Detail from Imprint of History / Impresión de Historia By Claudia Bernardi Fresco on paper, 30" x 60", 1997. From the collection of Deborah Cullinam

A Conference with
Susan Griffin, Robin Kelley, David Bona, Aaron Kipnis, Helene Lorenz, Mary Watkins, and Pacifica Depth Program
Students & Alumni

October 15–17, 2004
Santa Barbara, California

$275 General Admission
$225 Special Admission
(Full Time Students, Pacifica Alumni, Seniors, and Library Members)
Registration Form

“We forget that we are history. We have kept the left hand from knowing the right…. We are not used to associating our private lives with public events. Yet the histories of families cannot be separated from the histories of nations. To divide them is part of our denial.”
—Susan Griffin, A Chorus of Stones

Americans are said to suffer from social amnesia, quick to forget the cultural past, hungrily turning toward the future as a site for potential acquisition and individual fulfillment. Psychotherapy has largely colluded with this amnesia, encouraging us to work with our individual histories as though they were detached from culture and nature, as though healing was only a matter of individual work. Traumatic cultural and ecological events, however, leave footprints on the soul. Depth psychology asks us to attune to symptoms, footprints, as a way to open what has been repressed and unworked about the past so that we may more creatively engage the present and future. Liberation psychologies ask how the forgetting of our cultural histories has affected us as individuals and communities, determining in part how we treat each other and the natural world. Using depth and liberation psychologies we will follow individual and cultural symptoms to the histories that need to be retrieved, told, and integrated, exploring how we can create the necessary social spaces to invite their stories.

This conference will feature Susan Griffin, Robin Kelley, David Bona, Helene Lorenz, Aaron Kipnis, Mary Watkins and Pacifica Depth Program students and alumni who are on the forefront of radical imagination, expanding our capacities for rethinking past, present, and future. Workshops on the use of liberation arts and dialogue will be offered to train participants on how to open social spaces to host cultural and ecological memory. Activists on the front lines of this restorative work will speak about work in their communities, allowing us to witness the theories and practices of liberation psychologies and arts in the making.

The Conference is co-sponsored by Pacifica Graduate Institute's Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research Council of the Depth Psychology Program and the Public Programs Department.

Conference Program
The conference will be held at La Casa de Maria on Ladera Lane in Santa Barbara, a residential retreat center located on 35 acres in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains. The center has lodging and dining facilities as well as a swimming pool and hiking trails.

Registration and check-in for the conference will be held on Friday afternoon from 4:00-5:30 pm. Meals are provided to encourage ongoing dialogue and exchange through small working/discussion groups that will continue to meet throughout the conference. We encourage you to participate in the on-site meal plan. Following the Saturday evening dinner, the program will begin at 6:30 pm. The conference will end on Sunday at 12:45 pm.

Saturday's program includes three sessions with multiple concurrent presentations to choose from. Space in each of the presentations is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please indicate your choices on the registration form.

Conference Schedule

General Conference Information

Conference Location, Accommodations, and Meals
A limited number of rooms are available at La Casa for participants on a first-come, first-served basis at a special rate of $70 per person (single or double). Accommodations are simple, retreat-style rooms with shared bath and shower. Reservations for rooms must be made through Pacifica's Public Program office. Please reserve your room on the conference registration form.

Other accommodations in the Santa Barbara area may be arranged by calling one of these services: Coastal Escapes at 800.292.2222 or Hot Spot Accommodations at 800.793.7666.
We encourage you to participate in the optional on-site meal plan to experience full participation in the weekend. The full meal plan includes Friday evening dinner; Saturday breakfast, lunch, and dinner; and Sunday breakfast. Please indicate if you are vegan, vegetarian, or have other dietary requirements on the registration form.

Travel
Major airlines provide service into the Los Angeles International Airport located 90 miles south of Santa Barbara. Some flights are also available directly into the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport. Both airports have shuttle service between the airport and Santa Barbara. Information on ground transportation will be included with your confirmation letter.

Conference Registration and Cancellation
Conference fees of $275 (general admission) and $225 (Students, Seniors, Pacifica Alumni, and Joseph Campbell & Marija Gimbutas Library Members).

To register, please complete the registration form by checking the appropriate options and return it with your payment to Pacifica Graduate Institute, Public Programs, 249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013; fax to 805.565.5796; e-mail to publicprograms@pacifica.edu; or call 805.969.3626, ext. 103. If registering for more than one person, please list all names, addresses, telephone numbers, and appropriate choices.
A confirmation letter will be sent upon receipt of your registration.

A limited number of partial scholarships are available to those who find it prohibitive to pay the full cost of the conference. To apply, send a letter of request to the Public Programs Department with your registration. You will be contacted, and if accepted, payment arrangements will be made.

To obtain a refund, send a written cancellation request postmarked no later than September 15, 2004. Tuition, less a $50 processing fee, will be refunded. No exceptions will be made.

Continuing Education Credit
14 hours are available through the California Board of Registered Nurses (provider #CEP 7177). The hours are also applicable to MFTs and LCSWs (provider #PCE 2278) as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Pacifica Graduate Institute is recognized by the NBCC (provider #5436) to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. We adhere to NBCC continuing education guidelines. A $15 processing fee will be charged for each certificate requested. Please indicate your requirements on the registration form and include appropriate fees with your payment.