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Drowning In The Open: A Final Letter To Our Brothers

Every day, 100 men in the U.S. die by su***de, 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 at other times, we may be drowning without anyone realizing (including ourselves). Men’s inner struggles are often 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 better understand men’s internal battles.

In Nikki Giovanni’s final recorded work, she leaves a potent letter to men: your well-being 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.

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Jordan “Dxtr Spits” Holmes is an internationally recognized spoken word artist, keynote speaker, and trauma-informed life coach who teaches people how to swim (internally) with skill through life’s turbulent waters. Drawing on a decade as a corporate engineer, founding the men’s wellness initiative How Men Cry, and his own battle with intense mental health issues, Holmes believes our wellness must be preserved before it’s too late, and we find ourselves drowning. Holmes has performed internationally from Sofar Sounds in London to the U.S. Embassy in Ghana alongside his mentors Nikki Giovanni and Kwame Alexander.
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“Nikki Taught Me” is an original piece written for the forthcoming anthology “Darling Nikki: An anthology of creative works dedicated to the memory of Nikki Giovanni”