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On this episode, our special guest is Will Richey - Speaker/Performer/Youth Educator & Founder of Journeyman Ink, co-founder of DaVerse Lounge in Deep Ellum, lots of other very cool things, and one heck of an amazing human.Journeyman Ink's Mission - To strengthen social and emotional literacy and create safe spaces for authentic connection that activates joy, compassion, empathy and engagement within organizations, schools and communities.Will has quite the story, and has been blessed with an awesome gift of connection through spoken word, and this gift has, and continues to, directly impact the lives of thousands of youth for nearing two decades in North Texas and beyond.

"Introduce Joy, Invite Depth, Offer Reflection" - Will Richey on DaVerse Lounge Will Richey is founder of Journeyman Ink (www.journeymanink.com), father of DaVerse Lounge a spoken word event in the Deep Ellam community of Dallas, lead teaching artist for Big Thought (www.bigthought.org), and award winning spoken word artist. Will has worked extensively with schools and shares his transition from the classroom to DaVerse Lounge to working with schools. Prior to this conversation Will shared a spoken word presentation about his story (http://oralfixationshow.com/push-the-envelope-featuring-will-richey/), which is quite personal with deep grief and surprising forgiveness. He states in the podcast that he only did this  and we were able to record separately his poem "Broken.Mending" (https://epellefsen.podbean.com/e/brokenmending-spoken-word-art-by-will-richey/). I think you will catch Will's idealism or as he says his "utopianism", his hope, and desire for good.

Will Richey is the found of Journeyman Ink (www.journeymanink.com), father of DaVerse Lounge, and award-winning spoken word artist.  I had the opportunity to have a longer conversation with Will that I will post by itself, but in my low tech way I was able to separate a recording of Will's spoken word piece "Broken.Mending", which I think you will bind quite meaningful and will add incredible depth and context to the conversation.  

On October 1, 2016, folks from all over the country gathered at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas, to kick off the Big Texas Rally for Recovery weekend with an ice cream social and program, presented by The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. Speakers and performances included: (1:06) Jan McCutchin, counselor for SMU’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention program (4:23) Zachary Thompson, director of Health and Human Services for Dallas County in Texas (12:40) Neil Scott, producer and host of the national radio program "Recovery Coast to Coast" (21:06) Sasha Coles McLean, executive director of Archway Academy in Houston, a recovery high school featured in the film Generation Found (29:07) Kyle Pillans, counselor with Five Star Kids, the Betty Ford Center Children’s Program in Irving, TX (36:59) John Cates, therapist, author, and founder of both the recovery high school Three Oaks Academy in Houston (recently renamed Cates Academy) and Lifeway International, an alternative peer group program—both featured in the film Generation Found (44:37) Joe Powell, executive director and CEO of the Association of Persons Affected by Addiction in Dallas (53:35) DaVerse Lounge interactive performance featuring Will Richey and Alejandro Perez Jr., with live music accompaniment led by saxophonist Jason Davis (1:12:08) Will Richey, spoken word poet, producer and emcee, and his sister . (1:19:50) DaVerse Lounge interactive performance featuring Will Richey and Alejandro Perez Jr., with live music accompaniment led by saxophonist Jason Davis