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By: Rogue PR, LLC NEWS RELEASE MARCH 11, 2013 Contact Information: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LaTrice Strong, Publicist Jamar Atkinson, Manager Office: Fax: 1(877) 515-3271 (tel:1%28877% E-mail: BALTIMORE RAVEN’S SUPER BOWL CHAMPION JAMEEL MCCLAIN’S CALL TO ACTION TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS. Public Awareness Against Youth Violence and Anti-Bullying WASHINGTON, DC ---- Jameel McClain, Philadelphia native, #53 Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl Champion XLVII, is not only a champion in the eyes of millions of football fans across the nation, Jameel is a champion in the eyes of many young adolescent boys and girls who belong to vulnerable populations. Have experienced a life of homelessness, struggle, and at one point poverty-stricken, the Salvation Army was simply known as home. It was a place that offered Jameel and his family a safe haven, which explains his deep ties and passion for community service. Jameel is The Salvation Army’s 2012 Champion of Compassion Aware Recipient. Jameel is known for connecting with youth who have been displaced from their homes by unfortunate circumstances by providing charitable contributions and most importantly friendship, as seen on USA Network’s award- winning public service program Characters Unite. Jameel was featured in NFL Characters unite, which aired in February 2013. The segment showed his relationship to a young boy named Jessie who experienced being bullied by his peers, and how Jameel’s past paralleled with Jessie’s current circumstances, in addition to ultimately inspiring Jessie. "But my story is like everybody else's. That's what I want everybody to know. I'm just like everybody else. We all go through the same stuff. The difference is that I've learned and I've continued to grind. And I've had some luck on my side, too. There's nothing I would change. It made me who I am — good, bad and indifferent," Jameel is committed to giving a voice to the voiceless, who are victims of youth violence being bullied, ridiculed, alienated, and discriminated against due to one’s misfortune and individuals failure to have compassion and lack of understanding. Jameel McClain is issuing a call to action for members of the community city leaders, politicians, parents, and school administrators to partner with him by publically addressing the public health issue of bullying and youth violence in the community. By giving a voice to the voiceless, and challenging the bullies to spread love and not hate. If you are interested in interviewing Jameel McClain on his position on Youth Violence and Anti-Bullying, please contact Jamar Atkinson at (678) 507-4957 (tel:%28678%29% The 27-year-old North Philly native, Jameel McClain is an example of with hard work and determination dreams do come true. “How do you know what to dream if you can’t visualize the world,” said Jameel. End
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