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The Power of Words Conference
Liberation, Transformation & Celebration
Through the Spoken, Written & Sung Word
September 23-26, 2010 at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT. 
Explore how we can use our words — written, spoken or sung — to make community, deepen healing, witness one another, wake ourselv es up, and foster empowerment and transformation. Organized by the Transformative Language Network, and founded by Goddard College, this conference features experiential workshops on a wide range of the expressive language arts and right livelihood, performances, open readings, and celebrations. Make community with others who share your passion. Keynote presenters include:
Kayhan Irani, performer of the Theatre of the Oppressed and creator of Artivista, an organization that combines art and activism as a form of political expression and engagement
Greg Greenway, Singer and poet who works with the social awareness of Woody Guthrie
S. Perl Sharp, Writer/actress/filmmaker/broadcast journalist focusing on cultural arts, health and healing, and Black history
Katherine Towler, Poet, author, teacher – writes lyrical novels of family and place -
Lewis Mehl Medrona, author of Coyote Medicine, Native American physician and psychiatrist and professor of family psychiatry who calls himself a post-modern, semi-urban neo-shaman.
“A wide open door into the multiple layers of words and their healing nature.” – Marianela Medrano-Marra, Ph.D., writer and psychotherapist
“Rarely have I felt so present and full in each and every moment...from the beginning to the end, I was moved, inspired, challenged, and changed. I did, indeed, leave differently than I had arrived.” -- Embrya deShango, spoken word performer, Cincinnati
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