Will Hall
Will Hall
Will Hallis an American mental health advocate, counselor, writer, and teacher. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he is a leader in the peer support movement and is an organizer within the psychiatric survivors movement. Hall advocates the recovery approach to mental illness and is recognized internationally as an innovator in the treatment and societal response to psychosis...
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There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart.
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I have a book! It's called 'How Does She Do It?' and it's 35 years on camera.
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I don't work a five-day week as a rule, and I've managed to fill that time up. It hasn't been that hard. I volunteer at school. I'm working because I love it. Yet, I don't not envy women who have a stay-at-home job, because you miss stuff.
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We're being told it could be several weeks before these people are allowed to go back home,
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We're back on the map. We've been in the shadows for a few years, but we're back now.
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Through school, I saw plenty of theatre my parents weren't necessarily up on. They would prefer a football game to watching 'The Nutcracker,' and that's fine. I enjoy both.
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Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What will come out of her mouth?' I create individuals so real to me, I sometimes start talking to them. Then I let them loose on the page.
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As a black woman who grows up in a predominantly white neighborhood, you learn how to perform a 'good' version of yourself. And then when you're with your home girls, you're saying all kinds of stuff that sounds all kinds of crazy, but you understand each other because you're speaking the way that you're comfortable with.
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I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others.
crave people stories work
I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
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We're really excited to get this grant because it means we can continue this program. We were nearly out of our money for the Neighborhood Network.
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With these aircraft they will fly up into the remote regions that have been most devastated by the recent disaster.
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With the real estate property and valuations continually increasing in that area we just can't continue to operate that kind of retail store. We weren't able to secure another lease that was acceptable to us and acceptable to the owners.
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As I got older, my voice got better.