Glenn served as press secretary for U.S. Rep. Dan Mica of Florida, editor of the Marine base newspaper at Camp Lejeune, taught journalism at Kent State, media management as the Donald Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at Washington and Lee and spent several summers teaching leadership and management as executive-in-residence for the Maynard Institute of Journalism Education at Northwestern University.
“I am honored to become a member of the AAS/ASLE family,” said Proctor. “As an advocate for mental health, grief support and suicide prevention, I will pair my peer training with decades of experience as an author, journalist, professor and writing coach to expand the depth and breadth of the PGQ writing program. Writing is healing and we want to get more individuals involved in telling their stories.”
Glenn coaches from lived experience of being a foster kid, single parent, alcoholic, and prostate cancer survivor. He’s been dry for 37 years. Glenn is a suicide loss survivor of his grandfather, has lost military “brothers” to suicide, and has written and spoken extensively about grief, trauma and suicide.
Award-Winning Poet, Voice Over Talent, Host and Storyteller
Barbara Fant
Award-Winning Poet, Voice Over Talent, Host and Storyteller
Barbara Fant has been writing and performing for over 15 years. She competed in 9 National Poetry Slam competitions, and she is a World Poetry Slam finalist. She is the author of two poetry collections, Paint, Inside Out (2010) and Mouths of Garden (2022). Her work has been featured in the Academy of American Poets, Electric Literature, McNeese Review, The Ohio State University Press, Button Poetry, and Def Poetry Jam, amongst others. She has received residencies in Havana, Cuba and Senegal, West Africa. For over 12 years, she had led healing-informed poetry workshops for both youth and adults who are incarcerated, those in community, adults in recovery, and survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence. She is certified as a Healing Centered Engagement specialist and holds both an MFA in Poetry and a Master of Theology. She is the founder of the Black Women Rise Poetry Collective and co-founder of The Senghor Project, West African International Artist Residency, and co-founder of We THRIVE Healing and Arts Collective.