Heinrich’s husband, Bernard, died in 1992, and in 2002, June joined the Unitarian Society of Germantown, Penn., and moved into the Unitarian-Universalist House, a retirement home, to be near her daughter and family. She also wrote, edited and produced a number of books and AV materials. directed the Oak Community School and Workshop for the developmentally disabled in Oak Park directed the Indian School, sponsored by the Native American Committee of Chicago and ran the Northside Study Center, an after-school tutoring program for young people from low-income families. She taught English at a public junior high school in Ironwood, Mich. Her dissertation was titled, Mainstream Education for Those Over 65: A Justification. and a doctorate in Education from Loyola University. in English from the University of Chicago, followed by an M.A. A graduate of Oak Park and River Forest High School, she earned a B.A. She was the eldest of two daughters, born to Ward and Trilba Sark. She thought Oak Park had a special mission in the world and would have chosen it even if she hadn’t grown up there.” This one did.” Wording from that ad eventually found its way into the Village of Oak Park’s official Diversity Statement. When asked a few years ago about the ad, she said, “You do so many things, and you don’t know what will have an impact. The ad was signed and paid for by more than a thousand local residents and became the launching pad for the fair housing movement that led to Oak Park’s landmark Fair Housing Ordinance in 1968. In 1964, she was asked to draft the text of a page-and-a-half ad that appeared in local papers under the heading, “The Right of All People to Live Where They Choose,” which began, “We, the undersigned residents of Oak Park and River Forest, believing in the essential oneness of humankind, and seeking to foster such unity in our communities, do hereby declare: That we want residence in our villages to be open to anyone interested in sharing our benefits and responsibilities, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin …. She was an unusual, strong-willed woman who reached out to others and encouraged us to do so as well?#34 in other words, a good model for parenting.”Īnd with her sister, Doris Hoigard, Heinrich became a passionate crusader for open housing in Oak Park during the 1960s. “She worked to empower the underprivileged,” Middleman said, “to live better, more independent lives. In her later years she headed the Senior Studies program at Triton College until 2002 when her health finally forced her to retire at the age of 83. for civil rights, worked in the women’s liberation movement, supported a school for Native Americans, and promoted independence for the developmentally disabled, founding the organization that eventually became Oak-Leyden Developmental Services. Heinrich marched with Martin Luther King Jr. She is also a consulting psychiatrist for the Mary Howard HealthĬenter, which serves shelter residents and the homeless.She had a number of causes, her daughter said. She passed away in July of 2018, having survived nearly 40 years with Lou Gehrig's Disease.ĭori spends part of her time seeing children and adults at the Health Annex of the Family Practice and Counseling Network in Philadelphia and at Family First in York, PA. Mariah founded the PA Gestalt Center 40 years ago. Mariah Gladis's book, Tales of a Wounded Healer, describes not only Mariah's amazing life but also the theory of Gestalt psychotherapy and the philosophy Dori practices in her life and work. Mark Putnam facilitate Gestalt psychotherapy and training workshops. Dori Middleman, MD, a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and Temple University School of Medicine, has been in private practice as a board-certified psychiatrist since 1992, when she completed training at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, a world-renowned center for family therapy, and Hahnemann University Adult Psychiatric Residency Program.ĭori is Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Gestalt Center, where she trained and has worked since 1988.
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