Greetings!
2006 is looking promising
for CGS. Please read on...
Weekend
Training Program
Once again, we held a successful
Weekend Training Program,
January 27-29. The topic,
"Resolving Transference and
Termination Issues" drew 17
new and returning students.
The weekend featured process
group leader Ellen Wright,
workshop leaders Robert Weinstein
and Lena Furgeri, supervision
leader Myrna Kortlander and
training group leaders Louis
Ormont and Joan Ormont. The
next weekend, "The Essence
of Modern Group" will be held
May 5-7, 2006. You may download
a registration form here.
Local
Program
Our Local Training Program
kicked off on February 10,
2006 with a wonderful group
of returning students.
We'll be holding Summer
Workshops in June and July.
Look for updates in our
newsletter and on our
site about workshops
and registration.
2006
AGPA
Conference
This year's conference,
"Bridging Differences: Healing
a House Divided", was held
in San Francisco on February
20-25. CGS was well represented
with conference presenters
including faculty members
Lena Furgeri and Phyllis
Cohen, former faculty Toby
Chuah and Elliot Zeisel,
and CGS graduates Jan Morris
and Gil Spielberg. Look
for our ad in the program
book.
Town
Meeting
15 brave souls trudged
through the snow to attend
our Town Meeting on Sunday,
February 12, 2006. They
were rewarded with delicious
food and wonderful company.
Representatives from the
board of directors, alumni,
students and faculty were
present.
In addition to the enjoyment
of the festivities, Town
Meeting attendees discussed
the vision of the Center
in moving forward. The plans
are to continue our current
training programs and to
promote our Staff Development
and Outreach programs. This
will most likely require
additional belt tightening
measures but the Board is
committed to remaining fiscally
responsible during this
time. Several good ideas
about promoting our programs
emerged from this important
event. One exciting suggestion
was to offer our courses
at a reduced fee to new
graduates. CGS faculty and
other volunteers will be
making a targeted effort
to promote our programs
in the graduate schools.
Plans are also in the works
to meet with a grant writer
to explore this avenue.
If you are interested in
joining us, please give
us a call at (212) 246-5055.
Update
Reminder
If you have not already
updated your contact information
please click on the NEWSLETTER
link. We are now doing our
correspondence online. If
you don't have email please
call CGS to update.
Please check our
website often for updates
and watch your email for
news of upcoming events.
Annual
Appeal
We thank those of you who
have contributed generously
financially, with your time
or in sponsoring events.
As a not-for-profit organization,
we benefit from everyone's
efforts. In this fiscal
year (July-June), the Group
Center has so far raised
close to $10,000 in cash
donations. This is significantly
more than our efforts of
last year, which yielded
$3000 but a far cry from
the $30-40,000 needed to
maintain our operating expenses
and support services including
the expense of the office
and full time staffing.
Please consider having your
company or corporation donate
or match funds in order
for us to provide our vital
work to our students and
our community.
Contributions
large and small are welcome
at
The Center for Group Studies
