"Employees of a direct-marketing insurance company in Durban have turned to the South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) to save them from a leadership course in which they say they will be sworn at, belittled and made to cross-dress and sing nursery rhymes — or face being fired.
Employees of The Unlimited said the Turning Point and Spring Joy course — which costs R25,000 a head — will be held over five days in Gauteng next month. During this time their cellphones will be confiscated and they will be barred from communicating with their families, will have limited bathroom breaks and will have to endure "tough and challenging" role-playing games and activities that run until the early hours of the morning.
But the company, which sells data, sim cards and medical insurance, has defended the mandatory workshops as part of its commitment to "building future leaders".
In a letter to the HRC from about a dozen people who wished to remain anonymous for fear of being fired, employees voiced concern about the course content after hearing about it from colleagues and former colleagues. The employees have asked the commission to investigate the company for ordering them to go on the course or face dismissal.
"They are forcing employees to participate in controversial transformational workshops that have nothing to do with workplace skills, and it is either you do it or you get dismissed," staff say in the letter. 'What is making things worse is the fact that these courses have controversial reviews and there are allegations of brainwashing, verbal and physical abuse, sleep deprivation and being like a cult.'"
The key male members of the far-right political party Golden Dawn are imprisoned accused of carrying out organized criminal activity. To maintain Golden Dawn's position as the fifth largest political party in Greece, their daughters, wives and mothers step up to the task of leading the party through the upcoming elections. As the elections and trial unfold, the Norwegian film crew gets access to secret chambers and witness the family dynamics of one of Europe's most notorious nationalist parties. This documentary exposes the mindset, values and personalities of the people on the front lines of modern nationalism.
This is filmmaker Håvard Bustnes' impression of this disturbing documentary. In recent years, Greece - with its sunny beaches and friendly people has been overshadowed by political ideologies that are close to Nazism. In this documentary, Bustnes leaves the camera running, revealing not only the depraved side of this political party but also revealing an ever-widening gulf between facts and political image-making. While it's frustrating that the women are so inflexible in their views, it illustrates how wearing blinders can derail an entire society.
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Laura ChandlerFriday, June 24th1:00 PM-1:50 PMThis presentation will be for mental health professionals to recognize the signs and symptoms of a client currently being in a cult or a dangerous group. The presentation will consist of skills that the provider can use in order to help a person that is currently in a cult or is currently experiencing distress from past experience. It is important to note that a cult or a dangerous group may or may not have anything to do with religion. Also, a cult has nothing to do with the type of religion a person or a group of people practice. The signs that someone may be in a dangerous cult is if the person experiences a lot of stress from this group by trying to meet the group's expectations. Is this group very controlling? Does the group tell the individual who they can or can't date or be friends with? Where they can or can't live? Does the individual experience financial distress due to giving the group large sums of money? Is the individual being isolated from friends and family outside of the group? Does the individual spend a lot of time recruiting new members? Does the individual have an unusual fear of the outside world? The presentation will consist of skills that the therapist can utilize with the individual such as CBT that can help the individual to challenge black and white thinking related to the cult. Also, the therapists will learn coping skills to teach to the individual to heal from the trauma such as relaxation skills and positive memories.Eagles Counseling, LLC
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and Certified Specialist in Anger Management. I graduated from Immaculata University with my Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2017. I am the owner and director of Eagles Counseling, LLC. I have been working as a therapist since 2018. Prior to being a therapist, I was working as a mental health case manager at various locations in Pennsylvania from 2007-2018. I am also in recovery from being in a religious cult. I was a member of a religious cult from 2002-2006.
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