In celebration of Los Angeles Fleet Week, I played a concert with ElenaGilliam at the USS Iowa in Los Angeles. We played for veterans, activeduty military, and the attendees of Fleet Week. Here’s a video, checkout the flyover from a pair of F-18 fighter jets. Fleet Week is a United States Navy, United States Marine…
Picking up from the previous blog, the speech at Early College High School in Costa Mesa was interesting. The group was 9th graders, age 14-15. The first topic we discussed was the idea of choosing a major before choosing a college. The idea of choosing a profession or a major at this age was complicating…
I’ve done some anti-drug speaking this summer and thought I would postsome of the stories and pictures. This event in July included a man in his 30s named Jason. He had somemental health challenges early in life and was elated to find drugs andalcohol at the age of 12. He said it helped him to…
My work on substance abuse prevention has led to a new topic. Families these days are dealing with internet addiction in teens and it can have negative effects ranging from slightly annoying to life threatening and dangerous. I’m still learning about this new topic, but here’s what I have so far. Teens in 2022 are…