InterPlay World News

Celebrate Earth Day with Earth Play

Celebrate the beauty of earth, life, and interdependence on the weekend of Earth Day, April 20-22, 2012 with InterPlay Cofounder Cynthia Winton-Henry and Sally Lynne Mitchell in Anthony Chabot Park in Oakland.

The easy-to-learn InterPlay forms will provide a way to rediscover our connections to earth—our home—through movement, voice, story, stillness.

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InterPlay Way for Helping Professionals

The InterPlay Way provides transformational tools, ideas and practices for therapists, social workers, spiritual directors, hospice workers, spiritual leaders and other helping professionals. It will be offered soon in Austin (March 16–18) and Pittsburgh (May 11–13).

InterPlay Master Teacher CathyAnn Beaty (Minneapolis) will lead the beginning weekend retreats in both locations. The program also includes 6 ongoing-sessions facilitated by a local InterPlay leader. California CEUs are available for MFTs and LCSWs.

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Millennial Artist/Activists Gather in Oakland August 2012

For the third summer, InterPlay will gather a group of artist/activists between the ages of 18 and 32 for a two-week program called “Art & Social Action: InterPlay for Millennial Leaders”. This program provides tools, support and connection for those who want to integrate their artistic interests, their social and political concerns and their day-to-day lives. It will be held at InterPlayce near downtown Oakland August 6-17, 2012.

The program will be lead by InterPlay cofounders Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter and local InterPlay organizer Amy Shoemaker. Guest presenters will also be taking part in leadership and WING IT! Performance Ensemble will do a concert on one of the evenings.

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Masankho Banda Visits Wheeling High School

Masankho Banda led a master class with the dancers in Orchesis, a Wheeling High School dance performance group directed by dance teacher and InterPlayer Diane Rawlinson in the Chicago suburbs. 

Masankho blends InterPlay with elements of his Malawian heritage. He shared his story with the dancers and taught three African song/dances to the kids.  Diane was overjoyed to offer the dancers the opportunity to meet and work with him.  “It was an experience they will never forget,” she noted. “What happened on Monday will stay with them for a long time.”

Diane led a recent successful effort to secure a Pepsi Refresh Grant to help Orchesis members attend the National High School Dance Festival in Philadelphia. The online voting process was supported by the InterPlayer community and many others in honor of her work and her students.