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	Friendship: Concentrated Compassion The Human Relations Laboratory 2011 August 7 to 13, 2011 Please check back in the next couple of months for updated information on Lab 2011. In the interim, we are keeping information on last year's lab for reference, and for interested viewers. Thanks! Meet the Presenters	Welcome REGISTER NOW Download a Registration Form Download a Brochure EVENT DETAILS A typical day, youth program, lodging, fees. PRESENTERS Presenter Bios Presenter BiosLAB LOCATION Sahale Center ARTICLES Carl Rogers on Laboratory Learning By John L. Hoff A Social History of the T-Group By Steve Potter Benefiting from the Presence of Children in Community By Marjorie Gray Grace Happens Here: The Human Relations Laboratory By Hollis Guill Ryan Looking Back on the Human Relations Laboratory 2008 By Richard Kenagy
	Joe Crookston is a nationally touring performing artist, facilitator, and songwriter. He was born in rural Ohio in a family of Hungarians, surrounded by polkas, accordions and eastern European food. Goodhearted and generous of spirit, Joe has worked for years as a song-leader, organizer and facilitator at retreats, camps, and conferences throughout the US. He has the gift of creating and building community through song, movement, play and ritual. He is a natural facilitator with a clear vision of inclusively, creative empowerment, and a strong vision for creating a "WE" experience rather than a "ME" experience.
	Dyanne Harshman, M.S.Ed is a teacher and musician, who was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She has performed a wide variety of musical genre including classical, folk, jazz, and rhythm & blues. In her day job, she is humbled and fulfilled as a Waldorf Kindergarten teacher . Dyanne is a trained dance leader of the Dances of Universal Peace. Her voice, true and steady, will be found helping all kinds of musical things to happen and is her primary tool as she teaches us to dance out our souls.
	Kate Martin. When Kate Martin is not making a scene at Lab, she is hard at work undermining the dominant corporate ideologies of materialism, commercialism and globalization, with the ultimate goal of Universal Enlightenment. Once this is fully accomplished, Kate plans on penning her memoir, securing the subsequent movie rights, and retiring to a tropical climate to work on her tan.
	Richard Kenagy, PhD, has been a research scientist in the life sciences for over 25 years. During this time he has also trained extensively in the Goodenough Community System as an individual, marriage partner, family man and organizational leader. He currently coordinates the Goodenough Community with its various cultural programs and events such as this Human Relations Laboratory.
	Bill Scott, MSW, has studied Zen meditation for 17 years with Zen masters from both Christian and Buddhist traditions in Europe and the US. He now works with families, particularly fathers, of children with special needs at the Boyer Children’s Clinic and the University of Washington. He has also led Dialectic Behavior Therapy groups (a key component being mindfulness training) for suicidal women with borderline personality disorder at the University of Washington.
	Sue-Marie Casagrande, MHS, will be collaborating with Bill Scott and Bruce Perler in methods of meditation that enable growth in compassion. Sue-Marie earned her Masters degree in human sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, and has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism. She has studied with Geshe Jamyang Tsultrim, a former Sakya monk. She teaches mindfulness meditation. She states, “I am now called to help make compassion a household ACTION in America. As informed by Mahayana Buddhism, I believe this is a matter of evolution and a requirement for the survival of all sentient beings including our very planet.”
	Liz Ziebold, is a licensed massage therapist (LMT), specializing in Thai Yoga, Swedish, and deep tissue massage. Her approach is grounded in practical, therapeutic technique and the awareness of emotional and spiritual elements of physical health. This combination encourages a deeper experience of connection between mind, body and spirit, and invites awareness of each individual's own healing process. She lives in the Chuckanut Mountains and is dedicated to an ethical and environmentally sound practice and lifestyle...and to a good laugh as often as possible.
	John Lawrence Hoff, ThD. John is a professional educator, counselor, and organizational consultant. John is also a mystic whose own life and faith teach compassion and the value of relationship. He is a social activist for whom creating community as an environment for growing “good people” has been his lifeswork. John received his doctorate in theology and pastoral care from the Pacific School of Religion. He was ordained in the United Church of Christ (1961) and trained by the National Training Laboratories (NTL Institute). His livelihood has been earned through teaching, training, and the pastoral care of individuals and organizations. Since 1981, John has been a leader in the Goodenough Community System. John’s lifeswork is being honored on the occasion of the 40^th anniversary of his founding the Human Relations Laboratory in 1970.
	Mary Colette Hoff, MEd. Prior to earning her Master’s degree from the University of Puget Sound and the Christian Counseling Service, Colette spent 10 years providing nutritional counseling and motivational workshops for the Northwest Lipid Research Clinic. Colette has extensive experience in adult and family education and in the use of community as a method for human growth and development. She has a recognized vocation for working with women and women’s spirituality and was ordained as a pastor by Convocation: A Church and Ministry. Colette is a coach to many and a trustworthy guide for relationships. She is also a developer of the Sahale Learning Center and the Sahale EcoVillage.