"MEN OF TOMORROW: RITE OF PASSAGE MENTORSHIP" PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN OBSERVANCE OF 2011 INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY BY NEW DELIVERANCE EVANGELISTIC CHURCH

CONTACT:

Minister Thomas Powell
Coordinator, Men of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program
New Deliverance Evangelistic Church
Telephone: (804) 502-2414
E-Mail: tmpbig40@yahoo.com

Mrs. Odetta Wright
Virginia (USA) Regional Coordinator,
2011 International Men’s Day
Telephone: (804) 721-0236
E-Mail: odetta_wright@yahoo.com

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA (USA) – 18 October 2011 -- It is dynamic! It is empowering! “Men Of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program” is a dynamic and empowering initiative that is being launched by Richmond, Virginia’s New Deliverance Evangelistic Church (www.ndec.net) under the leadership of BISHOP GERALD O. GLENN , and the organization of MINISTER THOMAS POWELL in observance of 2011 International Men’s Day (www.international-mens-day.com) which is being celebrated in over 50 nations around the world under the theme “Giving Boys The Best Possible Start In Life”. The “Men of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program” will also be the subject of a documentary produced and directed by MRS. ODETTA WRIGHT, the Virginia (USA) Regional Coordinator for 2011 International Men’s Day, actress, playwright, film producer, and Co-Founder of Father Figure Enterprises, LLC (www.fatherfigure.org).

“The ‘Men Of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program’ initiative is designed to give boys and young adolescent males between the ages of 11 through 17 in the City of Richmond the ‘best possible start in life’ through workshops and courses that include, among other things, entrepreneurship, biblical studies, scholastic achievement, leadership, and public speaking. The young men that participate in our initiative will learn, as an example, team building skills – a valuable skill that will help them become better students and an invaluable asset to their communities, their families, and our world. The ‘Men Of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program’ is on a mission to move our boys and young adolescent males – our Sons and the Next Generation of Fathers, Husbands, and Leaders to ‘do more, want more, and be more’. We are very excited about the commencement of the Men of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program “Grand Induction Ceremony” on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 at 7:30 at New Deliverance Evangelistic Church, 1701 Turner Rd, Richmond, VA, and the launch of our initiative on Saturday, 19 November 2011 – International Men’s Day; our participation in 2011 International Men’s Day’ and our partnership with a member of the 2011 International Men’s Day Global Team – Mrs. Odetta Wright, who is the Virginia (USA) Regional Coordinator for 2011 International Men’s Day,” explained Minister Powell.

“ ‘The Men Of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program’ initiative is a powerful concept that will help boys and young adolescent males throughout the City of Richmond mature into spiritually grounded, purpose-driven, successful, and productive adults and its mission is in alignment with the theme of 2011 International Men’s Day – ‘Giving Boys The Best Possible Start In Life’. I am honored that Minister Powell accepted my invitation to participate in 2011 International Men’s Day and that he selected International Men’s Day as the day to launch this initiative which will positively transform the lives of the boys and young adolescent males who participate in the initiative and the communities in which they live. The partnership between ‘The Men Of Tomorrow: Rite of Passage Mentorship Program’ and 2011 International Men’s Day will also result in the production of a documentary film that explores the implementation of an initiative that is being viewed by many as a global model for ‘Giving Boys The Best Possible Start In Life’,” remarked Mrs. Odetta Wright.

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2011: THE GLOBAL DEPRESSION
Author: Dr. Ruben James
Publisher: The Pacific West Group
WEBSITE: http://rubenjames50webscom


He is an author, an economic consultant to the Government of Canada and the United Nations Economic Commission, and a Thought Leader on Global Economics. He is Dr. Ruben James, the publisher of a global economics column – The Ruben James Report (http://rubenjames50webs.com) and the author of 2011: The Global Depression which is a refreshingly earthy “straight-no-chaser-take-no-prisoners” discussion of the current and future state of affairs of the global economy.


The United States Stock market’s 400 point tumble on 6 June 2008 which was followed on 14 September 2008 with Lehman Brothers announcing its intention to file for bankruptcy which led to J.P. Morgan jumping in with US$138 billion to help Lehman Brothers settle securities transactions with its customers and clearance parties; dramatically drastic drops in market value rocking the global markets on 15 September 2008 and 17 September 2008; the revelation on 16 September 2008 that American International Group (“AIG”) was in dire financial straits; the placement on 7 September 2008 into a Federal Housing Finance Agency-run conservatorship of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association (“Freddie Mac”); and rising unemployment worldwide are just a few examples of the traumatic economic events that are the cause of sleepless nights for many of us.

Silently, we are all asking ourselves: “Is this a recession? Or is it a depression? How did we get to this point? When will things get better? How can I protect myself and my family?”

Dr. James provides soberingly honest answers to these questions in 2011: The Global Depression.

So, what exactly is this economic abyss that we have all fallen into? Is it a recession? Or is it a depression?

On page 3 of 2011: The Global Depression, Dr. Ruben defines the terms “recession” and “depression” for us. Dr. Ruben defines an economic recession as “a fall in total output that lasts for a significant time interval.” He goes on to say:


“In the U.S., a recession is usually recognized when the gross domestic product, the total output of legally produced goods, falls during two consecutive quarters, i.e., for six months.”

And what is a depression? Dr. Ruben offers the following:

“ . . . A economy is depressed when output falls below the long-run trend. Therefore, a depression begins when Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) falls below the long-run trend and ends in the recovery when the GDP rises above that trend.”

Ruben points out to the reader that the key “piece of the puzzle” to understanding the economy is understanding the real estate cycle. Why? He explains that the real estate cycle affects the entire economy. It affects everything – including our jobs! Now that should explain a few things about the current global economic state of affairs!

In 2011: The Global Depression, Dr. Ruben tells us what we need to hear and not what we want to hear about the current and future state of affairs of our global economy. While Dr. James delivers “straight talk” about the duration of the current recession and what lies ahead, 2011: The Global Depression is not a “gloom and doom” treatise on the global economy. 2011: The Global Depression provides us with key “pieces of the puzzle” to understanding the Money, Real Estate and Business Cycles; The Generic Business Cycle; Capital Goods And Interest Rates; Land And The Business Cycle; and The Indirect Ownership Of Real Estateglobal economy through the exploration of a myriad of topics which include . He goes even further by alerting us to the “financial signals of a coming recession” and offering suggestions on what we can do to protect ourselves from a recession.


2011: The Global Depression is a powerfully instructive literary work on global economics which Dr. Ruben has masterfully crafted. 2011: The Global Depression provides us with essential tools which we can utilize to create key “pieces of the puzzle” to staying afloat in today’s and tomorrow’s troubled and turbulent economic waters.
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THE AUTHOR

DIANE A. SEARS is the Managing Editor of a quarterly international male parenting journal which was launched in October 1999—IN SEARCH OF FATHERHOOD® --- and is exclusively published and distributed by BSI International, inc. (www.bsi-international.com) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SEARS is also a member of the University Council for Akamai University’s Fatherhood and Men’s Studies Program (www.akamaiuniversity.us) which is located in Hilo, Hawaii. SEARS has interviewed more than 100 Men who are Fathers throughout our global village concerning issues directly and indirectly related to Fatherhood and has developed and maintains working relationships with Fatherhood and male parenting organizations in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States.

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