Calpernia for LifeWorks Mentoring and Open Artists with Open Arms
http://www.openartistswithopenarms.com
http://lifeworksmentoring.org
Listen to actor, activist and musician, Calpernia Addams speak on youth, LifeWorks, and mentoring.
Calpernia coached actress Felicity Huffman, in her Academy-Award nominated performance as a transgender woman in the film Transamerica (2005)-which calpernia was also featured.
Additionally, Calpernia performed alongside Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys, & others in a production of The Vagina Monologues
Open Artists With Open Arms is a project which supports LifeWorks. LifeWorks provides LGBTQ Youth ages 12-24 with a safe space, and positive role models to help realize their goals.
Visit http://openartistmovement.com/ to learn more about the Open Artist Movements and http://lifeworksmentoring.org to learn more about LifeWorks.
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People treat me badly, in my estimate.
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