Tuesday, November 6, 2018

InterPlay Atlanta November Newsletter


InterPlay Atlanta November News
CREATE, REST, CONNECT & PLAY!

NEXT WEEKEND! 

Friday, November 9th- Sunday, November 11th

Join us for all or part of this three day event towards embodied racial healing and justice!

Friday, November 9th
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North
A Documentary film screening and Community Dialogue with filmmaker and InterPlay leader, Katrina Browne.The film is about her family, and New England's complicity in the slave trade/slavery, and about present-day reckoning. (Traces of the Trade received recognition from Sundance, 2008, PBS/POV, 2008, Emmy Award nomination, 2009)

6:30 P.M.-dessert reception 
7:00 P.M.- program begins

Saturday, November 10th
Moving Through 
An interactive InterPlay workshop towards embodied racial healing and justice facilitated by Katrina Browne, Jennifer Denning, Karimah Dillard, and Carolyn Renée with neighborhood Black history exhibit researched by the BiRacial History Project.There will be sacred affinity group time for people of color and white people to help deepen the work and build resilience.
Please register here to attend the Saturday workshop.

10 A.M.-4 P.M.

Sunday, November 11th
Sankofa Communities Soulprint Players Performance
Photo by Ruth Schowalter

A performance that combines the power of InterPlay, historical facts, and ancient healing ritual to educate, uplift and inspire the community to make positive change.

1 P.M.- light pre-show reception sponsored by the First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta
2. P.M.- performance followed by community dialogue


Sliding Scale for weekend $0-50
Saturday workshop space is limited, register through Eventbrite here.

Funding for this project is made possible by InterPlay/Body Wisdom

InterPlay Atlanta Celebrates International Day of InterPlay!


Last Saturday we celebrated International Day of InterPlay along with cities all over the world Australia, 
India, Scotland, Chicago, Oakland, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Twin Cities, Seattle, and the North Carolina Triangle. 

In Atlanta we celebrated Woody Bartlett as our "Spirit of InterPlay" awardee (in center of picture above). A retired chaplain and minister, for several years Woody worked at the Corporation for Supportive Housing which served the unhoused and those with chronic mental illness. In retirement, he co-founded Georgia Interfaith Power & Light, working with congregations on sustainability, and is singing, writing a memoir and poetry, and doing InterPlay.
We are inviting people into long-term support of InterPlay and all it offers the world. As a community we see the value in coming together in story, song, and movement in order to bring more compassion and understanding to the world.

While in the world stories are being co-opted and skewed, we are maintaining communities through an active and creative way to unlock the wisdom of the body and the group body. 

Please consider joining the Giving Wings Society to make sure we have more InterPlay and Body-wise communities, or make a one-time donation online. Please note "interPlay Atlanta" with your donation.

InterPlay & Sustaining International Sisters (SIS) 
Saturday, November 17th


CONNECT, LEARN, AND INSPIRE! 
Saturday, November 17th
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Little Five Points Community Center
1083 Austin Ave.
Atlanta, 30307

Play, make friends, share stories and food. Sustaining International Sisters (SIS) & InterPlay Atlanta will be celebrating gratitude and the abundance we have in our lives during this time of Thanksgiving in the United States.

Are you a woman who is new to the United States or were you born here? Are you a temporary visitor or are you making the U.S. your new home away from home? Looking for support, nurturance, and building relationships? Join your sisters from around the world to second SIS gathering co-hosted and facilitated by InterPlay Atlanta Leader Ruth Schowalter and InterPlayer Canan Arikan.

90-minutes of InterPlay then meal sharing and networking. Bring a dish, suggested donation $5 (both optional). Save the Date -December 1st for 3rd SIS gathering. 1083 Austin Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30307.

Questions? Contact Canan 404-966-2014, arikancnn@gmail.com, or Ruth 404-580-2392, ruthtruth@mindspring.com