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Hattie R. Rosenthal College of Psychoanalysis of                 

 

HEED UNIVERSITY

 

Humanistic Education through the External Degree

 

Announces its Second New York Conference:

 

“The Psychodynamics of Racism: Can We Be Cured?”

 

Sunday, October 6, 2002

 

 

8:30-9:00am                 Registration and Coffee

 

9:00-9:15am                 Introduction to the Morning Session: Ruth S. Meyers, Ph.D. Welcoming Remarks: Susan Jakubowicz, Ph.D., Director

 

9:15-10:15am               Keynote Address: “White Racial Identity and White Privilege: The Psychological Impact of Racism on White Americans”

 

Speaker: Cheryl L. Franks, Ph.D.

 

How does racism damage Whites as well as people of color? When we look at the impact of racism not only on its victims but also on the beneficiaries of racist systems, we find a new perspective from which to examine the psychosocial problem of racism. Dr. Franks's presentation centers on the mental health, developmental, and organizational impact of racism on Whites.  She presents a rationale for studying White racial identity and White privilege, examines the meaning of Whiteness for the mental health professions, and briefly summarizes the five areas of White studies in the literature.  Moreover, she views racial identity theory as a part of human development and mental health, focuses particularly on White racial identity theory, and identifies therapeutic relationships based on racial identity status.

 

10:15-11:55am             Panel and Audience Discussion

Susan Jakubowicz, Ph.D., Moderator

                                    Carol Chehade

                                    Larry Chua

                                    Samuel Cotton, Ph.D.

Isabel Saez, MSW

 

                                   

12:00-1:45pm              Lunch on Your Own

 

1:45-2:00pm                Introduction to the Afternoon Session - Lynne F. Sacher, Ph.D.

 

2:00-3:30pm                Introduction to Discussion Groups - Susan R. Blumenson, Ph.D.

Workshops Conducted by Heed Faculty

                           

3:45-5:00pm                      Heed Faculty Panel

                                    Questions from Workshops and Discussion

 

5:00-6:00pm               Reception in the Grand Central Suite

 

About the Keynote Speaker

 

Cheryl L. Franks, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of Field Education at Columbia University of Social Work, where she teaches the Issues of Diversity course and the International Immersion Seminar.  For two decades, she has provided consultations to organizations in multicultural organizational development, and to the counseling professions in the development of cross-cultural competence.  Her dissertation, “On Becoming White: The Relationship of White Racial Identity Development and Self Esteem,” contributed to the literature on the impact of race and culture on mental health and development.

 

                                                About the Panelists

 

Lawrence Chua is the author of Gold by the Inch, a novel, and editor of the anthology Collapsing New Buildings.  He is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts.  His work has appeared in The Nation, Artforum, Rolling Stone, Vibe, Transition, and many other publications. He teaches at New York University.

Carol Chehade is a writer and activist, whose book Big Little White Lies: Our Attempt to White-Out America explores how Whiteness deceives us into maintaining racism.  An Arab American, Ms. Chehade has had intimate experience with bigotry directed toward her community, and racism that comes from her community.  She believes that any discussion of racism cannot be limited to people with white skin: “In a racist society, where racial labels are mentally restricted to being either Black or White, non-Black people of color are allowed to be White, or at the very least White-like.”  Her book argues that as recipients of White privilege, non-Black people of color also contribute to racism against Black people.

 

Samuel Cotton, Ph.D. is a native New Yorker and received his doctorate from Columbia University.  He holds a Master of Science from Columbia University with a major in social research and a Master of Philosophy from Columbia University.  Dr. Cotton is a documentary filmmaker and author.  His book, Silent Terror: An African-American’s Journey Into Slavery, which chronicles his abolitionist activity in the United States and undercover work in Mauritania, was published in English and French.  He is an investigative journalist whose work has appeared in the New York City Sun, The Daily Challenge, The New York Post, and Vibe Magazine.  In addition, Dr. Cotton has appeared on Dateline NBC, Tony Brown’s Journal, and Black Entertainment Television.

 

Isabel Saez received her Masters in Social Work from NYU and has done postgraduate work at the Ackerman Institute for the Family.  Formerly, she was Head of the Latino Initiative Project of the Jewish Board of Family and Children Services.  Ms. Saez’s work specialized in the assessment and treatment of Hispanic individuals, couples, families, and children, in short- and long-term therapy.  She is currently in private practice in Manhattan.

  

About Heed University

 

Heed University is one of the oldest, most experienced, and prestigious non-traditional institutions of higher education in this country.  Heed has pioneered alternative education programs for three decades.  The university was established in 1970 and is a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP). The program in psychoanalysis was implemented in 1974, and the Hattie R. Rosenthal Psychoanalytic Institute was started in 1980.  The Psychoanalytic Institute became the Hattie R. Rosenthal College of Psychoanalysis of Heed University in 1999.   We offer three degrees in psychoanalysis—the  Ph.D., Psy.D., and  Masters.

 

For more information and to request an application, visit our website at www.heed.edu/college_of_psychoanalysis.htm, telephone us at ( 212) 332-0905, or email us at: infoHR@heed.edu.

 

Administration

Honorary President                                           Hyman Spotnitz, MD, Med.ScD.

Director                                                            Susan Jakubowicz, Ph.D.

Research Coordinator                                       Lynne F. Sacher, Ph.D.

Alumni Association Coordinator 

and Faculty Liaison to Student Affairs   Susan R. Blumenson, Ph.D

 

 Faculty Members

 

Director of the College of Psychoanalysis:  Susan Jakubowicz, Ph.D.

 

Marge Blaine, Ph.D.

Susan R. Blumenson, Ph.D.                 

Toby Chuah, Ph.D.                               .

Phyllis F. Cohen, Ph.D.

Christine Durbak, Ph.D.

Harold Davis, Ph.D.

Gerald Fishbein, Ph.D.

Shirley B. Love, Ph.D.

Gerald Lucas, Ph.D.

Ruth S. Meyers, Ph.D.                          Michaela Schaeffer, Ph.D.

David Rosenthal, Ph.D

Leslie Rosenthal, Ph.D.

Lynne F. Sacher, Ph.D.

Roberta Slavin, Ph.D.                            

Robert Weinstein, Ph.D.                        

                       

 Conference Committee Chairs
Susan R. Blumenson, Ph.D., Ruth S. Meyers, Ph.D., and Lynne F. Sacher, Ph.D. 

 

Conference Committee

Marge Blaine, Ph.D., Toby Chuah, Ph.D., Phyllis F. Cohen, Ph.D., Kenneth Coniglio, MSW, Samuel Cotton, Ph.D., Harold Davis, Ph.D., Gerald Fishbein, Ph.D., Michaela Schaefer, Ph.D., and Roberta Slavin, Ph.D.  

 

Conference Contact

E-mail: conference@heed.edu

Telephone: (212) 332-0905, or toll free (877) 287-2456

  

Registration Information

 

We invite all interested persons to attend this conference: We welcome your participation!

 

New Location of Conference                                         

American Conference Centers

780 Third Avenue (at 48th Street)

New York, New York 10017

 

Doctoral Credits

In order to receive doctoral credit for attending this conference, students enrolled at Heed University are required to write an 8-10 page paper based on assigned topics, in consultation with their Mentors.   (2 credits will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the paper.)

 

Continuing Education Credits

Those who wish to receive continuing education credit for attending this conference should contact Dr. Susan R. Blumenson, a Conference Chair.

 

 

 

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$75.00—Pre-registration

$85.00—Registration at the Door

$50.00—Student Pre-registration

$60.00—Student Registration at the Door

 

(Although enrolled Heed students already have paid for these seminars through their tuition, they still must send in this form for registration.)

 

Continuing Education Credits will be available.

 

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