On a cool Georgia morning, October 2020, around 3:30AM, I woke up with the concept of Sustainable Actor spiraling in my mind. I got up immediately to write it down; I couldn’t risk losing it to the unpredictability of my, often flawed, memory. Quite serendipitously, that same day, a creative comrade of mine, Malik J. Ali, reached out to see if I would be willing to sit in on one of his classes. I told him about my vision and he offered to commit two months developing it with me. He has since created a program called Acts of Freedom, based on his own work, and I have continued to develop the Sustainable Actor in Atlanta, Los Angeles, online and beyond! Although the curriculum is my creation, it is inspired and informed by the work of countless artists, activists, and educators at the forefront of Social Justice, Environmentalism, Black Liberation, Decolonization, Trauma-Informed Care, Wellness & Storytelling. I give each of them credit for this program. This space will continually evolve as we evolve and your participation is a part of that evolution. Before taking this leap I was part of Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop, Los Angeles, for over 20 years. My journey with Anthony began on September 2, 2001 at a  festival called Wigstock, held on the old 14th street Pier in Manhattan. By August 2002, I was in a tiny theater on 3rd Street in West Hollywood (now a wine bar!) taking my first class with Anthony. I began teaching with him in 2004 and the rest is history. I taught with AMAW in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, London, Dallas, Portland and Atlanta. Taking the leap to teach creative content of my own is both exhilarating and extraordinarily vulnerable. I guess we’re in this together. Thank you for being here.