Connect with your fellow alums on our new PGIAA Community Network

PGIAA’s BEAM Career Fair is presented in tandem with

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As we near a new year, take a moment to reflect on 2023,
and find your way to make a change for good.

Post a photo, a video, a poem—anything that will help nurture
the soul of the world.

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PGIAA Welcomes
Pacifica’s New President/CEO
Dr. Leonie Mattison

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Statement
from the PGIAA
Executive Board

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COVID-19:
Guidance and
ongoing updates

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Voices through the Crises:
Finding our place
during adversity

2023 Abakanowicz Fellowship Awardees

2023 Abakanowicz Fellowship Awardees

The Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation (AACCF), in collaboration with PGIAA, is pleased to announce the 2023 awardees of the annual Abakanowicz Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research Fellowship.

Congratulations Class of 2023!

Congratulations Class of 2023!

Let’s share the love and welcome the new Pacifica Graduates to our Alumni Family!
Add your best wishes for #pacifica2023 in the comments.

Celebrate Women's Health in May

Celebrate Women's Health in May

National Women’s Health Week is May 14-20. We encourage women and girls to make their health a priority. Learn more about how to live a safer and healthier life!

PGIAA CareLine - We Care!

PGIAA CareLine - We Care!

For many people the holiday season is not always the most wonderful time of the year. If you or someone close to you needs support, our counselors are just a phone call away.

PGIAA Moments of Strength Report

PGIAA Moments of Strength Report

A current overview of PGIAA initiatives, programs, services, and community engagement

2023 Abakanowicz Fellowship Awardees

2023 Abakanowicz Fellowship Awardees

The Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation (AACCF), in collaboration with PGIAA, is pleased to announce the 2023 awardees of the annual Abakanowicz Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research Fellowship.

Congratulations Class of 2023!

Congratulations Class of 2023!

Let’s share the love and welcome the new Pacifica Graduates to our Alumni Family!
Add your best wishes for #pacifica2023 in the comments.

2023 Abakanowicz Fellowship Call for Applications

2023 Abakanowicz Fellowship Call for Applications

The Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation (AACCF), in collaboration with PGIAA, is pleased to announce the 2023 cycle of the annual Abakanowicz Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research Fellowship.

Celebrate Women's Health in May

Celebrate Women's Health in May

National Women’s Health Week is May 14-20. We encourage women and girls to make their health a priority. Learn more about how to live a safer and healthier life!

International Women's Day at Pacifica

International Women's Day at Pacifica

Pacifica and PGIAA celebrated women on March 8 by 'embracing equity.'

Celebration of Black History Luncheon & Program

Celebration of Black History Luncheon & Program

This year, the Institute honored Black History Month through our landmark event “Celebration of Black History” on February 17

Alumni Meet & Greets with Dr. Lee in February

Alumni Meet & Greets with Dr. Lee in February

As a continuation of Dr. Lee’s 90-Day Listening, Learning and Connecting Tour it's time for alumni to speak up.

PGIAA CareLine - We Care!

PGIAA CareLine - We Care!

For many people the holiday season is not always the most wonderful time of the year. If you or someone close to you needs support, our counselors are just a phone call away.

2022-23 Toast Heard 'Round the World!

2022-23 Toast Heard 'Round the World!

Marking its 11th year, PGIAA is focusing on reflection, introspection and personal messages to highlight the hopes and dreams for 2023. Add your voice starting December 26th through the new year!

Keep the spirit of #GivingTuesday alive!

Keep the spirit of #GivingTuesday alive!

Help PGIAA continue helping others by supporting us on #GivingTuesday

PGIAA Community Network

PGIAA Community Network

Introducing our new PGIAA Community Network!

Here you can network with other alumni, see who's in your area, search for jobs, find out about events, read about alumni news, and more.

The website is exclusive to our alumni, current seniors, and faculty and staff. What are you waiting for? Register now -- it'll take 60 seconds.

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Coming Home to Pacifica

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Alumni Spotlight:

Alumni Spotlight:

Drs. Melvin and Sherrie Allen are a unique couple who live and work in Beverly Hills, California. They have been going to school together for fourteen of their twenty-two-year marriage. Starting their advanced degree journey in 2002, they obtained their first master’s degrees in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica; they subsequently enrolled at Pacifica and earned their PhDs in depth psychology, Sherrie in 2016 and Melvin in 2017.

Alumni Spotlight: Patricia Taylor, PhD

Alumni Spotlight: Patricia Taylor, PhD

Recognizing 30 Years of Service, University of LaVerne

Patricia Taylor is, at heart, a teacher. Dr. Taylor worked at the Los Angeles County Office of Education for twenty-one years: first as an aide, then a teacher, then as program specialist, and finally, as the youngest principal ever, on a campus for children with emotional challenges. That experience shaped and honed her overwhelming passion for teaching.

Alumni Spotlight: Harry Grammer

Alumni Spotlight: Harry Grammer

Harry Grammer is an activist, scholar, and poet and founded New Earth in 2004 and since then has been an integral part of reforming the juvenile justice nationwide system. In 2017, Harry was honored as a CNN Hero and in 2018 selected as an inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow. As the Founder and President, Harry brings his leadership and visionary spirit, along with an extensive background in teaching poetry, advocacy and leadership to incarcerated and at-risk youth.

Alumni Spotlight

Quotes Worth Sharing

  • Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile

    Corita Kent (Sister Corita)
  • Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

    Harriet Tubman
  • It's important to ask yourself, How am I useful to others? What do people want from me? That may very well reveal what you are here for.

    James Hillman
  • Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

    Oprah Winfrey
  • Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

    Melody Beattie
  • Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

    Mahatma Gandhi
  • The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

    Carl Jung
  • The road ahead is not going to be easy. It never is, especially for folks like you and me.

    Michelle Obama
  • Pacifica Graduate Institute is a unique place, as anyone with an experience of it will attest. Among the questions most frequently asked of Pacifica alumni include “Why did you go?” and “What was it like?” This is dedicated to sharing reflections of the Pacifica experience. The Alumni Association of Pacifica Graduate Institute brings together favorite memories of teachers, students, staff, alumni, community, and visitors alike. Together, these personal gems convey a sense of Pacifica’s collective light.

    Johanna Hayes
    Johanna Hayes PsyD Clinical 2013
  • Pacifica has offered to me a unique perspective that spoke to me deeply. It allowed me the ability to explore and find my voice as a practitioner. I was enrolled at another very conventional university when I found Pacifica, or rather, when Pacifica found me! I didn’t know what Depth psychology was at that time, but i knew I had been introduced to something very special. It has truly been a transformative experience.

    Aaqilah Islam
    Aaqilah Islam “CLE” Program
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