Mayor Michael Vargas
November 9, 2022Ms. Hui-Lien Wu
November 9, 2022Mr. Orrin Hudson
Mr. Orrin Hudson
Facts
KAILASA Dharma Rakshana Social Justice Om Award March 20, 2022
Affiliation at the time of award: Former Alabama state trooper, Air Force veteran, and world renowned chess champion
Country: United States
Work
Mr. Orrin Hudson is the author of the #1 Amazon best seller, One Move at a Time, How to Win at Chess and Life. He is a captivating speaker/facilitator and is the founder of 'Be Someone', a Georgia-based nonprofit which provides a youth-focused leadership skills development program on how to win in life using the game of chess.
Mr. Hudson has traveled across America successfully providing his unique, exciting and engaging curriculum to over 55,000 young people. Support for the organization has included Jane Fonda, Tyler Perry, Steve Harvey as well as other celebrities. He has also appeared on Good Morning America, the CBS Early Morning Show, CNN, FOX & Friends and has been on the cover of the world’s largest chess magazine, Chess Life and People. Hudson and his Be Someone organization has also been featured on The Tom Joyner Morning Show, in USA Today, Essence Magazine, Sports Illustrated for Teens, Jet, Black Enterprise and Time Magazine for Kids.
Hudson’s ultimate vision is to serve one million at-risk students using his motivating mantra: “Get Your Heads-Up!!, Pants-Up! and Grades-Up!, and most of all, to “Never Give Up! – No Matter What!”