matthew Dineen, IMA alumni
Katt Lissard on her Fulbright in Lesotho
Sarah Van Hoy, faculty
Sarah Bobrow-Williams, faculty at the Obama inauguration
In the woods near campus
Scott Youmans, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Scott Carnage, IMA alumni
Scott Carnage’s graduating student exhiit
Jim Sparrell (faculty) shares aphoto of a bobolink
Graduating student presentation
Photo by Jim Sparrell (of the bunny that ate his kale)
Miriam Gabriel and Kao Kue, alumni
Kelly Johnson, HAS alumni
Tiffany Monique, Transforamtive Language Arts alumni
Hillary S. Webb, Consciousness Studies alumni
Amanda Sandos, IMA alumni
Marianela Medrano, visiting scholar, with Ruth Farmer, IMA program director
Students with Marianela Medrano, visiting scholar
Amanda Sandos, IMA alumni
Francis X. Charet, faculty, takes his students to a local Buddhism center
Taina Asili, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Scott Youmans along with TLA Network Coordinator Callid Keefe-Perry at the Power of Words conference
Jeremy Johnson, Consciousness Studies alumni
Local Buddhist teachers visits campus
Francis Charet with, to right, IMA program director Ruth Farmer
Karl Stenske, IMA alumni
Red-winged blackbird on campus
At graduation
A workshop on movement during a residency
Claudia Guerra, Consciousness Studies alumni
Walking a ledge near campus
Zachary Katz, IMA alumni
Juliana Borr, IMA alumni
Juliana Borr, IMA alumni, leading women in street thater in Colombia
Miriam Gabriel and Kae Kue in the cottage
Josh Pollock reflects on group facilitation challenges in Caryn Mirriam-Goldbeg’s workshop, “Whole Self, Real World Facilitation”
At a residency
Danielle Boutet, visiting scholar
Jim Sparrell, faculty
Karen Campbell, faculty
Mike Nachman and family
Minna Dubin, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Brian Moore, Transformative Language Arts alumni
The campus from above
Rhonda Patzia, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Heather Davis, alumni
The round-table room
Deena Chappell, Consciousness Studies alumni
Ruth Farmer, Program Director; Cynthia Obrero IMA alumni, and Ralph Lutts, faculty emeritus
Snowy Owl on campus
At a residency
Ruth Farmer on campus
Ashley Gallo, IMA alumni
Jen Cross, alumni, on campus
A graduation ceremony
Jim Sparrell, faculty, with graduating students Mike Alvarez and Bernard Carey
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, faculty, with graduating student Amanda Lacson
Ruth Farmer, Program Director, at graduation
Katherine Towler, visiting scholar
The Power of Words conference
Francis X. Charet and Karen Campbell, faculty, with graduating students
Graduation
Joanna Tebbs Youngs, alumni
Jaki Elmo, IMA alumni
Francis X. Charet, faculty, with writer and activist, the late Grace Paley
Cynthia Obrero, alumni
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Yvette Hyater-Adams, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Jaes Seis, alumni
Jim Sparrell at work
Jim Sparrell at another kind of work
Alex Porsi, alumni
Campus
Lorraine Hammond and Cynthia Obrero with their thesis projects
Graduation
Suzanne Adams, alumni
On campus
The Green Mountains
Jen Cross, alumni
Faculty at rest
Larry Greer, alumni 
Worlds of Change
Category Archives: African-American Studies
Guest Scholar Pamela Booker on Eco-Meditations and “Where’s Your Tree?”
Pamela Booker, MFA, our visiting scholar for the spring 2017 residency, is an author, educator, performance artist, and Lambda Literary Awards Finalist as well as an urban growing-sustainability enthusiast, Reiki healer and herbalist. Last past fall, she was co-plenary speaker … Continue reading
GGI Grads in the News: Seema Reza and Taina Asili
In the last day, two GGI grads have been sharing their strongest words about the work we do in the world and how to do it better. Seema Reza’s article — “The Work of Waking Up the Sleeping in a … Continue reading
Posted in African-American Studies, Creative Non-Fiction, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Environmental Justice, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Goddard Graduate Institute, Graduation, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Sustainability, Transformative Language Arts
Tagged Seema Reza, Taina Asili, The Feminist Wire, Yes Magazine
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Celebrating the Life and Art of Maceo Leatherwood Through His Daughter, the Poet Vanita Leatherwood
Vanita Leatherwood, a graduate of the Transformative Language Arts concentration in the Individualized MA program, is thrilled to be moderating a special retrospective of the life and art of her father, the artist Maceo Leatherwood, “a dedicated and disciplined explorer … Continue reading
Taina Asili Pens Song for Black Lives Matter
Taina Asili, a long-time Transformative Language Artist and activist singer-songwriter, just wrote and recorded a powerful anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement. Featured in the online news source mic.com, Taina shares a video of her song “Freedom.” She writes … Continue reading
From Black Women’s Lives Matter to the Solidarity Economy as Social Innovation: Graduating Student Presentations
The August residency for the Goddard Graduate Institute featured a rich expanse of workshops from our graduating students. Congratulations to them all, and here’s what they presented: Black Women’s Lives Matter: A Narrative, Womanist Approach to Self-Care, with HAS graduating … Continue reading
Posted in African-American Studies, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Economics, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Health Arts and Sciences, History & Political Science, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Nutrition, Transformative Language Arts
Tagged ADHD, David White, Embodied Writing, Karen Faraca, Kate Lidfors Miller, Linda Clow Lawton, Lorie Grant, Robin Rivinis, School Lunches, Social Innovation, Susan Sakash
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Faculty Residency Workshops Cross Boundaries in Psychology, Science, Culture, Religion, Politics, Community and History
The theme of our spring 2015 residency was Crossing Boundaries. Here’s a sampling of some of the workshops GGI faculty offered. The Work of Stan Grof, with faculty member Francis X. Charet. Grof, a psychiatrist, is a leading representative of … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, African-American Studies, Arts-Based Inquiry, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Faculty, History & Political Science, Jungian Psychology, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Mythology & the Oral Tradition, Right Livelihood/ Making a Living, Workshops
Tagged Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Francis X. Charet, James Sparrell, Jennye Patterson, Karen Campbell, Katt Lissard, Lise Weil, Patricia Fontaine, Robin Stone, Ruth Farmer, Sarah Bobrow-Williams, Sarah Van Hoy, Seema Reza
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Journey To and Beyond Goddard with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Visit Goddard’s Plainfield campus and listen to Mumia Abu-Jamal talk about the value of progressive education, social change, and being the change you advocate in the world. This slideshow was produced by director and filmmaker Stephen Vittoria, whose documentary “Long … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, African-American Studies, Economics, Identity, Progressive Education, Social Media
Tagged Mumia Abu-Jamal
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