Dr. Micah E. Johnson worked with a diverse coalition of professionals, artists, and mental health professionals to produce a creative collection titled NEVER HAD A FRIEND. The event promotes the power of art and positive relationships to foster healing and success.

The specific aims are to 1) foster support for the 2.5 million children who experience homelessness in the U.S. each year; 2) promote art as a method to help folks heal from traumatic experiences and empower marginalized voices; and 3) inspire folks who experience hardships, loss, adversity, or hopelessness.

“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”

-Booker T. Washington

Impact

Immediate

NEVER HAD A FRIEND will inspire audiences and foster compassion for disadvantaged youth. In addition, the performance will promote the capacity to build resilience through storytelling and drama.

Intermediate

This effort intentionally encourages individuals and organizations to make a long-term commitment to supporting underserved children.

Long-term

By promoting arts in health on a large scale, we can help empower folks to leverage music, drama, and storytelling to cope with homelessness, trauma, displacement, and other adversities.

The best way to support us is to share, shout us out, and show up. Use #NeverHadaFriend and #DoctorMicahJohnson to post a compliment or testimonial. Tell folks how much you enjoyed the show.

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All donations or gifts received with be used to support art-based research, education, and dissemination. The funds will be used to fund the Never Had a Friend collection and other initiatives by DMJ Media and Micah Johnson. The funds will be used at the full discretion of DMJ Media and Micah Johnson. DMJ Media is not affiliated with the University of South Florida. In these activities, Micah Johnson is acting on behalf of himself and not the University of South Florida. The views presented in these works do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of South Florida. This activity has been disclosed to the University of South Florida.

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Micah Johnson’s Show Never Had a Friend

A diverse coalition of artists, leaders, and community partners are joining together to produce a one-person theatre show tour titled “Never Had a Friend” (NHAF) to raise awareness of child homelessness and promote the power of art and positive relationships to foster resilience. NHAF is a memoir of how a child survived trauma and homelessness through friendship and performance art. join OUR COMMUNITY AND MOVEMENT. Micah Johnson’s Show “Never Had a Friend” is powerful.

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