When:  

Thursday, March 18, 2010

What: 

Education Now - 7 PM (PST) Podcast

Topic: 

The Media & Education - Belinda Rawlins

Sponsor: 

The Hermeneutic Institute for Wholistic Health & Education

Location:

World Wide Web
PO Box 381
Talmage, CA, 95481

Fee?

No

Website: 

www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm

Contact:

Athena Melville

E-mail:

FYI:

On Thursday March 18 Education Now! will podcast an interview with Belinda Rawlins, for a focus on The Media & Education.
Belinda has been active in the community media and technology movement for nearly 25 years. She started out at an all-volunteer radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she programmed a late night radio show for 18 years and began to understand the importance of community based media in society.

Belinda turned her back on working for The Man and moved on to non-profit work, starting with the Cincinnati Art Museum and moving on to Media Bridges Cincinnati, which she transformed from a traditional public access television model into a media arts education center. Later, Rawlins took on a transitional role as the Executive Director of the New Mexico Media Literacy Project, helping to strengthen the organization during the founding directorís retirement.
But the siren song of community radio was strong drawing Rawlins to the rocky cliffs of Northern California to head up Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, a rural community radio network with six facilities, three frequencies, and 125 volunteers.  Belinda was a guest on Education Now during this time, and was the midwife at the birth of Education Now!

Making her grand return to the east coast, Belinda became the Director of the Transmission Project in 2008. Here she loves working with media and technology non-profits across the nation to build their capacity to better serve their communities.

Please join us by linking to:
http://www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm
Or link to us from our Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Education-Now/276284055389?ref=ts

When:  

Thursday, April 1, 2010

What: 

Education Now - 7 PM (PST)  Podcast

Topic: 

'Herbal Medicine Gardens for Kids' with Mary Pat Palmer

Sponsor: 

The Hermeneutic Institute for Wholistic Health & Education

Location:

The World Wide Web
PO Box 381
Talmage, CA, 95481

Fee?

No

Website: 

www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm

Contact: 

Athena B. Melville

E-mail:

hermes@pacific.net

FYI:

Mary Pat Palmer, MA, RH, of the Philo School of Herbal Energetics will be our guest on Education Now! - Thursday, April 1st at 7 PM (PST). Listen: www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm
and comment: hermes@pacific.net. Or link to us, and comment from our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/pages/Education-Now/276284055389?ref=ts

Mary Pat was co-founder of the Boston School of Herbal Energetics and editor of the Journal of the Northeast Herbal Association and Vice President of that organization. She moved herself and her school to Northern California in 2002.

The school offers the Heart of Herbology 7 month apprenticeship, classes, and internships. Nationally known guests come to teach. In addition, Mary Pat offers herbal consulting, in all areas, particularly with cancer. She has studied with world famous herbalists, written extensively and done research in Cuba and Peru as well as the U.S. The Philo School library has an extensive collection of books on herbalism for students to use.

Mary Pat has been an herbalist and organic gardener for about 40 years. Her  gardening emphasis is on medicinal and native herbs, with an eye to drought tolerance and sustainability. She has over 200 species of medicinal herbs in her gardens. She also grows vegetables, ornamentals and she has orchards of fruit trees. Her Philo gardens are extensive and beautiful.

Our focus will be on herbal medicine in gardens for kids at school and home; and teaching the kids about water conservation with health!

Contact Information:
The Philo School of Herbal Energetics
www.herbalenergetics.com

Education Now! is a production of The Hermeneutic Institute for Wholistic Health & Education, a 501c3 non-profit corporation.

All broadcasts can be listened to, with free download, at our website: www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm

I hope you will be able to join us for the 'launch' at 7 PM (PST) on
Thursday, April 1st.

Athena Melville - host
EDUCATION NOW!

When:  

Thursday, April 15, 2010

What: 

Education Now - 7 PM (PST)  Podcast

Topic: 

'On-Line Learning' with Dr. Mae Sakharov

Sponsor: 

The Hermeneutic Institute for Wholistic Health & Education

Location:

The World Wide Web
PO Box 381
Talmage, CA, 95481

Fee?

No

Website: 

www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm

Contact: 

Athena B. Melville

E-mail:

hermes@pacific.net

FYI:

Dr. Mae Sakharov will be my guest on Education Now! - Thursday, April 15th at 7 PM (PST), for a focus on On-line Learning.
Listen: www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm
and and comment: hermes@pacific.net. Or link to us, and comment from our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/pages/Education-Now/276284055389?ref=ts.

Dr. Mae Sakharov's career in education and psychology began in 1970, after having worked as a professional actress since adolescence. She first contributed professionally as Head Teacher in the University of California at Santa Barbara Childcare Center, one of the first in the United States. They served children from birth through third grade. She was also responsible for supervising five hundred university students who interned in the program. From there she relocated to San Francisco, starting two literacy programs, one held at a juvenile detention center. This program proved so successful that it was picked up and funded by the Delancey Street Foundation.

After moving to New York to complete her education, she received 3 graduate degrees from Columbia University Teachers College with the highest honors. Her dissertation on Stress and Burnout in the Nurturing Professions became seminal in the field and has been published since 1981. While at Columbia Mae was employed by Albert Einstein Hospital as the Head Teacher in a Preventive Child Abuse Program, and interned at the inpatient Autistic Program at Bellevue Hospital under the aegis of Dr. Magda Campbell. Upon completing her doctorate, she opened MLS Learning Center, the first of its kind in New York City, which ultimately saw 350 clients a week. Concurrently, she served as a consultant to many television shows and appeared on camera, including being nominated for an Emmy for the ìOutsiders,î on ABCísí20/20í a segment about alienated teenagers. MLS grew to be a learning center and school for students in need of transition.

Pastor Gary Wilkinson commissioned Dr. Sakharov to open a replica of her program for inner city high-risk children in Trenton, New Jersey, called The Fatherís Heart Urban Prep School. Since 1981 she has taught psychology, language acquisition, special education, and writing at NYU, College of New Rochelle, College of New Jersey, and at her current position at Bucks Country Community College.  Accordingly, Mae supervised students throughout the country from undergraduate to PhD. Since 2002 she has written a monthly column for the Princeton Packet Publications on Parenting. In 1996 she was the first American to be sent to Viet Nam to work at an orphanage.

Outside of her work, and her love for her students, she has a very successful college counseling program, seeing about 100 students a year. She has been practicing Yoga consistently since 1957. In her remaining time she writes pet biographies, sits on boards and committees, consults at schools, and gives workshops.

I hope you will be able to join us for the 'launch' at 7 PM (PST) on Thursday, April 15th for this focus on On-Line Learning, with Dr. Mae Sakharov.

Contact information:
Dr. Mae Sakharov and Associates
www.maesakharov.com/index.php

Education Now! is a production of The Hermeneutic Institute for Wholistic Health & Education, a 501c3 non-profit corporation.

All broadcasts can be listened to, with free download, at our website: www.pacificsites.com/~hermes/EducationNow.htm

Athena Melville - host
EDUCATION NOW!

When:  

Friday, April 23, 2010

What: 

Session for Expectant and Experienced Parents

Sponsor: 

Andrew and Dora McGhee Foundation, in cooperation with AMS

Location:

Alexander Montessori School, Maria Montessori Center
14850 S.W. 67 Avenue (Ludlam Road)
Miami, FL, 33158

Fee?

No

Website: 

www.alexandermontessori.com

Contact:

Beverly McGhee

Phone:

305-323-8509

E-mail:

bam@alexandermontessori.com

FYI:

Are you overwhelmed by demands of work and home? The Andrew and Dora McGhee Montessori Foundation, in cooperation with AMS, invites you to an event on Friday, April 23, with author Susan Collins (Our Children Are Watching: Ten Skills for Leading the Next Generation to Success). The event will include a presentation by Ms. Collins, a book signing, a small-group Q & A, and a tour of a Montessori classroom. The event starts at 9 a.m. Arrive early for valet parking. Reservations are appreciated: 305-323-8509.