Please see the educational book that Stephanie Heuer created, inspired by our 2004 Paris meeting and Robert Fuller's work on Rankism. She is publishing it herself, so please write to her for a copy, safa40@hotmail.com.

The title of the book is:
I Feel Like Nobody When … I Feel Like Somebody When …

Soon her website www.safaunleashed.com/safa2 will be up and going.

Warmly!

Evelin

On 20th May 2005, Stephanie writes saying that she would like to present her book at our NY meeting in December, and explain the process she went through from our group's last meeting until now. The theme would be:

Children and Dignity, A template for Change

Safa writes:
The reason I say template for change is this. I think we all recognize that there are humiliating acts going on all the time, at many different levels, as well as, violations of our dignity. What I feel I needed is a course for change, a way to feel and act differently. Bob's book inspired me to change the way I processed emotions. I came back and resigned from my job (which was not accepted), based on Rankism. Things changed. After I did my research in the area of my students answering the two questions, their responses floored me. Their responses CHANGED the way I looked at them, and the way I taught as an educator. I listen closer, I don't embarrass students, I process thought differently.

We NEED templates for change. It is great to recognize problems, now we need to come up with simple and direct ways to change the way people treat and perceive the people around them.