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CNN Hero Calls for One Million Voices to Shout Tell Me No I Dare You

Who: Scott Silverman is the Founder and Executive Director of San Diego-based Second Chance, a non-profit human services agency that creates opportunities for self-efficiency by providing job readiness training, employment placement, and affordable housing and life skills for homeless and unemployed men, women and youth. Silverman is a CNN Hero Award recipient and the City of San Diego honored him by selecting February 19th as Scott Silverman Day for his contributions in the community.

What: By visiting Amazon.com on Dec 3 and purchasing Silverman'ss book ($15, Amazon.com), Tell Me No, I Dare You: A Guide to Living a Heroic Life, readers will have the chance to directly improve the lives of numerous out-of-work and homeless persons living in San Diego. A dollar of every book sold will go to Second Chance. Moreover, the reader will be given the knowhow and tools they need to become a hero in their own lives. By presenting how he learned to help himself and countless others, by taking personal challenges and turning them into strengths, Silverman essentially gives the reader a blueprint on how to unearth their inner hero. With the economy in a tailspin and record high unemployment rates, Silverman'ss motivational message offers the reader a deeper look into the mechanisms of helping ourselves and highlights the reality of what happens if we allow the no'ss of others keep us down.

Where: Readers can purchase the book for $15 at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Tell-Me-No-Dare-You/dp/1439202737/

Why: A dollar of every book sold will go to Second Chance, directly impacting the San Diego community by helping individuals to find jobs and affordable housing. Silverman hopes that the campaign will draw awareness to the pressing economic hardships felt by the homeless and economically disadvantaged.

When: Log onto Amazon.com on December 3 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Advance Praise for Tell Me No, I Dare You!

's8230;.shows us the power that each of us has to transform the no of the moment into the yes for a lifetime.

--San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders

This account of how one determined man has helped countless people transform from victims into productive members of society will touch your heart and melt away your cynicism.

--Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager's174; and The One Minute Entrepreneur's8482;

Read this book! We can all turn around our lives - and the lives of others - if we follow this example.

--Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times best-selling author of What Got You Here Won'st Get You There, the Harold Longman Award winner as Best Business Book of 2007.

About Scott H. Silverman

Scott H. Silverman is the Executive Director and Founder of Second Chance, a human services agency based in San Diego. Over the past 15 years, Second Chance has assisted more than 24,000 economically disadvantaged and homeless persons to gain employment and leave poverty, gang affiliations and crime. Silverman is both locally and nationally recognized as a leader in the field of workforce development and social entrepreneurship. Silverman is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including recently being named CNN Hero of the Week and the City of San Diego honored him by selecting February 19th as Scott Silverman Day for his contributions in the community. He is the author of the book, Tell Me No, I Dare You! and is an in demand leadership speaker.

For more information please visit, www.scotthsilverman.com

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