bearbeam
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Rehabilitation Specialist |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a sixty year old white male who is on a journey to be more and more aware of my own "isms;" I am a creative person using music and spoken word poetry to express my thoughts and ideas of how this culture has missed hitting justice in many ways. I've been married before, and am now married to my soul mate whom I love passionately. I have three grown children. I'm a grass roots collaborator who seeks to raise consciousness around social issues through the Arts and Social Education; I founded a non-profit called Sunbear Community Alliance in 2008, and is now in the process of applying for its 501(C)3 tax exempt status. To check out more about Sunbear go to www.chrisbearbeam.com and click on "Trainings." The site also has one of my books to view as well as poetry, primarily dealing with Hurricane Katrina and Racism. You can purchase my books at www.xlibris.com. I also blog on www.wordpress.com under the name Bear 60. |
| Interests | researching, writing, poetry and spoken word, community collaborator, MH counselor and case manager, group facilitator for racism dialogues, group dynamics, cultural anthropology, neuro-biological science, General Semantics, Cognitive Therapy |
| Favorite movies | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, movies with Tommy Lee Jones, Jodie Foster (Nell), Scarlet Johanessen (she's hot in anything!), Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman |
| Favorite music | Blues, Neil Young, World Music, Bob Dylan, North Mississippi Allstars, Drive By Truckers |
| Favorite books | I enjoy reading the stories of white allies in the anti-racism struggle; I also love reading about "isms" in culture, and books on cultural anthropology, poetry by Hank Bukowski, Rilke, W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot |