Lamman Rucker Inspires Residents Of Talbotton, Ga

May 3, 2010 - PRLog -- Columbus, GA  – Actor, Educator, Activist Lamman Rucker charmed and inspired residents in Talbotton, GA on Saturday.  Rucker star of Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and Why Did I Get Married Too took part in a Blog Talk Radio interview with students of the Talbot County Family Connection and addressed the Talbotton Community at a community forum.

“Lamman was a huge hit,” said Dot Bass Executive Director of the Talbot County Family Connection, “Talbotton has a population of just over six thousand.  We are two hours from a major airport.  For an actor of Lamman’s celebrity to spend time with our scholars, it speaks volumes of his commitment to empowering under served youth.  Our students will take his sound, common sense advice and it will help shape their lives forever.”

Rucker who holds a Masters in Education and Curriculum Development encouraged the students to aggressively pursue their education and to never be ashamed of their background.

“Everybody is important.  Everybody has something to give,” said Rucker during the student Blog Talk Radio Interview.  “A part of growing up in this international world is understanding and being prepared and having tools to adapt outside of the small environment that you may have come from.  That’s what education is all about”

While Rucker is best recognized as Mr. Brown’s clean-cut nephew Will and Jill Scott’s hero Officer Troy, he is gaining a reputation as an advocate for youth empowerment.  He is a founding member of The Black Gents of Hollywood an organization that not only provides guidance to African American men in Hollywood, it also provides life skills outreach to young men in the inner cities of Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC.  The Black Gents are currently running a successful off Broadway production of Layon Gray’s historical drama Black Angels over Tuskegee about the life of Tuskegee Airmen.

Rucker also serves on the board of the Good Ground Good Life/ANDIYAH Foundation a Washington, DC based non-profit that provides mentoring and internship opportunities for students in sports, entertainment and media.

Listeners can hear the Blog Talk Radio interview on May 5, 2010, by logging on to http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ANDIYAH.

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