Ron Eddings

Author, Community Organizer, Inspirational Speaker Ron Eddings is an author, activist,community organizer, and powerful inspirational speaker. In In 2001 Ron Eddings walked out of a North Carolina prison determined to change his life and use his s...

Author, Community Organizer, Inspirational Speaker Ron Eddings is an author, activist,community organizer, and powerful inspirational speaker. In In 2001 Ron Eddings walked out of a North Carolina prison determined to change his life and use his story to shed light on the world of drugs, gangs, and incarceration. Ron takes the stage and shares his story of a battle with drugs, his life of crime, and how he set on a path to change everything about him. Ron uses humor and street insight to bring to reality the devastating disease of addiction and the end result from a life of crime. He has been featured in The Hickory Daily record, appeared in the Charlotte Observer, and a guess on UNCTV as an advocate for offenders. In 2005 he co-authored his first book titled, "This Is Why We Cry", a book of poems and writings. in 2008 a screenplay was written about his life titled, "From My Eyes, The Ron Eddings Story, and was a finalist at the 200