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Working to Strengthen Citizen-Centered Democracy in a Time of Faltering Hope
In our latest publication, SPF presented an essay on the creation of a new antisemitism curriculum entitled Antisemitism from a framework of collective Liberation (Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation - Social Publishers Foundation). The curriculum was created by members of PARCEO - an education, resource, and research center based in New York City [...]
A Morning After: Ukraine, Putin, and the Attack on Democracy
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: I have been in a period of personal and professional reorganization following a major health scare. From June through September I was in treatment for throat cancer following 2 months of diagnosis and testing. The chemo and radiation therapy I underwent destroyed what had been a malignant tumor at the base of my [...]
Reflecting on the Taos Education As Relating Conference
My thanks to colleague, friend, and SPF Advisory Board member, Rolla Lewis, for submitting the Guest Blog below. Rolla was a long-time California counselor educator. We worked together on a number of projects in support of school counseling and school counselors in the state back in the 80s, 90s, and into the start of the [...]
On Reading the World in 2020-2021
Book clubs can be a worthwhile and enjoyable activity. It is generally estimated that more than 5 million people in the US now participate in Book Clubs, with club popularity increasing over the past several decades.[i] With a history that in some form goes back several centuries, a core premise of book clubs is that [...]