Drowning in the Open: A Final Letter to Our Brothers

Every day, 100 men in the U.S. die by suicide, and many more deal with mental health challenges We are all in our own swimming pools with life's inputs, conditioning, and pressures. Sometimes we are swimming along just fine, and others we may be drowning without anyone realizing (including ourselves). Men's inner struggles often are misunderstood, and there aren't many clear ways to get and accept help. This spoken word album and movement offers a life raft for men to feel heard, get tools to internally "swim", and find community support. It does so while using powerful metaphors to help others to better understand men's internal battles. In Nikki Giovanni's final recorded work, she leaves a potent letter to men, your wellbeing matters too. Jordan "Dxtr" Holmes uses his own journey from drowning with his mental health struggles to thriving to bring other men up with him.