{"id":22217,"date":"2011-04-08T00:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T04:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=22217"},"modified":"2011-04-08T00:30:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T04:30:32","slug":"how-finding-my-roots-changed-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=22217","title":{"rendered":"A Man From Another Land: How finding my roots changed my life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Immigrant Magazine proudly announces the debut of <strong>\u201cA Man From Another Land:\u00a0 How Finding My Roots Changed My Life,\u201d <\/strong>a book authored by award-winning actor\/philanthropist Isaiah Washington and Lavaille Lavette.\u00a0 The book chronicles Washington\u2019s journey to discovering his maternal ancestry to the Mende and Temne people of Sierra Leone, West Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A VIP cover reveal and book signing is scheduled for <strong>Friday, April 8, 2011, at 8:00 p.m.<\/strong> The location is the exclusive Oasis Prime Rib\u00a0 Restaurant in\u00a0 Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Washington, the first African American to be granted dual citizenship based solely on DNA testing, will be available for interviews and to discuss how this experience has changed his life.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve found home and discovered my life\u2019s purpose,\u201d said Washington.\u00a0 \u201cMy life has changed drastically.\u00a0 I realize that all of my experiences have led me to this time and place to fulfill this destiny \u2013 to be a warrior for my people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will share the trials and triumphs associated with the pursuit of this new-found passion.\u00a0 Since his discovery, Washington founded The Gondobay Manga Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the lives of the people of Sierra Leone, through education, healthcare and economic development.\u00a0 He is also committed to improving the lives of mankind worldwide.\u00a0 Washington has vowed to spend the rest of his life educating the world about the science and the blessing of DNA testing, which he said is the answer to a lot of humanity\u2019s social ills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Venue: <\/strong><strong>Oasis Prime Rib\u00a0 Restaurant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3310 West   Manchester Boulevard<br \/>\nInglewood, CA 90305-2322<br \/>\n(310) 677-1337<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Date: 04-08-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> 8pm prompt<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Immigrant Magazine proudly announces the debut of \u201cA Man From Another Land:\u00a0 How Finding My Roots Changed My Life,\u201d a book authored by award-winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[745,1],"tags":[7832,2541,2542,5492],"class_list":["post-22217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-and-entertainment","category-uncategorized","tag-dna-testing","tag-gondobay-manga-foundation","tag-isaiah-washington","tag-sierra-leone-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}