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GRACE Media Network (GMN) readies the community for the 2007 October 'Campaign Literacy Awareness: The Right To READ™' (CLA) and targets dyslexia - removing the silence MPLS, MN (GMS) August 17, 2007 -- Campaign Literacy Awareness: The Right To READ™ (CLA) will kick-off its annual citywide Book Drive on Sunday, September 30 - October 31, 2007. CLA: The Right To READ™ is a volunteerism initiative of Grace Media Network.
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GRACE Media Network's YiG Showcase™ 'Rising Stars' (Youth in Gospel™) Along With Sponsors Will Host the 2nd Annual YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational Scholarship Benefit - August 28, 2007 (Recruiting
Pastors, Sports and Music Industry Celebrities, Media Personalities,
Community and Corporate Golfers
to Join Forces with YiG™ Teens/College Students To Raise Scholarship
for Higher Education MPLS, MN – July 20, 2007 --
GRACE Media Network announces that its teen/college student mentorship
initiative YiG™ (Youth in Gospel™) along with sponsors
will host the
2nd
Annual YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational on Tuesday, August
28, 2007. YiG™ was formed in 1992 and is a forum of outstanding multicultural
teen and college students, who have the opportunity to showcase their
communication skills and talents while exploring careers in media; interact
with credible, positive personalities in media and industry who pose
positive images. The location is The Refuge Golf Course, 21250 Yellow Pine Street, Oak Grove, MN 55011 and the teams will tee off at 1:00 PM. Registration -- today
online. YiG™ is recruiting male/female golfers
who are pastors, sports and music industry celebrities, media personalities,
academic, community and corporate leaders to join forces with YiG™ Teens/College students to raise Scholarship for Higher Education. A golf clinic lead by pros will be available to participants. Event participants who have signed
on are Joseph Ellis II (event
spokesperson/Wells Fargo),
Henry Crosby (YMCA/former UNCF Midwest Area),
Ozwald 'Ozzie' Johnson (Unisys Corp), Keith Lewis (Mpls/St. Paul Kappa Alpha Psi), returning players
- Tony Morrow, (Professional Golfer/former Program Director for The Fairway Foundation), William
Green (St. Olaf College/MN COGIC),
Larry Fitzgerald and Raymond
Boyd Spokesman-Recorder), Walter
Q' Bear Banks and Big
Sam Williams (KMOJ Radio 89.9), Prophet Charles
A. Stalling (CAS Digital Marketing/GMN) and Master
Desmond L. Calloway (YiG Host and event co-founder).
As
one of the first youths to participate in The Fairway Foundation, Master
Desmond is now asked to talk to kids about the First Tee program. He
is an articulate and polished speaker and leader, Master Desmond is
a member of High Praise Ministries The Destiny Center when home visiting,
and Living Word Of Christ Christian Center, Salina, KS while away at
school; he is a mentee, host,
and featured columnist for YiG
Showcase™ Rising Stars Youth
in Gospel), a teen/college level
media/technology mentorship initiative of GRACE Media Network (GMN).
The torch
has been passed on to current YiG™ members
who are living up to the success of their predecessors. Master
Desmond Calloway envisioned back in 2002, the golf event as a
fun event outside of the norm. He said, "If you play football you're
[celebrated], if you play golf you don't exist." Barber Stalling welcomes
the variety of talent present in today's youth. "I'm blessed. God is
allowing me to work in a ministry/initiative that shapes minds and
personalities. I'm also able to share my challenges and accomplishments
with the youth, to help them." Barber
Stalling said that the church has to play an active role in the lives
of youth, to teach them how
to be ambassadors of the Word
outside of the four walls of the local assembly – right
in the marketplace."
Our participating sponsors are Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, DLM Software Solutuions & Urban Media Productions, AM 1470 KRJJ 'Rejoicing in Jesus' and I AM Magazine. About
GRACE Media Network For more information: Event Spokesperson Mr. Joseph Ellis, II and Master Desmond Calloway. Event Contact: Debra Jones, 763.221.6894, email: GMS@GMNetwork.cc or visit YiG™ Press Room (GMNetwork.cc). For PR/Media Inquiries Contact: ###
Contact: GRACE Media Network and PAX TV partner to roll out national
Public Service Announcement for 2nd October Campaign Literacy
Awareness: The Right To READ Month Mpls, MN/Tulsa,
OK/Dallas, Texas – October 4, 2002 --
October is Campaign Literacy Awareness: The Right To READ month. GRACE
Media Network and PAX TV announce their partnership to roll out a
national PSA ad campaign to blitz literacy awareness. “The
ability to read is not shared by all of us, Campaign Literacy is
working to unite and help – one book at a time…” begins
the monologue in the PSA.The Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign
began on Sunday, October 6 airing nationally on PAX TV and its affiliates,
and Streaming Faith.com. The ad campaign will run through October
on television, radio and the Internet. CLA is a national volunteer
initiative of GRACE Media Network. "I have the greatest admiration for the valuable work that Campaign Literacy Awareness is doing in promoting recognition of dyslexia, and for their support and encouragement of dyslexic people and their families from the early primary education stage to the needs of dyslexic adults. I look forward to continued growth in dyslexia awareness and to the significant benefits that programs like 'The Right to READ' do to boost confidence and to help prove that anything is possible." --"Lowell "Bud" Paxson, Chairman, Paxson Communications Corporation. “We are asking the community
at large for testimonials from persons who have experienced Dyslexia.
These testimonials will help others who feel there is no hope. All
faith based entities must come aboard and launch Campaign Literacy
to assist church members in their congregation with the tools necessary
to overcome these areas [any learning disability] in their lives.
PAX TV’s partnership is a tremendous vote of confidence in
our literacy initiative and ad campaign and gives strength to your
voice, ” states National Deputy Director Sharon A. Calloway,
GRACE Media Network and GMS. You may email your testimonial to: GMS@GMNetwork.cc or send to the editor of
your local print, Internet or broadcast media source during October.
Encourage your local media source to support Campaign Literacy Awareness:
The Right To READ. CLA invites the nation to participate in the October CLA Book Drive. Church, business and corporate communities are encouraged to organize and participate in the community wide Book Drive. Organizations will donate the collected delicately used-new family friendly books to their selected shelters, schools, prison, book giving program or a CLA designated drop site (list available on website). GMN will be notified via email or phone by the participating organizations where the books are going. Oklahoma has been added as a launch city and Governor Frank Keating has proclaimed October Campaign Literacy Awareness: The Right To READ month. Bishop Carlton Pearson, Founder and Senior Pastor of Azusa Fellowship International and Higher Dimensions Family Church located in Tulsa, Oklahoma hosted the CLA Oklahoma launch Sunday on September 29, 2002. Texas Governor Rick Perry is on board the Initiative. The Lone Star state will be the site of the 2003 city launch. CLA's founding launch was held in Mpls, MN, 2001 and was hosted by Senior Pastors DeWayne and Parthia Hill and High Praise Ministries The Destiny Center. Community Participation & Contact Info ###
Local teens, media, business and clergy claimed the gold, bronze and silver medal at the YiG™ First Annual Golf Invitational --By Maya Beecham Mpls, MN -- September 13, 2002 -- Despite the whirlwind of negative news concerning our youth, Youth In Gospel™ (YiG™), a GRACE Media Network Initiative, proclaimed their status as positive youth in the community. Saturday, September 7th, 2002, the group hosted the first annual YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational at Theodore Wirth Park, North Minneapolis. Notable figures of media, business, clergy, and teenagers, showcased their golf talent, ranging from amateurs to avid players. A few attendees included KMOJ 89.9 FM Radio personalities - Q-Bear, Mike-Mike, Big Sam; Dr. Juneau K, Robbins - Cultural Chiropractic; Larry Fitzgerald and Raymond Boyd - MN Spokesman-Recorder; Ed Mandeville - Professional Golfer; Tony Morrow - Professional Golfer, Fairway Foundation and Superintendent McKinley Moore - Pastor of Jehovah Jireh Church of God In Christ. Of course the prized attendees included teenagers Desmond Calloway - YiG™ and Fairway Foundation; other Fairway Foundation teen golfers Collin Quirt, Ross Swanson, Danielle Williams, Bobby Joe Smith and Deborah Dickerson - YiG™. Winners The golf invitational
was a manifestation of SB Barber Stalling’s,
(GRACE Media Network & YiG™ Executive Director), dream to provide
a breeding ground of success for youth interested in media. In 1978 Barber Stalling created GRACE Media Network a Christian organization that published the Gospel Registry News Magazine, which feature YiG™ (Youth in Gospel™). The news magazine was a tabloid that profiled the religious community and business professionals locally and nationwide. A segment of the news magazine was dedicated to youth, hence the title 'Youth In Gospel™'. However, YiG™ didn't become a functioning group until 1992. One night Barber Stalling called her assistant in a mad rush to find information, and the assistant told her it [information] was filed in the folder she had labeled YiG™. At that moment YiG™ (the group) became a reality for Barber Stalling. "God told me He wanted to do a new thing through youth. YiG™ was to be a handle for young people to go from mainstream to inside corporate walls, and other places." The group made its presence known in the community through the YiG™ choir, under the leadership of Lois Stewart, who was also an editor for the Gospel Registry News Magazine. From there YiG™ brought prominent talents such as Dawkins & Dawkins, to the Twin Cities, and hosted celebrity roller skating events. In 1995 YiG™ began a cable network television show, aired throughout the Twin Cities and hosted by teenagers who became the YiG Showcase® hosts. YiG™ alumni who helped develop the beginning stages of YiG™ have faired well in life, and Barber Stalling credits YiG™ involvement for a portion of their success. E.J. Bolin, past YiG™ member, started with the group in 1995 at age 14. Bolin-Johnson worked as a YiG™. television host, among other things. Recently, Barber Stalling attended a panel discussion, which included panelist City Council President Natalie Johnson Lee, a representative of the Jacob Wetterling Foundation, amongst others. There in the forefront, facilitating the panel was E.J. Bolin Johnson. Barber Stalling considered this a full-circle experience, because Bolin-Johnson facilitated the panel discussion with skills learned in YiG™. Now, Bolin-Johnson is a college graduate, married, and a Youth Pastor at High Praise Ministries Destiny Center and remains connected to YiG™. The torch
has been passed onto current YiG™ members who are living up to the
success of their predecessors. Desmond Calloway, a De La Salle
student and avid golfer, is the event co-founder of the YiG™ Golf
Invitational. When Calloway envisioned the YiG™ Golf Invitational
as a fun event outside of the norm. He said, "If you play football
you're [celebrated], if you play golf you don't exist." Barber
Stalling welcomes the variety of talent present in today's youth. "I'm
blessed. God is allowing me to work in a ministry/initiative that
shapes minds and personalities. I'm also able to share my challenges
and accomplishments with the youth, to help them." Barber Stalling
said that the church has to play an active role in the lives of
youth, to teach them how to be
ambassadors of the Word
outside of the four walls of the local assembly – right in the marketplace." YiG™ is actively planning for future events, including the October Campaign Literacy Book Drive, Theresa J. Blair Scholarship Fund (application available Nov 1), the 2003 YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational, and much more. If you are interested in joining YiG™, or donating time and/or monetary contributions, contact SB Barber Stalling via e-mail: GMS@gmnetwork.cc. For more information about YiG™, log onto www.gmnetwork.cc. Founded in 1978, GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMN) is a media ministry pioneer to lead the way in effective media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace. ###
Contact: Twin Cities Teen Golf Event co-Founder Draws Pro & Amateur Golfers for 1st Annual YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational and YiG/Terrece J. Blair Scholarship Benefit MPLS, MN – August 30, 2002 – How
often do you hear of a 17 Desmond Louis Calloway
is a junior at DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis, MN where he
is a member of the Student Council, Golf team and was voted Who's
Who in American High Schools; He is a member of High Praise Ministries
The Destiny Center - Minneapolis, Fairway Foundation 'First Tee',
Minnesota Minority Junior Golf Association, YiG™ Celebrity Golf
Invitational co-founder and show host for YiG™ Forum Sunday with
GRACE Media Network. Born in Minneapolis, Master Desmond has been playing golf since the age 10. He attributes his discipline and eye for 'staying focused in his goals' to his mother Evangelist Sharon A. Calloway, along with his love for Christ Jesus. He was named after South African Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Peace and realizes that he's already been marked for greatness. “I was introduced to the sport through the YMCA North Community Summer Adventure sponsored by the Fairway Foundation. The Fairway Foundation established a partnership with the YMCA lead by Mr. Ray Book to introduce inner city youth to the sport of golf.” Affectionately called 'Master Desmond' because of his keen focus on 'mastering' his goals in life. He recalls how his interest was peaked for golf. “I signed up because I like trying new things. I caught on to the instructions very quickly – I was more of an advanced player -- just from my first time. Mr. Book encouraged me to continue in the foundation’s golf program and I was continuing to be tutored by a pro. One of my mentors named Chris Toftner turned out to be an instructor. Little did I know he was the golf coach at DeLaSalle High School and four years later, I would be a student there on his team. Standing at 5-11, 155 pounds, Master Desmond smiles as he remembers golfing with Tiger Woods. “The most exciting thing for me was being selected to receive a private lesson from Tiger Woods during the 1999 Tiger Woods Foundation Golf Clinic in Minneapolis. They had chosen the more advanced students within the ‘Level 2 Program’. Calloway earned academic and minority scholarships to attend DeLaSalle High School and is listed in 2002 Who's Who in American High Schools. Although he dreams of winning the Masters "all the time," he also believes golf is his ticket into Kansas State's flight school. In no particular order, he wants to be a pilot, and astronaut and a PGA Tour player. Master Desmond says, “This is one of the reasons I’m so excited about our First Annual YiG Golf Invitational. This event allows me to demonstrate my leadership, organizational and golf skills on a different platform. YiG is doing this event to raise funds for our scholarship recipients." Look out Tiger – there’s a lion in the ruff. The scholarship is named the YiG/Terrece J. Blair Scholarship in memory of the late Terrece J. Blair (April 28, 1970-August 8, 1993) whose life was taken. She was a young mother attending the University of Minnesota with the aspiration of pursuing a career in media. The Invitational proceeds go to the first YiG™/Terrece J. Blair Scholarship founded by GMN and will benefit the scholarship recipient who is a Minnesota resident; will pursue a degree in mass communications; selects one of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) 39 member institutions; explores a student status membership in a local chapter of National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ); also benefit YiG™ hosts in their academic pursuit. The Invitational is also an opportunity to promote the YiG™/Terrece J. Blair Scholarship goal. Open scholarship application Dec. 1 - March 1, 2003. To donate to the scholarship, call 763.221.6894, email: GMS@GMNetwork.cc or visit: GMNetwork.cc and click YiG™. Founded in 1978, GRACE Media Network,
Inc. (GMN) is a media ministry pioneer to lead the way in effective
media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life
changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace. ###
GRACE
Media Network prepares community for October Campaign Literacy
Awareness: The Right To READ Month book drive and targets ‘dyslexia’ (Minneapolis/St. Paul) – August 2, 2002 - GRACE Media Network (GMN) along with PAX TV readies the community for the 2nd October Campaign Literacy: The Right To READ (CLA) and targets dyslexia. CLA will kick-off its annual Book Drive on Sunday, September 29- October 31. 2002. CLA is a national volunteerism initiative of Grace Media Network. Prophetess SB Barber Stalling, CEO and founder of GRACE Media Network welcomes this year's city launch host site pastor Bishop Carlton Pearson & Higher Dimensions Family Church in Tulsa, OK. CLA invites the nation to participate in the October CLA Book Drive. The Book Drive will kick off on Sunday, September 29-October 31 in the church, business and corporate communities. Organizations will donate the collected delicately used-new books to their selected shelter, school, prison, community center, book giving program or a CLA designated drop site. Community Participation & Contact Info To inform us that your company, organization or church will be participating in the Book Drive and the literacy awareness community Blitz running October 1-31, please email: GMS@GMNetwork.cc or call GRACE Media Network at 763-221-6894. For information go to: GMNetwork.cc and click on Campaign Literacy. Founded in 1978, GRACE Media Network,
Inc. (GMN) is a media ministry pioneer to lead the way in effective
media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life
changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace. Press Contact: National Deputy Director
Ms. Sharon A. Calloway, GMS@GMNetwork.cc. ###
YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational location & date changed to September 7, 2002, Theodore Wirth Golf Course Minneapolis, MN – July 9, 2002 - YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational date is moved to Saturday, September 7, 2002 and the tee time is 8:30 AM at Theodore Wirth Golf Course, 1300 Theodore Wirth Pkwy in Minneapolis. One of our celebrity players Tony Morrow has qualified to play in the MN State Open on July 20-21. In support of his career and aspiration to go pro, we selected to move our date. “This is a premiere opportunity for me to play and compete at the highest level of golf in Minnesota. I’ll be playing with PGA pro's and top amateur golfers on that weekend. I appreciate YiG™ and Grace Media’s support in moving the Invitational date.” The September 7th Golf Invitational is
an opportunity to promote our YiG/Terrece
J. Blair Scholarship in partnership with United Negro College
Fund (UNCF). YiG™ was formed in 1992 as an initiative of Grace Media
Network and is a forum of outstanding multicultural teen and college
students, who have the opportunity to showcase their oratory skills
and talent while exploring careers in media, interact with credible,
positive personalities in media and industry who pose positive images
for teens. For more information and registration, please contact Ms. Karen Buckley, kbuckley@gmnetwork.cc, 763.221.6894. ###
GRACE Media Network's YiG™ (Youth in Gospel) Along With Sponsors Will Host the 1st Annual YiG™ Celebrity Golf Invitational and YiG/Terrece J. Blair Scholarship Benefit Recruiting Pastors, Sports and Music Industry Celebrities, Media Personalities, Professional and Corporate Golfers to Join Forces with YiG Teens To Raise Scholarship for Higher Education MPLS, MN – May 24, 2002 --
GRACE Media Network announces that its teen mentorship initiative
YiG™ (Youth in Gospel™) along with sponsors will host the 1st Annual
YiG Celebrity Golf Invitational on Saturday, July 20, 2002. YiG was
formed in 1992 and is a forum of outstanding multicultural teen and
college students, who have the opportunity to showcase their oratory
skills and talent while exploring careers in media, interact with
credible, positive personalities in media and industry who pose positive
images for teens. The location is the Hiawatha Golf Course in Minneapolis and the teams will tee off at 1:00 PM. The scholarship is named the YiG™/Terrece J. Blair Scholarship in memory of the late Terrece J. Blair (April 28, 1970-August 8, 1993) whose life was taken. She was a young mother attending the University of Minnesota with the aspiration of pursuing a career in media. Recipient Goal:
Registration begins Saturday, June 1 thru Saturday, June 30, 2002 (check GMNetwork.cc for developing details and registration online). YiG™ is recruiting golfers who are pastors, sports and music industry celebrities, media personalities, professional and corporate leaders and teens. A golf clinic lead by pros will be available to participants. Grand Marshals for the event are Bobby J. Champion, Esq., founder of The co-founder of the YiG™ golf event is Master Desmond Calloway who
is a student at De LaSalle High School, a stellar golfer and prodigy
of The Fairway Foundation. He smiles as he remembers golfing with
Tiger Woods. “The most exciting thing for me was being selected
to receive a private lesson from Tiger Woods (July 1999). They had
chosen the more advanced students Founded in November 1978, GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMN) is a media ministry pioneer to lead the way in effective media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace. For more information call: Karen Buckley, 763.221.6894, email: GMS@GMNetwork.cc or visit YiG™ Press Room (GMNetwork.cc). ###
Sun Country Airlines partners with GMN to sponsor Campaign Literacy’s 10,000 books to New York City Kidz Ground Zero MINNEAPOLIS – November 5, 2001— Sun Country Airlines has partnered with GRACE Media Network to sponsor the organization’s first “Campaign Literacy: The Right To READ” community call to action to counterattack illiteracy. A volunteerism initiative in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, this initiative launched a community wide book drive and appeal to the local media and business community to keep literacy in the spotlight during the month of October up to and including National Family Literacy Day on November 1. GMN’s team will be in New York Friday-Sunday, November 9 – 12 to present books to New York City Kidz Ground Zero and Mayor Giuliani along with firefighters and officers. In the interim of the September 11 Attack on America, Campaign Literacy mobilized its contacts to assist. Sun Country Airlines caught this vision with GRACE Media Network and stepped to the forefront. "Sun Country is pleased to partner with GMN in support of this effort that will make a difference in the lives of Kidz at Ground Zero," said Sun Country President and CEO David Banmiller. "We applaud their efforts to reach out and help with this important literacy effort." “It is my (our & your) responsibility to strengthen the fabric of the nation one person/community at a time to insure fewer casualties during the aftermath of a time of crisis such as New York City Ground Zero. Our Ground Zero children need to be touched in heart and spirit. We know that family-friendly books can help anyone recapture innocence, reclaim hope and restore trust. It seems so simple, yet books are so powerful as a healing tool for the broken-spirit. Bethany House Publishers is donating audio books for those who can’t read due to illiteracy or injury. NdCAD (Network for the Development of Children of African Descent) through its Cops-N Kids/Firefighters-N Kids Book Giving Program has responded to our ‘call to action’ and generously donated 10,000 of a 100,000 new Golden Books donation received from the Golden Book Publishing Company. Budget Car & Truck Rental manager Noreen O’Donnell of Bloomington, MN provided donated shipping services that made the NdCAD book donation possible to move the shipment from Racine, WI to the Twin Cities and now to NYC. When I asked Noreen why was she doing this? She said ‘…the kids need books, that’s the bottom line.’ Adult and children have a right to read. Our Twin Cities’ mayors Sharon Sayles Belton and Norm Coleman, Minnesota governor Ventura and our 2001 spokesperson WCCO TV/ABC affiliate anchor & reporter Dave Huddleston boosted our book drive. We are so grateful for their [participants] sensitivity to our nations heartbeat during this time,” remarks Founder and Chief Executive Office of GRACE Media Network Prophetess SB Stalling. Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura proclaimed October Campaign Literacy: The Right To READ month. “I am very supportive of GRACE Media Network’s efforts to promote literacy in our communities across our nation. I am united in the fight against illiteracy and proud to partner with Grace Media and the network of volunteers, churches, media, non-profit organizations and corporate participants that are working to provide book to schools, shelters, juvenile/adult correctional institutions and community centers.” -- Governor Jesse Ventura, Minnesota “I am excited and honored to be a part
of Campaign Literacy: The Right to Read 2001, a leadership initiative
of GRACE Media Network, along with the support of participants
from Minneapolis and St. Paul, who have generously donated new
books to the City of New York for New York: From Minneapolis to
New York City Kidz Ground Zero with Love!” – Mayor
Sharon Sayles Belton, Minneapolis With the Christmas season approaching, the book drive is an opportunity to help put books into the hands of homeless children in shelters and replenish so many other sources with books. Campaign Literacy 2001 Spokesperson Dave Huddleston, WCCO-TV anchor states, “Many of us are fortunate enough to have books in our homes – an abundance of books in our homes. But it is amazing even in this time and age in 2001…there are many children Blacks, Whites, Native Americans, Hmongs who do not have books to nourish their lives… It takes one church, one visionary to change a community, to change a nation. All we’re asking for is one book.” Huddleston’s message is available in its entirety on the Campaign Literacy web site listed below. You may email gm@gmnetwork.cc or contact GRACE
Media Network for more details visit online GMNetwork.cc. Founded in November 1978, GRACE Media Network,
Inc. (GMN) is a pioneer to lead the way in effective media outreach
with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions
to bridge ministry and the marketplace. ###
NdCAD partners with GMN and donates 10,000 Golden Books to New York City Kidz Ground Zero; Governor Jesse Ventura proclaims October Campaign Literacy Awareness month Ventura, Sayles Belton and Huddleston boost book drive MINNEAPOLIS – October 18, 2001— GRACE Media Network has received a generous
book drive donation in response to its First “Campaign Literacy: The Right To READ” community
call to action to counterattack illiteracy. A volunteerism initiative
in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, this initiative launched a community
wide book drive and appeal to the local media and business community
to keep literacy in the spotlight during the month of October and
meet reading disability needs through local church congregations. (Network for the Development of Children of African Descent) through its Cops-N Kids/Firefighters-N Kids NdCAD has responded to our ‘call to action’ and generously donated 10,000 of a 100,000 new Golden Books donation received from the Golden Book Publishing Company. Budget Car & Truck Rental manager Noreen O’Donnell of Bloomington, MN provided donated shipping services that made the NdCAD book donation possible to move the shipment from Racine, WI to the Twin Cities. When I asked Noreen why was she doing this? She said ‘…the kids need books, that’s the bottom line.’ Adult and children have a right to read. The books are free to them,” remarks founder Prophetess SB Stalling. Minnesota
governor Jesse Ventura (October 2001) proclaimed
October Campaign Literacy: The Right To READ month. “I am very supportive of GRACE Media
Network’s efforts to promote literacy in our communities
across our nation. I am united in the fight against illiteracy
and proud to partner with GRACE Media and the network of volunteers,
churches, media, non-profit organizations and corporate participants
that are working to provide book to schools, shelters, juvenile/adult
correctional institutions and community centers.” –Governor
Jesse Ventura, Minnesota GMN is requesting support in shipping the
books or volunteer drivers for the trucks to New York City. “I am excited and honored to be
a part of Campaign Literacy: The Right to Read 2001, a leadership
initiative of GRACE Media Network, along with the support of participants
from Minneapolis and St. Paul, who have generously donated new
books to the City of New York for New York: From Minneapolis to
New York City Kidz Ground Zero with Love!” – Mayor
Sharon Sayles Belton, Minneapolis With the Christmas season approaching, the book drive is an opportunity to help put books into the hands of homeless children in shelters and replenish so many other sources with books. Campaign Literacy 2001 Spokesperson Dave Huddleston, WCCO-TV anchor states, “Many of us are fortunate enough to have books in our homes – an abundance of books in our homes. But it is amazing even in this time and age in 2001, in the fine city of Mpls, Saint Paul, Golden Valley Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Maple Grove, Woodbury, Minnetonka, there are many children Blacks, Whites, Native Americans, Hmongs who do not have books to nourish their lives. You may access Huddleston’s message in its entirety on the site listed below. You may email gm@gmnetwork.cc or contact GRACE
Media Network for more details visit online GMNetwork.cc. See CLA Drop Sites: Sabathani Community Center, 310 East 38th Street, Mpls., 612-821-2316 Hospitality House, 1220 Logan Ave N., Mpls., 612-522-4485 NdCAD's Cops-N-Kids/Firefighters-N-Kids Book Giving Program 1600 E. Lake Street, Mpls., 612-721-0112 X113 or any Minneapolis & Saint Paul Fire Stations (call NdCAD for location nearest you) Founded in November 1978, GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMN) is a media ministry pioneer to lead the way in effective media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace.
WRNB cable radio & Blackmusicamerica.com partner with GMN to launch Gospel programming MINNEAPOLIS – October 14, 2001— GRACE Media Network (GMN), the global media ministry pioneer and digital bridge builder in multi-platform solutions and services, has partnered with WRNB Cable Radio and Blackmusicamerica.com, an ABC affiliate, to launch Gospel news, entertainment and spoken-word programming on WRNB Cable Radio and online. This combined media effort is the first of its kind in the Twin Cities and will assist sponsors and advertisers interested in reaching targeted mainstream and faith based multi-ethnic audiences. "With the alliance of WRNB and Blackmusicamerica.com, we are now able to provide a host of media services that reach ethnic mainstream & faith-based consumers in the Twin Cites and globally. We are combining 41 years of stability, media technology and marketing expertise to mainstream and faith-based markets, said Prophetess SB Barber Stalling, CEO and founder of GRACE Media Network. This partnership will provide our online and offline audiences with cable radio access to a valued multi-cultural high-end market. It is time for the marketplace to target where we spend our time and money – reaching ‘the right people in the right place’." Founded in November 1978, GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMNetwork.cc) is a global media ministry pioneer and digital bridge builder to lead the way in effective media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace offline and on the Internet. ###
Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul Mayors proclaim October 2001 Campaign Literacy Awareness: The Right to READ month Minneapolis/St. Paul -- October 11, 2001 --The Honorable Mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton of Minneapolis and the Honorable Mayor Norm Coleman of Saint Paul have proclaimed October as Campaign Literacy Awareness: The Right to READ month. Both Twin Cities' mayors and GRACE Media Network (GMN) are encouraging businesses, corporations, churches and non profit organizations to blitz the community during the month of October to support Campaign Literacy: The Right to READ 2001. A portion of the books will be shipped: From Twin Cities to New York City Kidz Ground Zero with Love!. See Web site online: http://www.gmnetwork.cc. Our Minneapolis and St. Paul public school system superintendents Patricia Harvey and Carol Johnson are endorsing Campaign Literacy. Join them and our community participants in blitzing this timely message. GMN would appreciate you presenting and including Campaign Literacy in your bulletins, advertisements and editorial content in support of this ongoing endeavor for the month of October 2001:
Call the communities’ local print and broadcast media to place your advertisement supporting Campaign Literacy: The Right To READ 2001:
Founded in November 1978, GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMN) is a media ministry pioneer to lead the way in effective media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Sharon A. Calloway, GRACE Media Network at 763.221.6894 or email: gm@gmnetwork.cc. ###
Mayor partners with GMN to donate books to New York City Kidz Ground Zero Dear Friends of GRACE Media Network, Inc.: MINNEAPOLIS - September 27, 2001 – “I am excited and honored to be a part of Campaign Literacy: The Right to Read 2001, a leadership initiative of GRACE Media Network, along with the support of participants from Minneapolis and St. Paul, who have generously donated new books to the City of New York for New York: From the Twin Cities to New York City Kidz Ground Zero with Love! I am very supportive of GRACE Media Network’s efforts to promote literacy in our communities across our nation. I am united in the fight against illiteracy and proud to partner with Grace Media and the network of volunteers, churches, media, non-profit organizations and corporate participants that are working to provide book to schools, shelters, juvenile/adult correctional institutions and community centers. Since literacy is the foundation of a successful life, I challenge everyone to make a difference.” --Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton To inform GMN that your company, organization or church will be participating in the book drive and community blitz during October, please email to gm@gmnetwork.cc or call GRACE Media Network at 763-862-7403. For more details visit online www.gmnetwork.cc/campaign.htm See additional Drop Sites: Sabathani Community Center, 310 East 38th Street, Mpls., 612-821-2316 Hospitality House, 1220 Logan Ave N., Mpls., 612-522-4485 NdCAD's Cops-N-Kids/Firefighters-N-Kids Book Giving Program 1600 E. Lake Street, Mpls., 612-721-0112 X113 or any Minneapolis & Saint Paul Fire Stations (call NdCAD for location nearest you) Founded in 1978, GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMN) is a media ministry pioneer to lead the way in effective media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace. ###
Monastereo.com has joined GRACE Media Network to launch the Black church locator MINNEAPOLIS – September 23, 2001— GRACE Media Network (GMN) announces the launch of the Black Church Locator an entity of Monastereo.com to offer a church search feature on its MinistryGifts onlineÔ channel. The growing community of guests that visit GMN will now have the convenience of locating a church throughout the US and abroad by simply using a ‘zip code’ as the key word search. It will take only minutes to list your church in the Black Church Locator search engine. As an added feature, GMN will offer on the MarketPlace channel a free Black ePost card to help our guest stay in touch with loved ones, friends and associates – a the click of the keyboard and mouse you’ve connected. The MONASTEREO (http://www.monastereo.com) is the premier gateway to African-American Christian churches, ministers, and musical artists. We're on a mission to educate, expose, and inspire others through a faith-based online community. Founded in 1978, GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMNetwork.cc) is a media ministry pioneer and digital bridge builder to lead the way in effective media outreach with a mission to produce, package and promote life changing solutions to bridge ministry and the marketplace offline and on the Internet. ###
America stands at attention MINNEAPOLIS -- September 11, 2001 -- As our nation stands at attention to the “Attack on America”, our GRACE Media Network partners & communities are well equipped to be witnesses of our faith during this tremendous time of grief, fear, doubt, anger and abandonment experienced by so many. This is not the time to speak publicly using our ‘church’ lingo. It is a public time to maintain our testimony of Christ Jesus with every ounce of confidence. It is the time to exemplify intelligence, compassion and wisdom. If we don’t have the appropriate response to the media – don’t try and answer, simply pass for now. However, if you know that you have an articulate answer, or are an expert in a related field to bring some clarity concerning our nation’s crisis -- then respond. God is love and doesn’t wish that any would perish… Be the strength that we’ve been ordained to be in this time of national crisis. This attack on our nation [America] is touching on every level within and outside of Christendom. Points to remember, courtesy of our media associate NRB member Phil Cooke: I would suggest that you go on the air tonight at the latest with a special program of prayer, interviews and discussions about what is happening. If possible, try to connect with people well-versed in these types of events -- prophecy experts, terrorism experts, college professors respected in current events and world affairs, pastors with a global perspective or expertise on the Middle East. If you can't get them into the studio, connect with them via phone. We are not necessarily news experts and cannot compete with CNN, ABC, Fox and others in news. However, we can provide spiritual insight to millions who are searching. The major networks can only repeat the facts surrounding the incidents of today so many times. Sooner or later, people will be looking for something deeper -- some type of explanation, understanding and perspective. This is an opportunity for you as a Christian broadcaster to provide that insight. Stay away from "pat" answers. Chances are, more non-Christians will be watching you over the next few days than ever before. So stay away from "Christian lingo" they won't understand, and try to provide real answers to the real questions they are facing. Do not be afraid to break into your regularly scheduled programming. This is the time to act, and make a real difference for the Gospel. TLN is providing coverage on GE 1, Transponder 15. If you need more information regarding the feed, please call Dan at NORLIGHT at (847) 568-7186. Any Christian station can pull this down throughout the day. CBN will also be broadcasting coverage on the hour. GMN (www.gmnetwork.cc) will provide links, contacts and resources to assist broadcasters, print and new media producers with quality content. About GRACE Media Network, Inc. (GMN) ###
Commentary It is now time...God's plan of health and wellness MINNEAPOLIS -- September 4, 2001 -- It is now time to forge forward and join forces with the National Baptist Convention Inc USA (NBCUSA) theme "Rally for Health and Wellness to carry out this mandate. This mandate strongly challenges those of the communities of faith to rethink our mission and methods in bringing wholeness in spirit to our fellowman. It is evident that there are an increasing number of casualties of ill health and illiteracy in the church. However, we can begin to be pro-active in our methods of delivery to counter-attack the disparities. The time is now to counter-attack this adversary of our health and power: There is wealth, health and knowledge in reading – it’s empowerment; we should not be losing warriors and servants of the gospel to poor health; neither should there be loses of souls to the kingdom of God, simply because that one who was lost and now found -- is discourage from the shame of illiteracy. There should be a tutor in the house of God to take the time and rebuild that ones confidence in reading. Some may need the assistance of a tutor assisted bible study class while a mainstream bible study class is in session. We must hear by the Spirit the alarm that is being sounded. It's a harsh, yet dominate sound of warning to the church. It is again the churches time to take its rightful place in doing kingdom business: restore health & power to the soul, mind and body of mankind. It is now time. Prophetess SB Barber Stalling ###
GRACE Media Network launches CAMPAIGN LITERACY: THE RIGHT TO READ 2001 MINNEAPOLIS -- September 4, 2001 -- GRACE Media Network (GMN) will host the First “Campaign Literacy: The Right To READ©”, a volunteerism initiative of GMN in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, beginning Sunday, September 30 & Monday, October 1, 2001. This year’s spokesperson is Dave Huddleston, WCCO-TV anchor. "I applaud the efforts of GRACE Media Network to promote literacy in our community and across the country. The 'Right to Read" campaign will provide books for children and adults in need of reading materials. Literacy is critical to success in school, work and life. To achieve literacy for all, everyone must play a role. This campaign is sure to make a positive difference." Event Detail
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