All Power To The Developing

All Power To The Developing A podcast of social development and justice.

Activists, educators, therapists and artists from all over the world share the challenges and triumphs of creating conditions where “All Power to the Developing” is becoming a reality. A podcast of the East Side Institute, an international center for social change efforts that reinitiate human and community development. We support, connect and partner with committed and creative activists, scholar

s, artists, helpers and healers all over the world. In 2003, Institute co-founders Lois Holzman and the late Fred Newman had a paper published with the title “All Power to the Developing.” This phrase captures how vital it is for all people—no matter their age, circumstance, status, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation—to grow, develop and transform emotionally, socially and intellectually if we are to have a shot at creating something positive out of the intense crises we’re all experiencing. We hope that this podcast series will show you that, far more than a slogan, “all power to the developing” is a loving activity, a pulsing heart in an all too cruel world

12/27/2024

The San Diego, California-based Imagine Brave Spaces does just that—imagine brave spaces. This performance activist organization, founded in 2021, uses play, performance, theatre, and other arts to help children, young people, and adults create spaces and engage in activities through which, in the...

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇Katie BEE (aka Kate McGlynn) is a remarkable human being who has lived her life saying “y...
12/09/2024

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Katie BEE (aka Kate McGlynn) is a remarkable human being who has lived her life saying “yes” and then figuring it out. She has been a teen peer counselor, taught improv, laughter yoga, and meditation. She worked for 12 years as a street performer in Europe, as a circus performer all over the world, and as a performance-inspired community organizer in Detroit and other cities.

In 2021 with the pandemic raging, Katie founded the Joy First Foundation and spent the next three years living in a trailer traveling the U.S.A. bringing joy to the nation’s front-line workers—retail workers, nurses, airline employees—who gave so much with so little appreciation during the pandemic. Her mission soon broadened, and she spent her days visiting dinners, hospitals, bars, airports, shopping centers, etc. talking to strangers, thanking everyone she met for waking up that morning. “Appreciation, Recognition, Acknowledgement, and Gratitude” are, she says are windows that let the joy in. “You can lift a person up so easily because no one else is appreciating them.”

In this conversation with host Desire Wandan, Katie BEE shares her life story, the relationship between humor, appreciation and development, and welcomes all to travel the road of joy she helping to build.

🔗 Click to listen, and feel free to share your thoughts and insights below!
https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep54-first-you-say-yes-then-your-figure-it-out/
The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create, and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world.

To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/

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11/28/2024

Katie BEE (aka Kate McGlynn) is a remarkable human being who has lived her life saying “yes” and then figuring it out. She has been a teen peer counselor, taught improv, laughter yoga and meditation. She worked for 12 years as a street performer in Europe, as a circus performer all over the worl...

🎧✨ Fresh Episode Alert! Episode 52 of All Power to the Developing In this episode of All Power To The Developing, host ...
11/07/2024

🎧✨ Fresh Episode Alert! Episode 52 of All Power to the Developing

In this episode of All Power To The Developing, host Desire Wandan sits down with Silvio Dos Reis, a maestro of capoeira and a dedicated teaching artist at the Union Cultural Center in Seattle. Silvio shares his journey of embracing capoeira not just as a martial art but as a powerful tool for community building, cultural expression, and personal transformation.

Together, Desire and Silvio dive deep into the roots of capoeira, exploring its Afro-Brazilian heritage and the unique blend of music, movement, and play that make it a dynamic practice for all ages. Silvio reflects on the challenges and joys of teaching capoeira in diverse communities, his passion for mentoring the next generation, and the impact of art in fostering resilience and connection in today’s world.

Join us as we explore how capoeira transcends the boundaries of a traditional martial art and becomes a bridge for cultural dialogue, empowerment, and social change. Whether you're a seasoned capoeira enthusiast or new to this vibrant practice, Silvio’s insights and stories will inspire you to think about movement and community in new, transformative ways.

🔗 Click to listen, and feel free to share your thoughts and insights below!
https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep52-capoeira%e2%80%94-a-way-of-connecting-to-history-and-building-community/

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨Ep.53 Black 47, Paradise Square, and Green Suede Shoes: A Conversation with Larry KirwanLarry Kirw...
11/07/2024

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Ep.53 Black 47, Paradise Square, and Green Suede Shoes: A Conversation with Larry Kirwan

Larry Kirwan, the creative force behind Black 47, the Irish American political rock band, which for 25 years brought its energetic, joyous hybrid of rock and roll and Irish traditional music to the world, joins co-hosts Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman for an expansive conversation about his life, his creative evolution and the politic that informs them both.

In addition to leading Black 47, Kirwan is the author of 21 plays, 3 novels, and a memoir. One of his musicals, Paradise Square, was nominated for 10 Tony Awards during its Broadway run. Kirwan is also a columnist for the Irish Echo, host of the “Celtic Crush” show on SiriusXM Radio, the President of Irish American Writers and Artists, and the winner of the 2022 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award. Don’t miss the chance to hear from this great storyteller and one of the most prolific artivists in the U.S.A.
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https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep53-black-47-paradise-square-and-green-suede-shoes-a-conversation-with-larry-kirwin/

The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create, and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world.

To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/

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If you're enjoying the podcast please write to us at [email protected] and let us know what you enjoy about the podcast.

We would love to read your responses at the end of each episode.

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This podcast is made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.

There's been a lot going on at the East Side Institute. We hope you haven't missed any of the great episodes of All Powe...
11/07/2024

There's been a lot going on at the East Side Institute. We hope you haven't missed any of the great episodes of All Power To The Developing but in case you have here what you may have missed.

Check Out Ep.51, Giving Youth the Courage to Speak Their Hearts

Toiya Taylor, the Executive Director and Founder of Speak With Purpose (SWP), tells her story and the story of SWP, which is bringing the power of public speaking to students in Seattle and beyond to challenge prevailing narratives, uplift their cultures and communities, forge self-authored identities, and become forces for change. To Taylor and the educational innovators she has trained, public speaking is “not a PowerPoint, it is not text on a page, it is connecting to people at the deepest level.”

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https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep51-giving-youth-the-courage-to-speak-their-hearts/

The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create, and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world.

To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/

Made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.

10/26/2024

Larry Kirwan, the creative force behind Black 47, the Irish American political rock band, which for 25 years brought its energetic, joyous hybrid of rock and roll and Irish traditional music to the world, joins co-hosts Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman for an expansive conversation about his life, his...

09/25/2024

In this episode of All Power To The Developing, host Desire Wandan sits down with Silvio Dos Reis, a maestro of capoeira and a dedicated teaching artist at the Union Cultural Center in Seattle. Silvio shares his journey of embracing capoeira not just as a martial art but as a powerful tool for commu...

08/28/2024

Toiya Taylor, the Executive Director and Founder of Speak With Purpose (SWP), tells her story and the story of SWP, which is bringing the power of public speaking to students in Seattle and beyond to challenge prevailing narratives, uplift their cultures and communities, forge self-authored identiti...

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨“America Makes It Very Hard To Be Well”Malia Gilbert-Neal, the executive director of ArtWell, grew ...
08/02/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨
“America Makes It Very Hard To Be Well”

Malia Gilbert-Neal, the executive director of ArtWell, grew up in Philadelphia and has been creating community empowerment organizations her entire adult life. In conversation with host Desire Wandan, she shares her life story and the work of ArtWell, founded in 2000 in response to chronic community violence in Philly. Today ArtWell partners with over 400 organizations to bring arts-related activities to schools, libraries, and health and social service organizations throughout the Philadelphia area. In all her work Gilbert-Neal strives to focus on the wellness of individuals, communities, and the earth. “America makes it very hard to be well. We’re all experiencing the same capitalism that is overworking and underpaying people, expecting them to make huge sacrifices of themselves for the sake of profit and dollars. We’re all experiencing the same racism, sexism, and challenges to our human rights,” says Gilbert-Neal. “We’re all swimming in these systems of oppression, so it’s really important to talk about wellness and how to sustain it.”
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https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep50-america-makes-it-very-hard-to-be-well/

The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create, and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world.
To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/

📬 LISTENER MAIL 📬
If you're enjoying the podcast please write to us at [email protected] and let us know what you enjoy about the podcast. We would love to read your responses at the end of each episode.
Please Follow, Like, Comment, and Subscribe
This podcast is made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.

07/27/2024

Malia Gilbert-Neal, the executive director of Arts Well, grew up poor and Black in Philadelphia and has been creating community empowerment organizations her entire adult life. In conversation with host Desire Wandan, she shares her life story and the work of Art Well, founded in 2000 in response to...

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨Ep.49 Through Play You Find the Kid in YouLa Transplanisphère, based in Paris, France, has been doi...
07/05/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨
Ep.49 Through Play You Find the Kid in You

La Transplanisphère, based in Paris, France, has been doing cutting-edge political theatre for two decades bringing artists, students, and “ordinary people” together to explore the political and cultural challenges facing Europe as it becomes more diverse. In residence, since 2018, at the Lycée Albert Schweitzer in Le Raincy, a working-class suburb of Paris, La Transplanisphére has, among many other things, developed methods for teachers who want to use play and performance to explore political issues and the challenges of cross-cultural dialogue with their students. In this episode, Bruno Freyssinet, founder and artistic director of La Transplanisphère, shares the theatre’s history and discusses how, “through play you find the kid in you, you find the openness, the lightness which has the power to totally change your relationship with the ‘Other.’” This episode is hosted by Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman.
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https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep49-through-play-you-find-the-kid-in-you/

The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create, and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world.
To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/

📬 LISTENER MAIL 📬
If you're enjoying the podcast please write to us at [email protected] and let us know what you enjoy about the podcast. We would love to read your responses at the end of each episode.
Please Follow, Like, Comment, and Subscribe

This podcast is made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.

06/27/2024

La Transplanisphère, based in Paris, France, has been doing cutting-edge political theatre for two decades bringing artists, students, and “ordinary people” together to explore the political and cultural challenges facing Europe as it becomes more diverse. In residence, since 2018, at the Lycé...

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨Ep.48 Reviled, Mocked, IgnoredDesire Wandan and Dan Friedman co-host this episode with guest Ramsey...
06/12/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨
Ep.48 Reviled, Mocked, Ignored

Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman co-host this episode with guest Ramsey Kanaan, publisher of PM Press, the most impactful publisher and distributor of anarchist, Marxist, and radical literature in the United States. The conversation touches on the history of anarchism (“reviled, mocked, ignored”) Kanaan’s own embrace of radical politics at the age of 13, his years touring Europe with the punk band, Political Asylum, his founding of AK Press in the UK and PM Press in the USA, the general crisis in publishing, and how PM has been able to survive and thrive in a hostile political and economic environment. “It is important,” Kanaan emphasizes, “to build structures and institutions to control the means of production and distribution of our ideas.”
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https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep48-reviled-mocked-ignore

The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create, and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world.

To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/

📬 LISTENER MAIL 📬
If you're enjoying the podcast please write to us at [email protected] and let us know what you enjoy about the podcast. We would love to read your responses at the end of each episode.
Please Follow, Like, Comment, and Subscribe
This podcast is made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.

05/27/2024

Desire Wandan and Dan Friedman co-host this episode with guest Ramsey Kanaan, publisher of PM Press, the most impactful publisher and distributor of anarchist, Marxist, and radical literature in the United States. The conversation touches on the history of anarchism (“reviled, mocked, ignored”) ...

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨Dancing Toward Better Futures for the PlanetDr. Jame McCray, grew up in Brooklyn, “hanging out with...
04/29/2024

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨
Dancing Toward Better Futures for the Planet

Dr. Jame McCray, grew up in Brooklyn, “hanging out with the ants and caterpillars on my block.” Today she is the Managing Director of the Alliance for Watershed Education at the National Wildlife Federation, a member of the Board of Directors of Black Marine Science, and the founder and leader of Ecotonic Movement, an organization that facilitates conversation about climate change with people from all walks of life through dance and movement. Join her in a discussion with host Desire Wandan about the possibilities that open when science and the arts meet. “Tree branches and leaves dance in the wind. Water trickles across the rocks, the rhythm of the waves of the ocean, all of that is movement,” she points out, “and dance can help us to envision better
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https://eastsideinstitute.podbean.com/e/ep47-dancing-toward-better-futures-for-the-planet/

The East Side Institute is a hub for a diverse and emergent community of social activists, thought leaders, and practitioners who are reigniting our human abilities to imagine, create, and perform beyond ourselves—to develop. Each episode will introduce you to another performance activist or play revolutionary from around the world.
To learn more about the East Side Institute you can go to https://eastsideinstitute.org/

📬 LISTENER MAIL 📬
If you're enjoying the podcast please write to us at [email protected] and let us know what you enjoy about the podcast. We would love to read your responses at the end of each episode.
Please Follow, Like, Comment, and Subscribe
This podcast is made possible in part by Growing Social Therapeutics: The Baylah Wolfe Fund.

04/22/2024

Dr. Jame McCray, grew up in Brooklyn, “hanging out with the ants and caterpillars on my block.” Today she is the Managing Director of the Alliance for Watershed Education at the National Wildlife Federation, a member of the Board of Directors of Black Marine Science, and the founder and leader o...

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