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>> IT'S A BLESSING FOR ME TO BE HERE FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.
I THANK GOD FOR BEING HERE BECAUSE AT THE AGE OF 19 I TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS OF MY TWO GRANDMOTHERS, OTHER MAMA AND BOBO, THAT I'M
HERE TONIGHT.
I THANK MY MOTHER WHO HAD A BIPOLAR DISORDER, BUT SHE KNEW WHO TO CALL AND THAT WAS MY
GRANDMOTHERS.
I'M THANKFUL TO MY WIFE, JACQUELINE K.
DAVIS-GILMORE, IN HOUSTON TEXAS, WHO PUTS UP WITH MY PTSD.
THEN I'VE GOT ROBERT McKINLEY GILMORE JR.
SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
STAND UP, ROBERT JR.
HE'S A PRODUCER HERE.
AND I'M GRATEFUL.
OUR MESSAGE IS THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE WHITE HOUSE CALL, THE CONFERENCE ON MENTAL
HEALTH, WITH A WAKE-UP CALL.
WE'RE IN A NATIONAL CALL IN AMERICA.
WE MUST ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION AND THOSE WHO ARE IN DENIAL
THAT IT IS NOT REAL.
ALL THE INCIDENTS YOU SAW LAST WEEK, THOSE IN VIRGINIA, THOSE IN NEW ORLEANS, THOSE IN
CHICAGO, ARE A REFLECTION OF THE ABNORMALITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE SOME SICK PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREETS, BUT THERE ARE SOME SICK PEOPLE WHO ARE
IN ELECTED POSITIONS WHO WILL NOT DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
WE HAVE SOME IN TEXAS.
AND SO THIS AWARD AND OUR CALL, THE "HOPE AFTER PROJECT," GO ON LINE WWW.HOPE AFTER .ORG,
GET ONE OF THE BOOKS FREE, A MILLION COPIES.
AND TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP.
WAKE UP.
PRAYER AT ALL IS NOT ENOUGH.
SOME OF US NEED THERAPY.
IT'S A BLESSING.