Sekou Andrews

And I think the industry is experiencing that more than ever, which is why I think inspiration is needed now more than ever.

Listen, I'm not the clinician.

I'm not the licensed therapist.

I'm not, you know, I am.

I can only answer that question from an inspirational speaking storyteller type of place.

And I think that what people need most now is connection.

I think that what we have lost most in this pandemic was all of the ways that we took connection for granted.

And I think that that's what healthcare workers are ultimately needing most.

However that shows up, right?

It's reconnecting back to their sense of balance.

It's reconnecting back to their sense of purpose.

It's reconnecting back to the,

to the power that their work has and the importance that they're doing.

It's reconnecting back to the value and the worth that they feel from the people that they're serving.

It's reconnecting back to the resources that they need.

And I think that's why when I performed my outbreak of care poem, I had a concern that maybe, you know, maybe this poem is not relevant.

anymore.

The more I began to think about it, the more I began to research and talk to healthcare workers, they were like, it's needed more than ever.

And part of the reason why it's needed is because just like with typical short-term memory of a nation or a culture, everybody's like, you're our heroes.

Yes, we love you.