Woodstock Our Town

Stuart Auchincloss spends most of his time as a husband, father and grandfather, and volunteering for the environment and the Woodstock community. He is inspired by ecological systems that seem to work well where competition and cooperation are in balance. After practicing as a construction engineer, he moved on to practice law in California for 11 years.

Mark Antman knew from the time he was 10, that he was destined to make his career in photography. He spent the 70's living and working as a freelance documentary photojournalist in Europe and Africa. In the early 80's he returned to the United States, and co-founded The Image Works, one of the most important independent photo agencies specializing in editorial and informational imagery in the United States. He is currently involved with an international imitative to bring the work of indigenous photographers from developing countries into mainstream western media.

The Reverend Susan Auchincloss, a retired Episcopal priest, lives in Woodstock and continues to serve parishes in the Hudson Valley as a Sunday morning fill-in. She is also a student at Zen Mountain Monastery in near-by Mt. Tremper, NY. She derives energy from her vision of a healthy society, one marked by mutual respect and appreciation for all people; and from her conviction that when everyone's voice is heard the best decisions are likely to follow. Participating in Woodstock Our Town offers an opportunity to work toward that vision.

Nancy Abrams is a clinical Psychologist who has been actively involved in community projects for the last 30 years. In Brooklyn NY, she founded a school based community program involving the participation of families, their children and community leaders. In Woodstock, Nancy has continued to develop and participate in several volunteer projects involving youth and mental health professionals.

Her inspiration rests in the belief that the sincere exchange of ideas offers people the unique opportunity to develop tolerance, compassion and creativity. Listening to others and hearing with an open heart gives us the chance to give new shape to things.

Steve Yoder has worked in support of public programs and policies affecting children and youth for the last 13 years as a public policy specialist, writer, and editor. Before moving to Woodstock from Washington, D.C., he also was involved as a volunteer in advocating for Salvadoran refugees, fundraising in support of educational opportunities for Salvadoran young people, and promoting environmental sustainability.

He supports all efforts to get us out of our partisan boxes and into real opportunities to listen to the views of people on the other side, starting at the local level.

Susan Goldman has worked in the field of crisis intervention and community services for thirty years in Woodstock, NY, and Ulster County. She finds joy in the community of people who are drawn to this kind of work and is always surprised by the energy, creativity and compassion of others. She is a wife, mother, avid dog lover, cyclist and gardener

Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Thich Nhat Hanh and others who persevere in the face of terrible lift situations are the sources of her inspiration.

Martin Feinberg is both a volunteer counselor and a staff member at Family of Woodstock, an agency that provides free or very low cost services to a large community of people struggling to survive on very low incomes. He began this work over 20 years ago, and continues to be inspired, enriched and amazed by the tenacity and resiliancy of customers. Much of my happiness derives from his work with Family, a very happily marriage , his two children and four grandchildren and a cat.

Terry Funk-Antman has practiced psychotherapy in Woodstock and
Kingston, New York for the last 25 years. After directing a shelter for battered women, she began a program for men who are violent with their partners. She also was the director of the Mediation Center for ten years. As both a trainer on issues of diversity and a therapist, she has heard and opened her heart to thousands of stories of people's lives.

Her inspiration derives from the belief that people can solve their problems and develop empathy for one another in the most challenging and surprising of circumstances .

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