Destined
for
GREATNESS by Felecia Goldsmith
If you haven’t started, you still have time for the Cleveland Reads Citywide Reading Challenge. The goal is for the entire city of Cleveland to collectively read 1,000,000 books and/ or read 1,000,000 minutes in 2023. City residents are encouraged to sign up for this program. I would suggest reading the book, The Seeds of Greatness Are Within You: A Memoir by Wayne Dawson and co-author Deante Young. Recently, I had the honor to sit down with Dawson and Young to discuss their new book during a Black History Month celebration and one of many book signing events at the Willoughby Hills Public Library. The book published in November 2022, as Wayne Dawson reflected on and celebrated more than 40 years at Fox 8 News. Perhaps motivational speaker and trainer Zig Ziglar said it best, “You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.” I was truly amazed by their humbleness, passion and their down to earth interaction with the audience. If you didn’t already know, Dawson is a legendary Fox 8 Newscaster and Anchor; 11time Emmy winner; Pastor of Grace Tabernacle Baptist Church; Dawson Foundation co-chair and founder with his brother, East Cleveland Judge William Dawson; husband to his lovely wife LaVerne of 25 years; father of four amazing children and grandfather of eight. This is what the industry and his peers say who he is, but when I asked who is he, his humility and humbleness immediately shines through. bpacf.org | 37