ABOUT US
FOR MANY YEARS
We’ve been studying, researching, and interacting with human beings from across the nation for one single purpose:
MAKE HAPPIER HEALTHIER HUMANS
Why? Let’s look at the numbers:
Approximately 157,000 youth between the ages of 10 and 24 receive medical care for self-inflicted injuries at emergency departments across the U.S.
According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, suicide is the second leading cause of death for youth between ages of 10 and 24 and it results in approximately 4600 lives lost each year.
17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester. This number climbs to 43% in the teen years, in the form of cyberbullying.
It's estimated that 1 out of 4 elementary-school bullies will have a criminal record by age 30.
Fast-paced competition has been blamed for symptoms of “burnout” in kids as young as age 10 or 11.
We’ve cracked the code
In order to help address and solve these issues that kids face today, we’ve teamed up with some great partners and local artists all around the nation to help encourage happy, healthy human interaction in school and at home.
AND THE BEST PART? IT’S ALL BACKED BY SCIENCE.
Our continuing collaboration with The Center on Research and Evaluation (CORE) at Southern Methodist University allows us to stay up to date on what the best practices are to make a difference in the lives of young students. CORE allows us to build our programs backed by data and years of research. Check out an overview of our work with them here!
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OUR TEAM AND PARTNERS
THE WEZMORE PROJECT, INC.
A TEXAS-BASED 501(C)3
CURRENT TEAM
Eddie Coker - Founder
Jeff Corkran - Experience Director
David Dickenson - Marketing Director
Ali Bergeron - Creative Director
Summer El Shahawy - Content Director
PARTNERS
Human Design - Design and Development Agency - Boulder, Colorado. John Weiss & Jeff Corkran
Raw - Design Agency - Manchester, England. Rob Watson
Musgrove Law Firm - Dallas, Texas. Len Musgrove
Hitchcock Evert LLP - Intellectual Property - Dallas, Texas. Lisa Evert
Golden Redd & Company, LLC - Jeff Redd
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
K. Scott Canon
Stacy Blakely
Shalini Joshi
Gillian Breidenbach
Ken Luce
WEZMORE PIONEERS
Eddie Coker - Founder
Barbe Turner - Award Winning Author
Andrew Holzschuh - Videographer, Animator, Designer, & Photographer
Rebecca Bell Wilson - Digital Marketing and Branding
ADVISORS
Dr. Kathleen Kelly
David Hawes
Dr. Wells Housson
Dr. Deborah Miscoll
Dr. Donald B Weaver