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MLK Santa Barbara – Planning for 2022 Events Dear Community Supporter, Thank you so much for your support during this challenging time. We were not able to present our normal activities [...]

The Grieving Tree Project The Grieving Tree project provides participants with a safe space to grieve, mourn, and reflect on their losses under a mulberry tree on the Pacifica Graduate [...]

Diversity & Inclusion Council Forum Join us May 3, 2021 at 4:00 PM Pacific Time   Preamble from Academic Senate for Distribution of Open Letter to British Journal of Psychotherapy After [...]

New Myths in Black and Indigenous Art and Film In this 4-week course, mythologist and multidisciplinary artist Dr. Li Sumpter offers a breakdown of the Heroine’s Journey model evident in [...]

Statement by Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association (PGIAA) Regarding the Mass Shooting in Atlanta, Georgia on 17 March 2021 Earlier this week we witnessed a horrific targeted shooting in [...]

The Dream: A Forgotten Call to Action? By Marvin Richards Growing up like many children in my generation, I was taught about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his “Dream.” I wanted to follow in Dr. [...]

In celebration of Black History Month: Dissertations and Theses from Pacifica Alumni This list is a compendium of writings and research that covers a broad gamut of individual and group [...]

OUR COLLECTIVE SHADOW: RACISM, TRAUMA, AND PRIVILEGE Three talks by Jungian analyst and author Dr. Fanny Brewster Dates: Online (Live via Zoom) Thursdays: February 4, 11, and 25, 2021 12-1:30pm [...]

Celebrate Black History Month 2021 With Events Hosted Virtually by a Collaboration of Santa Barbara County Organizations SANTA BARBARA, CA – Around thirty virtual events are planned for Black [...]

Our Historic Moment by Fanny Brewster, Ph.D., MFA, LP, Jungian Analyst (From the Philadelphia Association of Jungian Analysts Blog) We are beginning a historic new time in our American [...]