Article: 'Be Someone' Founder Orrin 'Checkmate' Hudson Launches 50-State Tour to Teach Youth How to Make the Right Moves.

ATLANTA, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Orrin "Checkmate" Hudson, Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization Be Someone, is embarking on a nationwide tour to show America's at-risk youth how to make better decisions in school and in life. His tool of choice: a chessboard. His goal: to foster self-esteem, responsibility, and analytical thinking skills to help kids become successful adults.

Inspired by Dr. Estes Taplin, superintendent of the City of Baker School System in Louisiana, about the need to teach children to think critically, Hudson decided to go on a nationwide tour starting with the City of Baker School System, in which the best-performing ...

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