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Since founding Be Someone, Orrin Hudson has reached more than 85,000 at-risk youth with his inspirational talks and chess lessons. He has taught children how to use brains over bullets, and how to get skills to pay the bills. Along the way, Orrin has crossed paths with amazing kids and parents, activists and even a few celebrities.
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WE LOVE TEACHERS !
I was going nowhere in high school. I had no ambition and could not see beyond “today,” even “now.” I was happy in my experience just hanging out and doing things I shouldn’t be doing. A teacher changed/saved my life. James Edge in Birmingham is a man I owe so much. He taught me to play chess. I fought him at first but I started to clearly understand through the game there were consequences for every move I made whether on the chess board or in life. He taught me to make the right moves. Thank you, Mr. Edge, because of you, I am Someone! Now, I have a debt to pay. -Orrin ‘Checkmate’ Hudson
Founder/CEO, Be Someone Inc.

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