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Healing Through Art: A Veteran's Inspiring 40-Day $40k Challenge
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**From Homeless to Vet to Creative Healer: This Powerful $40K Fundraiser Is Challenging Stigmas**

 

David Nesbitt Taylor's (DNT) life journey defies conventional narratives - from navigating homelessness and personal trauma to service in the U.S. Navy, his path ultimately led him to unleash healing through Radical Artistic authenticity. 

 

Experiencing the low end of both Baltimore & San Diego streets to eventual homelessness, David's path was dire until advice from a co-worker motivated him to enlist, seeking stability & discipline through military service - a life-altering decision that marked his transformative journey.

 

His years in the Navy gave David an invaluable perspective on resilience and strength during life's darkest moments. When he returned to civilian life, he doubled down on his passion for storytelling, studying psychology and theater at Loyola University Chicago.

 

Today, David is a true creative force as an actor, filmmaker, playwright, poet and musician. But his art isn't just performance - it's an empowering vessel to shatter stigmas around grief, promote emotional intelligence and provide an unflinching portrayal of the full human experience.

 

David's raw, vulnerable work exposes both the beauty and anguish of the human condition. In one of his most powerful acts, he wrote and produced an entire play processing the immense grief of losing his firstborn son Ashae - a cathartic 60-day journey of creative upheaval. (https://youtu.be/WIcMH1FabJ0) 

 

With his bold new #DNT40for40 initiative, David is raising $40,000 in just 40 days to catalyze radical change. 50% of funds go to local nonprofits (listed on the next Tab) uplifting underserved communities, while the other half directly supports David's boundary-pushing projects spreading love, healing and self-empowerment through transformative storytelling and joyful artistic expression.

 

In the filtered world of idealized online personas, David's commitment to leading with candor and heart is a vital rallying cry to embrace vulnerability as a profound source of strength.

 

Join this revolutionary movement and donate now at [fundrazr.com/ DNT40for40]  - because David's journey reminds us that adversity, combined with courage and creativity, holds the ultimate power to heal.

To support DNT40for40: formally "D'Rent Party", we're suggesting the following donation amounts:

 

 

  • $1 - 2:
    • Show David You Care
  • $40:
    • Show David You Love This
  • $80:
    • Show David You Love This + "You Are The Affirmation of Love" T-Shirt
  • $140:
    • Show David You Love This + "You Are The Affirmation of Love" T-Shirt + Access to a Virtual 3-Day  Self-Love & Ease Program
  • $400:
    • Show David You Love This + "You Are The Affirmation of Love" T-Shirt + Access to a Virtual 3-Day Self-Love & Ease Program + Your Name Mentioned in a Personal Thank You on all the Social Medias present
  • $2,000:
    • All the Above + Your Name in the Credits of a 2024 Production
  • $4,000:
    • All the Above + Your Name as Co-Producer of at minimum One Project in 2024
  • $20,000
    • All the Above + Your Name as Co-Producer of Most Projects in 2024
  • $40,000: 
    • Show David Some Love + You Are The Affirmation of Love T-Shirt + Access to a Virtual 3-Day Self-Love & Ease Program + Your Name Mentioned in Film & Performance Credits in 2024 + First Peak at All Productions Pre-Release + Executive Producer Credit for 2024 Project of Your Choice (Or ALL 2024 Projects)
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Examples Of Works

Here are a few examples of my creations. 

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A Time To Heal: A Theater Experiment (https://youtu.be/WIcMH1FabJ)

Poem

Why Can't I Just Be American (https://youtu.be/pweeuQJKcUs)

Comical Characters

Rev Peter C. Moss - Grow TV (https://youtu.be/aOyHlhZn_NA)

Music

https://youtu.be/3Go3mmoZgC0 

 

 

The Non-Profits

 

Organization                                              Mission                                                                                            Direct Donation

  • Light Of Loving Kindness               (https://www.lightoflovingkindness.org/about)                                https://www.lightoflovingkindness.org/donate
  • Nothing Without A Company        https://www.nothingwithoutacompany.org/aboutus                      https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/16e83677-2910-4405-8cf3-001d9dddf118 
  • Plant Chicago                                  https://www.plantchicago.org/who-we-are                                      https://www.plantchicago.org/donate 
  • 6018 North                                      https://www.6018north.org/about                                           https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?business=D3ZCPCNYXQHLN&cmd=_donations&currency_code=USD&source=url 
  • Midwest- Veterans Closet            http://www.midwestveteranscloset.org/our-story.html        http://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif
  • After School Matters                    https://afterschoolmatters.org/about-us/                          https://afterschoolmatters.org/donate/ 
  • Free Cycle                                       https://www.freecycle.org/pages/about                           https://www.freecycle.org/pages/donate 
  • Special Olympics                        https://sochicago.org/about-us/                                         https://secure.qgiv.com/event/2024cpp/donate/ 

 

 

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