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Course Promotes Skin Cancer Awareness Educational Training Solutions is offering an e-learning course for massage and bodywork professionals titled "Skin Health: A Bodyworker's Rights and Responsibilities." Designed to promote skin care awareness, early detection, and prevention, the four-hour, NCBTMB- approved course is $48, with 65 percent of the cost being donated to The World Skin Project. Massage therapist Annie Powell started the World Skin Project to educate bodyworkers about skin cancer after another MT found a suspicious mole on Powell's back and referred her to a doctor, where she was diagnosed and successfully treated for melanoma. To register for the course, visit www. educationtrainingsolutions. com/the-world-skin-project. Participants in the Massage Therapy Leadership Summit—St. Louis, Missouri, September 13–14, 2011. Left to right: Ruth Werner (MT Foundation), Shelly Johnson (AMTA), Rick Rosen (AFMTE), Glenath Moyle (AMTA), Randy Swenson (COMTA), Debra Persinger (FSMTB), Bob Benson (ABMP), Kate Zulaski (COMTA), Paul Lindamood (NCBTMB), Pete Whitridge (AFMTE), Les Sweeney (ABMP), Alexa Zaledonis (NCBTMB). Rick Rosen, photographer. Massage Therapy Leadership Gathers Leading massage therapy organizations sent representatives to St. Louis, Missouri, on September 13–14 for a meeting to "identify the most significant challenges and limitations that currently exist in this field, and to begin the process of developing and implementing solutions that will enable it to move forward in its evolution." ABMP Chairman Bob Benson and President Les Sweeney joined representatives from the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education, American Massage Therapy Association, Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation, Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards, Massage Therapy Foundation, and National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork for the collaborative summit. The participants released a statement calling the meeting "positive, powerful, and highly productive" and stating that "it was recognized that a high level of cooperation and coordination among all the players is necessary to address the problems at hand" for the massage therapy profession. Discussions centered on the quality of massage therapy services, entry-level massage therapy education, and licensure portability, among other topics. According to the statement, the participants have "decided to continue the interorganization dialogue begun in St. Louis" and will focus on telephone and electronic communication before meeting again on May 1 –2, 2012. tune in to your practice at ABMPtv 17