(Online) White Racial Affinity Group
Sunday, September 24, 2023
3:00-5:00 PM

We are pleased to offer the White Racial Affinity Group on Sunday, September 24th from 3:00-5:00pm  EDT. This Anti-Racism Affinity Group is for White participants and is co-convened by Barbara Cristy and Jill Penaloza. This group meets the 4th Sunday of every month.

Please mark your calendar for upcoming meetings on October 22nd & November 26th. 

This meeting of the White Affinity Group will be on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom meeting link after you have registered.  In this meeting we will discuss our own experiences of identity, race and racism, and how white supremacy culture affects us, our practices and MAGPS. 

Although these groups are not traditional interpersonal process groups, we do expect to be attuned to what comes up in the here and now. The purpose is not to enhance clinical group skills but to use group process to deepen our awareness of how we can become anti-racists in an anti-racist organization.

The MAGPS BIPOC Affinity Group meets on the 3rd Sunday of each month. You will receive an email to register for these meetings or you can register by going to the MAGPS website and clicking on Events. For more information about affinity groups and other anti-racism programming at MAGPS, please reach out to ARC@magps.org. 

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All registrants will get the Zoom Meeting Link emailed to them. 

Affinity group events are free for MAGPS Members.
Click here to renew or join MAGPS for 2023.

If you have any questions about this event, please email our ARC Chairs at ARC@magps.org. 

MAGPS Invites you to a Roundtable Discussion on October 1, 2023 3:00-5:00 p.m. "Anti-Semitism and Anti-Black Racism: Moving Towards Solidarity” What does it mean when we say Anti-Semitism? How do Jews (and other marginalized communities) move from Alliship with the Movement for Black Lives towards Solidarity? How do we move away from a monolithic frame for Jewish identity? What happens in our bodies when our trauma is triggered in response to the equity movement? Join the conversation to explore these questions and more at the upcoming MAGPS Anti-Racism Committee Roundtable with Graie Hagans on Sunday 10/1 from 3-5pm Graie Hagans [he|they] is a nationally-recognized trainer and leader in organizing the Jewish community to divest from white supremacy and work for our collective safety. In his role as Senior Advisor at Bend the Arc: Jewish Action he designs political education curriculum for thousands of activists, organizational leaders, and members of Congress and develops and leads trainings on antisemitism and anti-Black racism, the history of racial inequality in the US, and understanding how antisemitism animates white nationalist movements. Graie enjoys building community with the Black Jewish Liberation Collective and Jews in All Hues, spending time with their pitbull Elinor Rigbie and being an uncle! Graie holds an MPP from Rutgers University and is currently running a city council campaign in Philadelphia, PA.

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Fall 2023 Conference SCHOLARSHIP

 The 2023 Fall Conference, "Breaking Binaries, Moving Beyond Yalom: Embracing Diversity Consciousness with Non-Traditional Group Theories" is being presented by Vinny Malik Dehili, PhD, CGP, ABPP on November 10-12, 2023. 

Our biannual conferences are designed for members of our community to come together and learn about group therapy and group dynamics in a warm, collegial, and engaging environment.

Registration is now open for the MAGPS 2023 fall conference!

BREAKING BINARIES, MOVING BEYOND YALOM: 
Embracing Diversity Consciousness with Non-Traditional Group Theories

Presented by Vinny Malik Dehili, PhD, CGP, ABPP

We invite you to join us and our conference speaker Vinny Malik Dehili PhD, CGP, ABPP on November 10-12, 2023 as we explore a myriad of non-traditional group theories that challenge Eurocentric values and foster socio-cultural consciousness. (e.g., Buddhism, Jungian, Lacanian, D&D Therapy, Restorative Justice Circle Process, Self-Psychology, Omnipotent Child, etc.) 

Together, we will attune our inner compasses to venture into uncharted territory, reshaping the landscape of what group therapy can be through dynamic demonstrations and insightful discussions. Let us embrace the wisdom of insecurity and cultivate creativity, spontaneity, and inter-being in our group practices.

During the course of the weekend, participants will:

1. Describe/define at least six non-traditional group therapy models.

2. Apply and integrate skills and techniques from the non-traditional group therapy models introduced at the conference into the clinician’s practice of group psychotherapy

3. Set a frame for discussions of diversity within group therapy to move towards emotional equanimity and non-discrimination

4. Recognize binary views of human emotions/states of being and apply group psychotherapy skills to expand the range of emotions and states felt in group

5. Utilize creative interventions related to storytelling, roleplaying, and mutative metaphors to enhance spontaneity within group processes. 

6. Name at least five basic self-object (human) needs.

7. Change the emotional narratives of at least five specific emotion states to depersonalize blame and decrease defensiveness in interpersonal dialogues

8. Discuss ways in which socio-cultural transference from systemic oppression impacts individual members within the group.

Conference Schedule

Friday, November 10, 2023

5:00-7:00 PM: Conference Check-in / Registration

7:00-8:00 PM: Conference Introduction & Welcome

8:00-8:30 PM: Mentorship Social Hour

8:30-10:00 PM: Conference Welcome Social Hour

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

7:00-8:30 AM: Breakfast

7:15-8:15 AM: BodyWorks & Moving Meditation sponsored by the Anti-Racism Committee

8:30-8:45 AM: Conference Welcome 

8:45-9:15 AM: Plenary #1 Didactic: From Individualism to Interbeing with Group Theories

9:15-10:15 AM: Demonstration Fishbowl: Buddhism, Mentalization & Self-Psychology

10:15-10:30 AM: Demonstration Debrief and Q&A

10:30-10:45 AM: Break

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Small Process Group #1

12:15-2:15 PM: Lunch

2:15-3:00 PM: Plenary #2 Didactic: Metaphors, Dreams, and the Space in Between

3:00-4:00 PM: Demonstration Fishbowl: Group Analytic Metaphors, Jung Dream Work & Omnipotent Child

4:00-4:30 PM: Demonstration Debrief and Q&A

4:30-4:45 PM: Break

4:45-6:00 PM: Small Process Group #2

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Sunday, November 12, 2023

7:15-8:15 AM: BodyWorks & Moving Meditation sponsored by the Anti-Racism Committee

7:00-8:30 AM: Breakfast

8:30-9:00 AM: Welcome and MAGPS Announcements

9:00-9:30 AM: Plenary #3 Didactic: Spontaneity, Creativity, and Shared Storytelling

9:30-10:30 AM: Demonstration Fishbowl: Psychodrama, Restorative Justice, and Table-Top Roleplaying Therapy

10:30-11:15 AM: Demonstration Debrief

11:15-11:30 AM: Break

11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Small Process Group #3

12:30-12:45 PM: Small Process Group Debrief

12:45-1:00 PM: Break

1:00-1:45 PM: Plenary #4: Wrap Up and Q&A

1:45-2:00 PM: Conference Wrap Up 

2:00 PM: BIPOC Lunch & Social

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