Now that I have
a moment, allow me to officially thank everyone who participated, supported and
attended our very first G.O.ME! Showcase. Our goal was to gather leaders from
the community who are concerned about sexual violence against our youth and
young adults. Leon Starks provided the setting at the Lion of Judah Christian
Center. Greg Stallworth of the ‘We Must Stop Now Tour Against Domestic Violence’,
kicked it off. The Leading Ladies Christian Ministry provided the food, Monique
Marie, (Nikki O.) and Jacqueline Johnson-Wilkinson, (Gifted) killed it with
their poetry. Khrys Styles, Piper Davis, Kent Robinson and Lee Lavozier ‘Loe’
London brought it home with the reading of “If only I had told someone”, (stage
play written by Greg Stallworth). The testimony of Theo James was riveting (he
also created our power-point show). Dezia ‘Sissy’ Cook took care of the still
photos and David (Silent Dave) handled the video while Marcia A. Cummings
worked the power-point presentation to perfection. Mike Coaston directed
parking and Shaquora Shai Oli Oliver handled the stats.
Someone said there would have been more people if we’d attached a “big name” to our event. Really? I thought since it was free and the sole purpose of what we are doing is to help youth/young adults speak up, and speak out against sex abuse, that was big enough. Another someone later said, ‘In these hard times, if people could see a way to make money from it they might show up”. Ok, that's going too far. No matter how bleak times are economically, I will never believe that humanity’s center has shifted so much that most of us are thinking that if we cannot figure out a way to pimp a program designed to help save our children then we would prefer not to get involved. So with that, the Showcase was a success. In fact, we received an invitation, on the spot, to present our program to a group of students at Walnut Hills High School on Thursday,
Again, thank
you to everyone who attended and helped to make our first Showcase a success.
