Glenn Towery
“Using the Arts to Heal Veterans and Military Personnel”
Glenn Towery is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran of the United States Navy who is also an award winning screenplay writer, filmmaker, actor, composer, editor, visual artist and author. He is the founder and presently serves as the chairman of the Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel (VSPChannel) and is the creator of the Austin Veteran Arts Festival (AVAFEST).
In 1997, Glenn graduated from, Columbia College Hollywood at the age of 45, in Los Angeles, CA earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in film and television production while becoming the first valedictorian of color in Columbia College Hollywood’s more than 60-year history. Currently, Glenn is producing a television dramatic series about healing veterans entitled “MISSION: TRANSITION CONDITION.” “MISSION: TRANSITION CONDITION” may become the first ever dramatic series in the history of television about healing veterans. His production company is Fairy GodBrother Productions & Film Company, LLC. Glenn has won multiple awards as a screenplay writer for his feature length films.
Glenn has a 50-year history in community theater in Los Angeles where he worked with and learned from many of the greats such as Edmund James Cambridge, C. Bernard Jackson, Ted Lange, Marla Gibbs, Juanita Moore, Robert Hooks and others whose names are easily recognized as stars and celebrities of that era. He served as the Executive Producer of the “Spectrum Theater Company” in Austin, Texas during Covid-19 from 2020 - 2021. He facilitated the rebuilding of their new website and directed/produced the online production of “THE PEOPLE COULD FLY.” Spectrum Theater Company is Austin’s only Black Theater Company. It was founded by Glenn’s former mentor and friend, the late Dr. Billy Harden.
In 2016, Glenn created the famed SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICER program that was adopted in part by the DAV, VFW and the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Glenn also became the very first SUICIDE PREVENTION OFFICER of a Congressionally Chartered VSO in the nation when he was appointed to that position during the DAV Texas State Convention by Retired General and DAV Texas State Commander, Charles Edwards, in 2016.
In 2017, Glenn helped create the very first RACE BASED STRESS and TRAUMA PTSD Group (RBST group) at the Austin Veterans Medical Center as a safe space for veterans of color to heal from military racist experiences. RBST therapy groups for veterans of color can now be found at VA facilities throughout the United States of America.
In 2022, Glenn was awarded a Congressional Commendation for his work with veterans from US Congressional Representative John Carter. On May 30, 2023, Glenn was part of a 12-person round table discussion that was chaired by the Secretary of the VA, Denis McDonough. He is also a 5-year member of the “100 Black Men of Austin, Texas” organization.
AVAFEST ON THE COVER OF THE SEPTEMBER 2022 ISSUE OF VFW MAGAZINE
In September 2022, AVAFEST and the Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel were featured on the front page of the National VFW magazine with a 6-page article inside. Use the above link to read the article about our efforts to use the arts to heal veterans.
In 2013, Glenn became a National Gold Medalist of the VA CREATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin representing California. As an artist, Glenn’s paintings and wood burns have been exhibited in several museums and at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures, a Smithsonian Affiliated museum in San Antonio, Texas as part of the ART SPARKS Texas Veterans Program. He has also exhibited during AVAFEST 2018 through 2024. In 2020, his art was selected to be a part of the National “John Lewis, GOOD TROUBLE EXHIBIT” which created posters of five of his paintings and displayed them in cities throughout the United States with messages designed to get out the vote for the national election. Glenn Towery is also a proud member of the Georgetown, Texas Rotary Club. He takes immense pride in being a Rotarian.
The Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel can now be viewed on ROKU television as well as online. To see it, subscribe to it on ROKU, and the channel is free to all subscribers. Click here to see it online.
Glenn Towery is also the author of three BRITE BRATS children’s books, illustrated by his wife, Juanita Towery, that are great for both parents and children alike. BRITE BRATS is an acronym for Being Respectful In Today’s Environment Brings Real Achievement Towards Success. Learn more about our BRITE BRATS books by visiting our website: www.britebrats.com. As a clock artist, many of Glenn’s works can be viewed online.
The Veterans Suicide Prevention Channel is available on ROKU TV and online:
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Glenn Towery is the author of several more feature length screenplay scripts that are available for investment at Fairy GodBrother Productions and film company LLC.
Two of the 5 films have promos that are below for your investment consideration.
Glenn Towery has won multiple awards for each screenplay featured below: below
STARFUNK and the ASTRAL PIONEERS" (Feature Length screenplay 118 pages)
A Funk Band from the Planet Funkaura Defends the Universe from Evil and Destruction Using the Power of FUNK!
HITCHHIKE FOR LOVE (A Feature Length Romantic Comedy with Hip Hop songs and music)
A Hip Hop music up and comer finds out his girlfriend is going to marry one of his friends come morning the next day.
He has no money, spent it all on his soon to be released album, so he decides to hitchhike from Los Angeles to San Jose to stop the wedding.