FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, August 1, 2007

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

EDUCATIONAL, COMMUNITY LEADERS; CELEBRITIES
TO MEET WITH 13 M-DCPS FOOTBALL TEAMS

WHO:

M-DCPS Student-Athletes, Schools Superintendent Rudolph F. Crew, State Sen. Frederica Wilson, University of Miami Head Football Coach Randy Shannon, State Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, and the Baptist Ministry Counsel

WHAT:
“Preventing Today’s Heroes From Becoming Tomorrow’s Zeroes”
WHEN:
Friday, August 3, 6 p.m.
WHERE:

New Jerusalem Primitive Baptist Church
777 N.W. 85th Street
Miami, FL 33142

WHY:

To embrace and educate student-athletes on the expectations and realities of the real world. The meeting will also impress upon the student-athletes that the communities in which they live, learn, and play are support mechanisms to help prepare them to live productive lives on and off the playing fields.  The following high school varsity teams will be in attendance: Booker T. Washington, Hialeah, Hialeah-Miami Lakes, Homestead, Miami Carol City, Miami Central, Miami Edison, Miami Jackson, Miami Norland, Miami Northwestern, Miami Southridge, North Miami and South Dade.

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