Standards, Structures, and Institutions

New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems

This one-day event is designed to facilitate participants in exploring societal experiences that both subjugate and free us.

The New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems and The Kitchen are excited to announce an online group relations event in the Tavistock Tradition. On June 5, 2021, all are invited to join the virtual forum, Standards, Structures, and Institutions: Reimagining Authority, Value and ______ in a World of Difference.This one-day event is designed to facilitate participants in exploring societal experiences that both subjugate and free us, using a group relations methodology. Members are invited to work with and confront the standards, structures, and institutions, both visible and invisible, literal and unconscious, that define our world while forming a temporary learning organization with staff. Staff have been assembled with a focus on diversity and intersectionality. The event is an opportunity to reimagine the authorities and values that inform the psychological and physical boundaries that place limits on how we relate to one another.Through group relations, members and staff are invited to explore in depth the intersection between standards, structures and institutions in a world of difference. In addition, they will examine connections to leadership, followership, and authority to better understand individual and collective behavior in groups and how we take up our role, in complex and powerful systems.This event is based on the Tavistock Model of Group Relations, which was developed in London, England, in the 1950s. In 1965, Margaret Rioch and A. Kenneth Rice, for whom the A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems (AKRI) was named, imported the model to the United States. This time-honored method offers a dynamic lens for exploring conscious and unconscious behavior within groups, organizations, and social systems. More specifically, group relations thinking offers insight into our experiences of group life across the different contexts that make up our daily lives, such as at home, the workplace, and within the many institutions that make up society at large.Standards, Structures, and Institutions: Reimagining Authority, Value and ______ in a World of Difference is hosted by the New York Center for the Study of Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems (an affiliate partner of AKRI) and co-sponsored by Group Relations International as well as The Kitchen, in conjunction with an installation by Alan Ruiz. Founded as an artist collective in 1971, The Kitchen is one of New York City’s oldest nonprofit spaces, showing innovative work by emerging and established artists across disciplines.Familiarity with group relations methodology is not required to attend; those who are new to the ideas and concepts of group relations are encouraged to join.For all event-related queries, email: thenewyorkcenterGRC@gmail.com.DirectoratePatrick Jean-Pierre, PsyD, DirectorAlan Ruiz, MFA, Associate Director Olive Demar, PhD, Director of AdministrationAdministrationOlive Demar, PhD, Director of Administration Tang, BA, AdministratorMatthew Lyons, BA, AdministratorConsulting StaffJodi Austin, MA Kristopher Hall, PhD Patrick Jean-Pierre, PsyD Lauren Levy, MA Michael Lindsay, PhD Mary McRae, PhD Annysa Polanco, MSW Alan Ruiz, MFA Tyrome Smith, MARegistration FeesFull fee - $75Reduced fee (New York Center Member) - $50 Reduced fee (Non-student) - $50Student fee (2020/2021) - $25Other - variable contribution upon request; email thenewyorkcenterGRC@gmail.com to inquire.

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