(I joined because i want to help) Kirby Gray CEO of GrayStone Motivational Entertainment (Wake Up!! Music & Poetry!!) Health Educator-Community Advocate –Motivational Speaker/Poet/Producer & D.J. Residing in South/East Houston for most of his youth, Kirby Gray has experienced a lot of do’s and don’ts that surround our communities. After graduating from Lamar Senior High, He was bit buy the music bug. After 17 years on the D.J. scene, he has been deemed D.J. Grayface in the streets. Grayface has covered a lot of ground with his 8 years in the production world as well. Movie Scores, radio public service announcements, producing 90% of Harmone’ tha black pearl’s cd and toping 2008 off with his own Dj. Grayface: Purpose and Plan cd!! Grayface is known to deliver a high energy message with a unique style which tells individuals how to shake off temptation and to “love yourself”. It is a message that Grayface has learned from his own life and is helping others to apply to their own. He utilizes positive musical forms such as rap, poetry and creative writing as tools to educate and build the personal development of young people, also, to instill in them the value of creative expression and prevention awareness to the community. At the end of his presentation, individuals will be familiar with creative expression, particularly as it relates to learning to live a safer lifestyle and prevention of HIV & STD's. Creative Expression Effective Practices for Learning, Action and Change GrayStone Ent. as worked with organizations throughout the Houston Tx, to enrich provisions for challenging behavior, offending behavior and social inclusions. We offer creative intervention poetry and music therapy for individuals and groups and workshops. We believe that everyone can be an active and positive member of society using his or her unique talents to influence social circumstances. Everyone has the ability to create a stimulating and enjoyable future for themselves and others – some need support in order to achieve this. Music Therapy is uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages. Music therapy improves the quality of life for persons who are well and meets the needs of children and adults with disabilities or illnesses. Music therapy interventions can be designed to: · Promote wellness · Manage stress · Express feelings · Enhance memory · Improve communication !!