One New Person

Today's guest is Joe Young. For decades Joe has been making the world a better, happier place.Joe is a cartoonist, filmmaker, producer, and educator. He is the president of Joe Young Studios, a multimedia agency which provides arts programming for organizations.He's also the Founder & Executive Director of a youth arts non-profit.His projects include Hartford, CT's first major film project, Diamond Ruff and the one-time Guinness World Record for the world's longest comic strip.I met Joe nearly 10 years ago by chance of having just moved to Connecticut and networking at an open mic night.We've watched each other's careers evolve from afar, but haven't been in touch in many, many years.That is, until the 2020 pandemic.Joe was gearing up for a massive $1 million fundraising event for his new documentary film project when the crisis struck. Forced to cancel the event Joe was faced with a choice: Give up the project he's been working so hard to achieve, or find a new way forward.I reached out in that moment to