“If you want to know how young black people overcome adversity, we’ve got over 400 videos up on the Poetry for Personal Power You Tube channel.” (Corinna West)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLePxiZ4YtCeC0OhvrPpWT85owrVIu4aQ1
Corinna West is the one woman dynamo behind Poetry for Personal Power, a mental health social inclusion campaign that encourages young people struggling with mental health issues to get up on stage and communicate. She founded Wellness Wordworks in 2008 to show how the recovery community can provide internet skills and business opportunities to their peers. I’ve always been impressed with Corinna’s entrepreneurial and community leadership skills. She seems to have zillions of “I can do” ideas in her head. Corinna’s enthusiasm for social change is infectious, not to mention she’s got a master’s degree in pharmaceutical chemistry with lived experience, having survived homelessness and 12 psychiatric diagnoses.
An amazing woman.