The Power of Words Conference (POW) will soon be underway and we are so excited to see the amazing keynote speaker presentations and workshops that will be occurring during the event.

From songwriting to storytelling, to body movement and awareness, this year’s POW Conference offers many opportunities to share in the community building possibilities of Transformative Language Arts facilitated by some of the most inspiring practitioners in the field.

Here is a list of the workshops. Click  here for a full description

Friday, August 18th-Pre-Conference Keynotes and Workshops:

• Limbs & Language — Mahogany Browne
• Creative Empathy that Builds Bridges Across Difference — True Story Theater
• We All Belong to Stories — Joseph Bruchac
• Soulful Singing — Kelley Hunt
• Can We Talk? Strategies for Building Young Children’s Language — SusanBennett-Armistead
• Keynote Presentation: True Story Theater — Stories of Stigma and Social Healing
• Keynote Presentation: Mahogany Browne — By Any Means Necessary: When the Narrative Interrogates a Righteous Rage

Saturday, August 19th

•  Love is All There Is: Mantra Singing for All — Barb Asen
• My Story In A Soundbite: Notes from A Digital Evolutionary — Brenda Magnetti
• Wabi-Sabi Storytelling: The Perfect Imperfection of Spoken-Word Art — Lyn Ford
• What’s Your Blue Moon Legacy?: Honoring the Uniqueness of Your Voice and the Bigger Message in Your Work — Tina Games
• Mother’s Voice: Nurturing Self through Expressive Writing — Joanna Tebbs Young
• Keynote Presentation: Dr. Susan Bennett-Armistead — Read it gain! Read it again! How Read Aloud Builds Brains and Changes the World!
• How to Write the Story That Brings You Audiences and Jobs — Doug Lipman
• Women’s Writing Circle (WWC): Using Expressive Writing in Sacred Circle — Jennifer Minotti
• Psychodrama, Writing, & Imagination: Playful Tools for Healing, Growth, & Change — Kelly DuMar
• Songwriting: The Inspiration and Acrobatics of Language — Martin Swinger
• Soul Song for Centering: An Experiment in Creating Sacred Song — Tonia Maria Pinheiro
• Drinking from the Well of Laughter: Laughter Exercises — Lyn Ford
• Sound Puzzles, Rounds and the Meaning of Life According to the Woodthrush — Deb Hensley
• What a Composer Hears and Sees: Sharpening Your Musical Sight — Wytold
• Contact Improvisation Movement: ​A Nonverbal Language of Communication — Christopher Eillinger
• Making Friends with a Poem — Cynthia Anderson
• Keynote Presentation: Joseph Bruchac — Trickster’s Truth and Lies

Sunday, August 20th

• Gratitude as Wisdom and Healing — Karen Edwards
• Qualitative Research in the Arts for Publication, Research, and Funding — Emilee Baum Trucks
• Writing the Tree of Life: Midrash to Re-vision Our Lives — Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
• Narrative Healing: Transcending the Illness Narrative — Reggie Marra
• Connect to the Earth & Dance your Heart, Body, and Soul AWAKE! — Katey Branch

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