Chicago, IL, April 20, 2012--

WHEN:  April 22, 2012 during worship service, Q&A to follow

WHO:  Pastor Corey Brooks of New Beginnings Church,
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Rabbi Michael Siegel, Representatives from Perkins+Wills, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Leo Burnett (invited guest)

WHERE: New Beginnings Church of Chicago,
6620 S. Martin Luther King Dr.

WHY: Pastor Corey Brooks to announce a walk across America to raise $15million in 94 days to fund Project Hood Community Center in Woodlawn.

Known as the Rooftop Preacher; Rev. Corey Brooks has been lauded by Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a man of God who not only “talks the talk, but walks the walk.” This description of the man who spent 94 days atop the roof of an abandoned motel in the dead of a Chicago winter is even more apropos given his next endeavor. The Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago and the visionary behind Project H.O.O.D. (Helping Others Obtain Destiny) will take to the road BY FOOT June 5, 2012.

Woodlawn and Englewood...