Everyone says, "Something Needs to be Done!!!"

     It is time to stop talking about it, to stop bickering and pointing fingers. It is time to come together to rid our inner cities – and in fact, our nation – of this division; this emotionally explosive and divisive situation...

     It is time to actually do something (other than raise awareness), to stop the killing, the suffering, the hopelessness, and the abject fear on all sides of these issues...

     I think that professional athletes can and will play a major role in transforming our inner cities...

I believe they will not want to miss this opportunity to do more than merely have a platform for publicity...

I believe they will want to join us, here at the GNZ to make a difference...

     I believe they will wholeheartedly join in the endeavor to be a large part of solving the problems of inner-city violence, police profiling, and the lack of quality educational opportunities available in our inner cities.

     Who among us does not appreciate the dedication, the commitment, the drive, the determination, the greatness of Elite Professional Athletes?

     Name a community, a city, an environment, that is not positively and greatly impacted by their presence, if only fleetingly at championship competitions and individual promotional events...

     What if they became regularly involved with the men and women of our inner cities?

     What if the storyline of every news outlet depicted real footage of Professional Athletes, World Champion Athletes, and Police interacting with the inner city inhabitants in staged events; in seminars, in recreational exercises and educational disciplines...

     Continual and Frequent Interaction breeds Familiarity... Familiarity breeds Understanding... Understanding breeds Love... and Love Conquers All...

     Here at the GNZ, we believe that everyone will embrace the chance to rectify the general hopelessness of those enduring our inner city circumstances and the unwillingness of people to do anything about it –– to actually do something truly meaningful to provide a way out of this seemingly perpetual social dilemma; to remember our nation's truly forgotten and abandoned men and women.

     Everyone includes the U.S. President, All Politicians, and the Governors and Mayors of the individual States and Cities, as well as Police, Detectives, Concerned Citizens and Local, State, and Federal Governments...

     We believe they will be unable to sit idly by and resist the opportunity to rid our innocent citizens of ravaging hopelessness, frustration, despair, and inequality of opportunities.

     We believe they will be unable to resist having a hand in providing the training that will not only bring hope and love to those that have only dismal options, but will also help to solve the insufficiency in workforce skills that plague the nation...

     We believe they cannot fail to want to take part in healing the breach between citizenry and police.

     We do not think anyone can – in good conscience – sit out the opportunity to be a part of stemming the tide of violence, and intractability, suffered by victims, perpetrators, and innocent bystanders alike...

     We do not think they can continue to allow personal differences to block their mutual concern and stated desire to be a part of the solution that brings the umbrella of humane standards to cover fully those that – for too long – have been awash in the raging storms inherent to those trapped by circumstance, callous indifference, and the lack of options.   

     But someone has to start the turning of the tides...

JOIN US WON'T YOU???