By: Ilene Wasserman All eyes were glued on the stage. John, a self-avowed reformed neo-Nazi sat with the director and producer of the movie that told his story, ready and available for questions. The questions and comments came one by one. “How did you make the decision to leave the movement?” “How wonderful you are to
By: Kathy Kram, Ilene Wasserman, Jeffrey Yip Abstract Historically, professional identity was viewed as a singular construct, and the boundary-spanning dynamics of subidentities remained unexamined. More recently, identity scholars have paved the way to consider the multiple personal and social identities that comprise an individual’s professional identity. These dynamics are exemplified by the unique challenges
Ilene, Placida Gallegos and Steve Schapiro recently presented “Group Work for Racial Justice: Transforming Self, Group & Systems” at the NCORE conference in May. If you are interested in viewing the presentation or the book chapter they co-wrote on the same subject, please email jmartin@icwconsulting.com to be added to the Dropbox folder. The files are
The Jewish Community Relations Council Summit Background The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Philadelphia was created in 1939 in response to the rise of anti-semitism in the United States and in Europe. Over the 60 plus years of its existence, it’s mission has been to serve as the community relations arm of the Jewish
Transforming Personal, Relationship and Systemic Narratives as a Consequence of an Unanticipated Diagnosis Abstract: This paper presents preliminary findings from a pilot study of how an unanticipated serious health diagnosis is engaged as a disorienting dilemma. Through the lens of transformative leaning theory we explore the generative possibilities of transforming one’s personal, relationship and systemic