Event

Changing the Race Dance

Cynthia Winton-Henry and Soyinka Rahim
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Racism hurts all bodies! Let's Change That Dance!
Friday May 12, 6:30-9, Saturday, May 13, 9 am –4:30 pm
InterPlay Minnesota welcomes cosponsors Clouds in Water Zen Center, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, Indigenous Peoples Task Force, Springhouse Ministry Center, Kaleo Center, Women’s Environmental Institute, First Universalist Church of Minneapolis

Do you believe in the right to freedom and dignity for all? Are you ready to move out of systems of assimilation and oppression that do not serve all people? Ready to do a different dance?

Using the widely tested educational methods of InterPlay leaders Soyinka Rahim, Cynthia Winton-Henry and team members re-engage the birthright practices of story-telling, movement, and communal song to not only come together but to tap new resources that literally move us toward freedom and health for all as we

  • Address and shift away from systems of assimilation and oppression uses for survival that detach us from the authentic self.
  • Engage in empowering opportunities to address race and racism and unpack inequity with fewer words and more wisdom.
  • Discover healthy ways to cross bridges, uncover insights, and claim the authority to be part of the change.
  • Sing chants that celebrate the choice to move towards healing and away from the wounds of racism.

“My words didn’t have to carry all the weight.” “This was a kind of body work that transformed everything for me.” “I felt a connection with everybody in the room on a deeper level…”

The workshop has been presented in 12 different cities and at conferences for Race Forward, National Association of Independent School's People of Color Conference, the Threshold Foundation and the Spiritual Directors International.


InterPlay is a creative tool kit dedicated to peace, health and social change. As a global leadership network of creatives, elders, emerging leaders and leaders of color InterPlayers strengthen well-being, bridge disciplines, and promote holistic thinking in personal and community practice.

Open to anyone age 14 or older.


Tuition (sliding scale)



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Cost: $15-$75 sliding scale. Scholarships available.
To Register: Body Wisdom, 510-465-2797, info@interplay.org. Participants may come just Friday or just Saturday. For local inquiries call Barbra Wiener 612-210-9166
Venue
Spring House Ministry Center
610 West 28th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
springhousemn.org
Between Lyndale and Garfield Avenues on 28th street. PARKING: In parking lot next to building park at "SpringHouse Only" Signs (6) and spaces with no signs (20). The only place you can't park at are signs that say "24 Hr Reserved". There is also street parking on Lyndale and 28th and a big lot behind the Jungle Theater.
Leaders
Cynthia Winton-Henry
+1 05108149584
InterPlay.org
Cynthia Winton-Henry, co-founder of InterPlay with Phil Porter, has researched "what the body wants" in the arts, in jails, shelters, slums, hospitals, churches, businesses, classrooms, doctoral programs in theology and the arts, and in multicultural education. She develops somatic curriculums to address racism, leadership for the Earth, and spiritual intelligence with an eye to supporting millennials. A featured speaker on the Body Intelligence Summit and a keynoter at conferences, Cynthia is the author of What the Body Wants, Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last; Dance - A Sacred Art: Discovering the Joy of Movement as Spiritual Practice, Chasing the Dance of Life: A Faith Journey, and The Art of Ensoulment: A Playbook on How to Create From Body and Soul.. Check out her writing, The Dancing Center, on Substack, her Hidden Monastery Online Dance Chapels and courses for those seeking spiritual intelligence for our time at cynthiawinton-henry.com.
Soyinka Rahim
510-388-7166
bibolove.us
Soyinka Rahim (GSP) is a grassroots spiritual practitioner who is the founder and artistic director of BIBOLOVE.US which stands for "breathe in breathe out love." She was also the founder of OurThing Performing arts company, where she created the modern-day folk dance play An Altar Piece to Alter Peace, a multimedia, intergenerational performance piece for peace. Her work BIBOLOVE taps into the power of sound, movement and visual art, raising the love vibration of peace, love, joy, happiness, health, grace, and ease. BIBOLOVE supports our personal and collective life challenges by feeding the love frequencies for generational, cultural, racial, body, and economic unity.  Soyinka has brought her wisdom as a spiritual director, conference weaver and workshop leader to InterPlay Certified Life practice, Facing Race, National Association for Independent Schools for Teachers of Color,   Boys and Girls Clubs, Spiritual Directors International Conference, and the Parliament of World Religions.