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06/17/2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : JUNE 17, 2016
Contact: Richard Fife

Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook Brings Together Faith Leaders in Remembering
One year Anniversary of South Carolina shootings and One week Since Orlando

Call for NINE DAYS OF PRAYERS FOR RECONCILIATION AND PEACE, June 17-25
Encourage all persons to pray in opposition to violence and in promotion of world peace
Most of Group will Travel to Charleston to Offer Support

Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook brought together more than a dozen fellow faith leaders today to mark the one-year anniversary since nine parishioners were slain at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church and the one-week since 49 were murdered in Orlando at the Pulse nightclub. They called for unity in ending the sickening, senseless gun violence in our country and nine days of prayers to remember the victims.

“Today we gather in remembrance of those lost in the South Carolina place of worship one year ago today, the 49 murdered in an Orlando place of friendship almost one week ago and those killed in senseless shootings every single day in this Country and say we’ve had enough,” said Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook. “I send my prayers to Rev. Dr. Betty Deas Clark, the new pastor at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the families of the victims, the first responders and the Charleston community.

“We as faith leaders must take action. The Reverend Clementa Pinkney, who was slain in the South Carolina tragedy said, ‘Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation, but…the life and community in which our congregation resides.’ In that spirit, together we are committed to work to heal the hate that produced this violence in a historic black church a year ago and a LGBT club just a week ago. It is time to come together as one to make our streets and homes safe. Love will triumph over hate.”

One year ago on June 17, 2015, nine people including Rev. Clementa Pinkney were shot and killed during a Bible study session at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The faith leaders called for NINE DAYS OF PRAYERS FOR RECONCILIATION AND PEACE, June 17-25, 2016, and encouraged all persons to pray in opposition to violence and in promotion of world peace. They announced they will be travelling to South Carolina to support Pastor Rev. Dr. Betty Deas Clark, the people of Charleston and beyond in the healing process emotionally and spiritually and to remember The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41; Cynthia Hurd, 54; The Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Ethel Lance, 70; Susie Jackson, 87; Depayne Middleton Doctor, 49; The Rev. Daniel Simmons, 74; Myra Thompson, 59.

Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook concluded, “As faith leaders, we have all consoled too many grieving parents and attended far too many funerals. We are here because we care and know the killing must stop.”

06/16/2016

Although rich in history, the Black American experience is often overlooked. The Underground Deception: The Promised Land tells the story of one of those forgotten moments in time. The quest for freedom in this country was waged on many fronts and the perils that existed were great and numerous.

In the land of Presidents Lincoln and now Obama, there exists a deep, dark secret that has been hidden in the annals of time and history with the hope of being forever forgotten. Illinois was a free state in the Union, which outlawed slavery; however, there existed a grandfather clause in the law. An old house in Southern Illinois harbors a secret of torture and death, owned by one man who was permitted to ignore the law.

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by black slaves to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of people who were sympathetic to their cause. The Underground Deception: The Promised Land is about the “reverse underground railroad” that existed in Illinois, which supported the kidnapping of free blacks, and the capturing of escaped slaves to be transported and sold back into slavery. It is the story of the man who profited most from this practice, building an empire with slave labor, and how he might have even been instrumental in helping elect a president. This plantation hid the dark secrets of slaves who lived there and the tortures they endured as well as their hopes and dreams, how they survived and their never-ending quest for freedom.

Some literary license has been taken, but this story is inspired by Hickory Hill Mansion and the actual events that took place there. You thought you had heard it all…but this is one you will never forget!