The Power of Words Conference
Registration | Community-Building | Workshops/Performances | Travel
Approximate Daily Schedule (subject to change as specifics are confirmed):
The Conference Begins with 6:30 pm dinner on Friday Oct. 26 and ends with a 9:00pm Closing Circle Sunday Oct. 28.
FRIDAY, Oct. 26:
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
9:30 -12:00 Pre-Conference Morning Workshop 1: Scott Youmans – Ways Toward Right Livelihood
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:45 – 4:45pm TLA Network Council Meeting
1:00-3:30 Pre-Conference Afternoon Workshop 1: Doug Lipman – The Joy Cycle
Pre-Conference Afternoon Workshop 2: Ruth Gendler – Writing from the Heart/The Heart of Writing
3:45-6:15 Pre-Conference Late Afternoon Workshop: Jimmy Santiago Baca – Loosening the Debris: Bringing Real Life to your Writing
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:45-9:00 Conference Opening: Introductions, Keynote Addresses, and a Performance
Keynote Address – Ruth Gendler
9:00-10:15 Coffeehouse of Wonder Open Mic #1
SATURDAY, Oct. 27:
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Talking circles
10:00-11:00 Keynote presentation: Jimmy Santiago Baca
11:15-12:45 Workshop Series #1
Journaling Through: Awakening the Body's Wisdom – Angela Caughlin
Writing Beyond the Narrative: Toward the Lyric Self – Joy Jacobson
Compassionate Communication – Jane Connor
Look for a Sign – Marion Goldstein
Give Your Wisdom Wings – Doug Lipman
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:45-2:45 Mainstage Performances
The Soul Quake Experience: A Poetic Memoir – Tamara Smiley Hamilton
A Healing for the Earth – Regina Ress
3:00-5:00 Workshop Series #2
Listening for Story: A Decade of Publishing Narrative Medicine — Tom Janisse
The Language of Coaching -Tamara Smiley Hamilton
The Art of Story Listening and Creating Personal Myth – Raymond Gray
5:00-6:00 Free time, TLA Network Council Interest meeting
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7:00-7:30 Main Stage Performance
Selected Readings: Caryn Miriam-Goldberg
8:00-9:00 Coffeehouse of Wonder Open Mic #2
SUNDAY, Oct. 28:
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:15-10:45 Workshop Series #3
What Will Your Story Be? The Transformative Power of Expressive Writing – Denise VanBriggle
Queering Curriculum: Teaching Theater, Teaching Selves – Jimmy Rose
Personal Narrative and the Art of Illness: Writing to Create Meaning - Meghan MacNamara
11:00-12:30 Workshop Series #4
The Write Vitamins – Jan Stanley and Robert "Reb" Rebele
TLA & People's History - Ezra Berkley Nepon
"Anyway You Need Her" : Blues Performance as Empowerment and Transformation – Maria Johnson
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Talking Circles
3:15-4:45 Workshop Series #5
Writing Through Grief – Jessica Handler and Kathryn Rhett
Using Music in Oral Performance – Rachel Nelson: Storyteller
4:45-6:30 Free time, TLAN council interest meeting
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-8:15 Performance
Music of Rebellion – Taina Asili
8:15-9 Closing Circle
MONDAY, Oct. 29:
7:30-8:30 – Breakfast Available (Upon Request)