Erhard Seminars Training
Holmes held a position as Lecturer and Supervisor at California State University, Hayward from 1971 to 1975. She subsequently served as a "consulting educational psychologist" for Erhard Seminars Training.
"EST training altered everything for me", Holmes stated in 1975. She also had served as consulting educational psychologist for the preparation of the book A look at est in education.
Sourced quote: Werner Erhard's decision to utilize Holmes in conjunction with The Hunger Project:
To run the project, Erhard tapped ... Joan Holmes, a 1973 est graduate who had served in various est staff positions over the years.
In August 1977, the est organization presented Holmes to its "graduates" as:
The est Foundation's manager for the recently announced project that has been formally named The Hunger Project.
In a 1980 memo, Holmes stated:
Est graduates represent the state of transformation in the world, the space of having the world work for everyone. Four years ago the graduates took on The Hunger Project and the end of starvation on our planet...
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