Decolonizing the Body Book Celebration!
Join us for an evening of liberatory somatic practice, reading and celebration.
Kelsey Blackwell and
Phil Porter
Oakland, CA
Saturday, March 25, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
It’s a book celebration! InterPlay Leader Kelsey Blackwell wrote a book.
Let’s celebrate her and this amazing accomplishment.
Decolonizing the Body is a guide to unhooking from internalized feelings of “less than,” a celebration of all bodies, and a reminder that the body is our portal to spirit, ancestors, ritual, and deep time.
It’s written for Women of Color, but because of the systems of supremacy we all live inside of, it’s a reminder that we’ve all been shaped by the colonial project.
All bodies are invited to join us for this free event of liberatory somatics practice, reading and celebration.
Masks required indoors.
P.S. If you would like Kelsey to sign your book please bring it!
Cost: FREE
Registration/Information: RSVP: kelsey@kelseyblackwell.com
Venue
InterPlayce
2273 Telegraph Avenue (at 23rd St.)
Oakland, CA 94612
InterPlayce is the center of the InterPlay universe. The offices for Body Wisdom, Inc. are also located here. The building is at the corner of 23rd and Telegraph, one block north of West Grand. It is just a few blocks from the 19th Street Downtown Oakland BART station, and on several convenient bus lines. On-street parking is always available at night and metered during the day. It is also easily accessible by several of the major freeways.
Click here for a map.
Leaders
Kelsey Blackwell
Kelsey Blackwell (she/her) is the author of , Decolonizing the Body: Healing, Body-Centered Practices for Women of Color to Reclaim Confidence, Dignity & Self Worth (New Harbinger 2023). As a somatic practitioner, ritualist and numerologist her work weaves spiritual and embodied practices for anchoring in our inherent “enoughness” and healing intergenerational wounds. In addition to being transformative, Kelsey believes walking towards liberation must also bring joy. She lives in San Francisco, CA, the land of the Ohlone Ramaytush.
Phil Porter
Phil is one of the founders of InterPlay. He is a teacher, performer, writer, and organizer. With Cynthia Winton-Henry he is the co-founder of WING IT! Performance Ensemble, and has written several books, some in collaboration with Cynthia, including Having It All: Body, Mind, Heart & Spirit Together Again at Last and The Slightly Mad Rantings of a Body Intellectual Part One. Phil is particularly interested in the use of InterPlay in organizational life, and believes that InterPlay can be a powerful tool to create communities of diversity and peace.