Summer is in full swing in New England, and JBMI is ready to join in the fun. We will not be posting on the blog for the next few weeks as staff taking summer vacations. We wish everyone a happy and healthy summer!
The office will remain open, though, if you need to reach JBMI. Please feel free to call our main number at 781-283-3800 or email us at jbmti@wellesley.edu.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Intensive Institute. We hope that the connections and inspiration from this weekend will energize your daily work. We hope to see you next summer!
United Nations: There was a sense of disbelief among ministers and ambassadors from diverse nations when the chairperson of the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations introduced the jeans-clad Chhavi Rajawat as head of a village in India.
For, from a distance one could easily mistake Rajawat, an articulate, computer-savvy woman, for a frontline model or at least a Bollywood actress. But she is sarpanch of Soda village, 60 kilometres from Jaipur, in backward Rajasthan and the changing face of growing dynamic rural India.
30-year-old Rajawat, India's youngest and the only MBA to become a village head -- the position mostly occupied by elders, quit her senior management position with Bharti-Tele Ventures of Airtel Group to serve her beloved villagers as sarpanch.
Rajawat participated in a panel discussion at the two-day meet at the UN on March 24 and 25 on how civil society can implement its actions and spoke on the role of civil society in fighting poverty and promoting development. - Excerpt NDTV.com (New Delhi Television)
JBMTI Director Judith V. Jordan was recently added to Wikipedia, and we would love your input in adding your favorite books, journal articles, quotes, events, and any other information you would like to include. As a pioneer in psychology, we would love for her page to reflect the countless lives her work has touched.
Last call for the Intensive Institute from June 23-26, 2011. The entire JBMI team is so excited that the Institute is right around the corner. We cannot wait to hear more about the incredible work the participants who are already registered are doing. We hope you join us, and register today!
Manal al-Sharif, a 32-year-old Internet consultant and activist, was recently detained in Saudi Arabia for driving. She was released after one week, and stated she would never drive again.
The video below of Manal al-Sharif driving was recorded by a fellow activist Wajiha Howeidar, and posted on You Tube as a tool to organize other women to protest the driving ban. The video was taken down by the Saudi Arabian government, however, copies have resurfaced.
Clips from the upcoming documentary exploring the deep-seated biases and attitudes about skin color---particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.
This film will be released in Fall/Winter 2011. Please "Like" the Dark Girls page on Facebook, we will keep you updated with news there.
Directed by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry Produced by Bill Duke for Duke Media and D. Channsin Berry for Urban Winter Entertainment Co-Produced by Bradinn French Line Produced by Cheryl L. Bedford Edited by Bradinn French
The new free paper is available to download on our Free Download page under publications: "Relational Development: Therapeutic Implications of Empathy and Shame" by Judith V. Jordan, Ph.D.
Summer is in full swing in New England, and JBMI is ready to join in the fun. We will not be posting on the blog for the next few weeks as staff taking summer vacations. We wish everyone a happy and healthy summer!
United Nations: There was a sense of disbelief among ministers and ambassadors from diverse nations when the chairperson of the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations introduced the jeans-clad Chhavi Rajawat as head of a village in India.
JBMTI Director Judith V. Jordan was recently added to Wikipedia, and we would love your input in adding your favorite books, journal articles, quotes, events, and any other information you would like to include. As a pioneer in psychology, we would love for her page to reflect the countless lives her work has touched.
Last call for the Intensive Institute from June 23-26, 2011. The entire JBMI team is so excited that the Institute is right around the corner. We cannot wait to hear more about the incredible work the participants who are already registered are doing. We hope you join us, and 
The new free paper is available to download on our