Reading Draws 200 Real Men
“Our goal is to allow our young people to see an army of Black Men spreading positive words of inspiration” DeKalb Co., GA - American actor, director, producer and published author, Tommy Ford , AKA The Pope of Comedy has taken his Inspirational Children's book series, “I’VE GOT A JOB LITERACY program tour” directly to the children. FORD and his “ I’VE GOT A JOB book tour,” in association with the REAL MEN READ LITERACY PROGRAM, have partnered to read to children at Columbia Elementary School located at 3230 Columbia Woods Drive Decatur, Georgia 30032 , on December 12, 2014 in DeKalb County, Georgia between the hours of 8am and 2pm EST. Originally, the team set out to gather 100 men to undertake the project to deliver a message of hope, prosperity and success through literacy, however, once Ford began to lead the charge, 200 men who share the value of reading and believe in the opportunities that reading provides to students joined the charge to...