UPCOMING EVENTS

Strategic Leadership chess camp

14 July 2008

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Back by popular demand!

Be Someone Strategic Leadership Chess Camp

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM July 14-18 , 2008
Orrin Hudson will conduct a 5-day summer chess camp .July 14-18, 2008
Redan Middle School
1775 Young Road
Lithonia Road
Redan, GA 30058
(678) 526-0292



Investment for the 5-day training is $250.00 if registered by July 11, 2008 After July 11, 2008, $325.00

All campers will receive a trophy.
Lunch & snacks will be provided
Fun games with prizes.

Start time 9:00 AM early drop off and late pickup available.

Get In The Game

15 June 2008

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

GET IN THE GAME CHESS CHALLENGE

(BIRMINGHAM, Al)-Orrin "Coach" Hudson, award-winning strategist and motivational speaker who broke racial barriers in Birmingham, Alabama by becoming the first African American to defeat the reigning Alabama State Chess Champion two consecutive years, has gained national recognition for his innovative program, Be Someone, Inc.(www.besomeone.org) Hudson, who was just featured nationally on CBS Early Show, Good Morning America and People magazine for coaching at-risk kids to beat the odds and win 3 straight citywide chess championship and one statewide chess championship . Using the time tested success strategies chess offers; Hudson has incorporated these tools into his highly successful youth classes, having taught more than 20,000 students how to win at chess, and at the game of life. Be Someone students, at risk teens; have faced off with college students, many of whom were experienced chess players. This free event is open to children of all ages come out get in the game and challenge Orrin "Coach" Hudson to a friendly game of chess and see why CNN call him the pier piper of positivity.

Now expanding this concept to a national level, Hudson has launched a national campaign while introducing his newest book “One Move at a Time”. A comprehensive guide on how to play chess, it is also a meaty read filled with success strategies and how-to tips from one of America’s most prominent motivational speakers. Hudson Continues to reach out to at-risk youth in Birmingham, Atlanta and across the United States.

“These young people will one day be our country’s leaders. It is up to us to teach them the secrets of success now, to enable them to live fuller and richer lives. The Greatest crime in the world is the failure to develop one’s potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.” Orrin C. Hudson

When :Sunday June 15, 2008 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Where : Courtyard Marriott 4300 Colonnade Parkway Birmingham, AL 35243 meeting Room A phone 205-967-4466

Why: Helping kids be the champion they were born to be..Be Someone!

What: GET IN THE GAME CHESS CHALLENGE

Be Someone has been featured on television and radio programs as well as in a variety of print media, and has received numerous awards, including an Everyday Hero Award, NAACP Award for Community Service, Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Service Award, and TBS Superstation Pathfinders for Education Award (see links below).
. CBS Early Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ku0wKZemis
. Time Magazine for kids http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/wr/article/0,27972,1720921,00.html
. People Magazine http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20170369,00.html
• Good Morning America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRK45lrLsR4
• CNN: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/education/2006/09/10/intvw.chess.teacher.cnn
• CTV: http://www.current.tv/watch/1135845
• USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-06-15-chess-teach_x.htm
• NBC: http://www.11alive.com/video/player.aspx?aid=75871&bw
• TBS: http://www.eventstreams.com/besomeone/010tvs/
• Chess Life: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7862/131/


With gratitude and love,

Orrin Hudson

Be Someone Summer Camp Featuring 5- Time Georgia State Chess Champion International Master Stephen Muhammad

9 June 2008

9:00 AM to 4:00 PM June 9 -13, 2008

Orrin Hudson will conduct his first ever 5-day summer camp.June 9-13, 2008
Redan Elementary School
1914 S. Stone Mountain-Lithonia Road
Redan, GA 30074
(678) 526-0292



Investment for the 5-day training is $250.00 if registered by June 2, 2008 After June 3, 2008, $325.00

All campers will receive a trophy.
Lunch & snacks will be provided
Fun games with prizes.

Start time 9:00 AM early drop off and late pickup available.

Atlanta\'s CBS 46 Better Morning Features Be Someone, Inc.

29 April 2008

5:00 AM to 6:30AM

CBS46 Better Morning co-anchor Mike Brooks visits Shadow Rock Elementary School as Orrin Hudson and his Be Someone organization teaching students to think like a champion. “Student who participate in the Be Someone program gain confidences to go forward in life and make the right decision which also impact test scores, grades ".

Check out Tuesday Morning April 29 CBS 46 the story will air twice once between 5:00 AM & 5:30 AM and then again between 6:00 AM & 6:30 AM Orrin Hudson working with students using the game of chess to teach the game of life!

PARENTS ROLE IN EDUCATION

25 April 2008

10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

THINK LIKE A CHAMPION
Parents role in Education
April 25, 2008
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

“For too long we have given lip service for a change in our communities and it is time to GET IN THE GAME,” says Hudson. “If each one of us would make a commitment to the at-risk children in our own cities, a commitment to mentor and influence them in a positive way, real change can be accomplished.”

Chess was invented to prevent war and violence. Be Someone, Inc. promotes bringing that concept of using strategic thinking back the table.
Hudson, a former Alabama state trooper and Air Force veteran, founded Be Someone Inc. to promote his innovative approach to teaching kids to play chess. While they learn the game of chess, they gain valuable life skills, applying the same concepts of responsibility, discipline, and self-reliance to their lives. Family members of the more than 20,000 students attending his chess and motivational clinics report improvement in their grades, social conduct and mental acuity.

Growing up with thirteen siblings in a housing project in Alabama gave Orrin first-hand experience of the negative impact that crime and poverty have on child development.

He started his Be Someone program in 2001 after coming to the realization that each troubled child who receives positive guidance from a mentor who cares, can be one less gang member, drug dealer, or convict in the volatile world in which we live.

Be Someone was developed to be a firewall that separates the children of our cities from the self destructive patterns that lead them into desperation and crime on our nations streets. By working together with our children and their parents Be Someone shares a message of hope within our communities than can make a lasting difference “One Move At A Time”.


Who: Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson creator of Be Someone, Inc.

When : Frida April 25, 2008 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
2:30 to 3:00 Team work makes the dream work for teachers.

Where: Shadow Rock Center
1040 Kingway Drive Lithonia, GA 30058
678-676-4002

What: Heads up, Pants up, Grades up!
Think it out, don’t shoot it out, Push pawns not drugs




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