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Lenora Branch Fulani (born April 25, 1950) is an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and political activist. She may be best known for her presidential campaigns〔(Interview by Rob Redding ), ''Redding News Review'', March 12, 2002. Transcript accessed online 24 December 2006.〕 and development of youth programs serving minority communities in the New York City area.〔(eNewsletter Volume 1 ), All Stars Project Inc., March 18, 2004. Accessed online 24 December 2006〕 In the United States presidential election, 1988 heading the New Alliance Party ticket, she became the first woman and the first African American to achieve ballot access in all fifty states.〔(Lenora Fulani bio ), Speakers Platform, Accessed 20 February 2006〕 She received more votes for President in a U.S. general election than any other woman in history until Jill Stein of the Green Party of the United States in 2012. Fulani's political concerns include racial equality, gay rights and for the past decade, political reform, specifically to encourage third parties. In her career, Fulani has worked closely since 1980 with Fred Newman, a New York-based psychotherapist and political activist who has often served as her campaign manager.〔Michael Slackman, ("In New York, Fringe Politics in Mainstream" ), ''New York Times'', May 28, 2005; Accessed online 24 December 2006.〕 Newman developed the theory and practice of Social Therapy in the 1970s, founding the New York Institute for Social Therapy in 1977. Along with psychologist Lois Holzman, Fulani has worked to incorporate the social therapeutic approach into youth-oriented programs, most notably the New York City-based All Stars Project, which she co-founded in 1981.〔(The All Stars ), New York Voices, Thirteen WNET, New York. Accessed online 24 December 2006.〕〔Edmund W. Gordon, Carol Bonilla Bowman, Brenda X. Mejia, ("Changing the Script for Youth Development: An Evaluation of the All Stars Talent Show Network and the Joseph A. Forgione Development School for Youth" ), Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME), Teachers College, Columbia University, June 2003, Accessed 24 December 2006〕 In 1993, Fulani joined activists who supported Ross Perot for President in the United States presidential election, 1992, in a national effort to create a new pro-reform party. In 1994 she led formation of the Committee for a Unified Independent Party (CUIP). For years Fulani was active with Newman's version of the International Workers Party (IWP). More recently she has been active with the Independence Party of New York, which was founded in Rochester in 1991 and has become influential countrywide. ==Early life== The youngest daughter of a registered nurse and a railway baggage handler, Fulani was born Lenora Branch in 1950 in Chester, Pennsylvania. Her father died of pneumonia when she was 12.〔James McKinley, Jr., "Tilting at the Same Windmill, but on a Faster Steed", ''New York Times'', September 11, 1994, p. 56. (Abstract available online ); full article online by subscription only.〕 As a teenager in Chester in the 1960s, Fulani was active in her local Baptist church, where she played piano for the choir. In 1967, Fulani was awarded a scholarship to study at Hofstra University in New York. She graduated in 1971, and went on to earn a master's degree from Columbia University's Teachers College In the late 1970s, she earned a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the City University of New York (CUNY). Fulani was a guest researcher at Rockefeller University from 1973–1977, with a focus on how learning and social environment interact for African-American youth. While in college, she became involved in black nationalist politics, along with her then-husband Richard. Both had adopted the African tribal name Fulani as a surname when they married in a traditional West African ceremony. During her studies at City University, Fulani became interested in the work of Fred Newman and Lois Holzman, who had recently formed the New York Institute for Social Therapy and Research. Fulani studied at the Institute in the early 1980s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lenora Fulani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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