The words that best describe Richard Propes would be activist, advocate, minister, writer and mentor. Richard is the founder of the Tenderness Tour, an Indianapolis non-profit agency devoted to preventing family violence. A lifelong paraplegic with spina bifida, Richard has traveled over 3,000 miles by wheelchair and donated over $100,000 for charities worldwide while also serving in ministry here in Indy. Richard is a freelance film critic, contributing writer to "Coming Soon" magazine in London and co-founder of the film website IndependentCritics.com. He is also the author of two books, "Secret Heart" and "Imaginary Crimes", three produced plays and has won several poetry journal awards. A graduate of Martin University with a B.S. in Counseling Psychology, Richard began as a college critic at Indiana University where the Indiana College Press Association named him Best Critic. An avid supporter of the independent filmmaker, Richard continues to freelance throughout the Midwest in addition to his ongoing advocacy for children worldwide. Richard is a proud member of the Golden Raspberry Foundation and makes it a point to see each year's worst films.