Founders

Wynn Walent

Wynn Walent lives in New York City and works for a non-profit in Harlem, friendsofthechildrenny.org. He also is a singer/songwriter frequently playing with a full band in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. wynnwalent.com

Wynn is very passionate about the holiday. One time he gave a speech in someone’s apartment. Somone he didn’t really know. He said, “The high five itself is largely irrelevant, but what it expresses is essential to us all. The five can be of the low variety, it need not be high. It can be a handshake, a wink, a hug, or a fist pound. What is indispensable is the vulnerability that raising one’s hand produces, for it may not always be reciprocated. Knowing and even embracing this, let us offer our hands without fear or reservation to friends, enemies, and strangers alike. It is these momentary exchanges of affection, these fleeting moments of pure joy and simple love that bind us all into that beautiful and mystic fabric that is humanity.”

Anyway rumors have it that it was a fine speech. Probably much more effective delivered in person at a late hour.