DeCarava's response was to become the founding chairman of the Kamoinge Workshop (its title borrowing the Kikuyu word for "collective effort"), which fostered the work of many young black photographers, including Beuford Smith.
Foreign-aid and human-rights bodies, diplomats and church people all hold daily meetings and workshops with titles such as "Elections: Lessons from Zimbabwe and Kenya for Ghana".
Ms. Wolf, 53, gives private lessons and leads workshops with titles like "Power Flogging" and "Let's Play With Needles," and has made instructional books and videos.
None of them have a medical degree; they're affiliated with a zero-prestige college in New England; they give workshops with titles like "Young Women of Strength".
The LA gathering includes seminars and workshops with titles like "building empathy through community", "leaps of faith: strategic risk-taking", "interior design tips", "finding your inner happy host" and "be a 5-star host".
There are workshops with titles like "The Soulmate Delusion", "Mindfulness for Better Sex" and "Clowning and Intimacy".
Email your entries, with "Poetry workshop" in the title field, to [email protected], by March 31.
The local organizers of the panel discussion said they had been warned that if they did not change the title, the workshop might be canceled by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which is financing it.
The workshops, conducted under the title Imagine New York, constitute the broadest public participation so far in any efforts to help plan the redevelopment of the area devastated by the bombing and subsequent collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
