Dewey Bozella (born 1959) is a former amateur boxer who is best known for being imprisoned for a conviction which was eventually overturned. Convicted in 1983 for the murder of an elderly woman, Bozella served 26 years in prison before his conviction was overturned in 2009. Bozella had previously served nearly three years in prison for attempted robbery.
On October 28, 2009, after being released from custody, Bozella began working with youths at a local gym in Newburgh, New York. At the gym, which is now closed, he worked with teenagers teaching them about boxing and about the dangers of joining gangs. He frequently visits various organizations to deliver speeches about his life experiences. Bozella is a frequent sight at New York City area boxing cards.
Bozella currently lives in Fishkill, New York with his wife, Trena. While accepting an award in 2011, he told an ESPN reporter that he still dreamed of having at least one professional fight one day. In 2011, boxing champion Bernard Hopkins helped Bozella’s dream come true.
About the Little Baby Face Foundation:
The Little Baby Face Foundation (LBFF) transforms the lives of children born with facial deformities through corrective surgery.
World-class surgeons and medical providers at the finest facilities in NYC volunteer their time to provide the best corrective surgery and medical care to children and their families who are in financial need worldwide. We arrange travel to and from New York City for children to undergo needed corrective surgical procedures at no expense to the patient or their families.
Since our founding by Dr. Thomas Romo III and co-founder Lauralouise Duffy-Blatt in 2002, more than 250 children born with facial deformities have had their lives transformed with help from the LBFF.
About the I Have a Dream Foundation:
The “I Have A Dream” Foundation is working to ensure that all children have the opportunity to pursue higher education. We empower children in low-income communities to achieve higher education by providing them with guaranteed tuition support and equipping them with the skills, knowledge, and habits they need to gain entry to higher education and succeed in college and beyond.
By helping our Dreamers gain access to college, we are putting them on a different academic and life trajectory, while having a broader impact on the students’ families and the generations that follow.
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World Liberty was on hand at the I Have a Dream Foundation’s 30thAnniversary Spirit of The Dream Gala. See some of the people who were honored for their contribution to this wonderful organization.
Dr. Adal M. Hussain, PhD. (AKA Dr. Abbey), founder of Humanitarians of the World Inc., has the following credentials as a humanitarian:
• Sorvino, Merkin Concert Hall, Lincoln Centre, New York, NY – 12/22/03.
• Slumberettes Humanitarian of the Year Award, presented by Slumberettes President Donna LaRosa and Actor VinnyVella (Sopranos) – 02/01/05.
• Humanitarian and Journalist Award presented by United Nations Delegates and Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, at United Nations, New York, NY – 02/17/04.
Proclamations from U.S. Politicians, including U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, Congressman Joseph Crowley, State Senator Kevin Parker, NYS Comptroller Alan Hevesi, NYS Assemblyman Ivan Lafayette, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NYC Comptroller William Thompson Jr., Former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, Former Queens Borough President Claire Schulman, Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr., District 40 Councilwoman Yvette Clarke, District 23 Councilman David Weprin, 25th District Councilwoman Helen Sears, Public Advocate Betsy Gothbaum.
Over an additional 250 awards internationally received for humanitarian work done throughout the world.
Dr. Abbey made a keynote speech at the United Nations, in regarding helping children around the world. Take a look at his aspiring speech.
Dale T. Irvin is the eleventh President of New York Theological Seminary and Professor of World Christianity. He was elected to this position by the Seminary’s Board of Trustees on July 19, 2006 after serving as Acting President since January 1, 2006, and his permanent appointment became effective on August 1.
Previously, he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean of the Seminary and is a long-time member of the Seminary’s Faculty. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1981) and Union Theological Seminary in New York (Ph.D., 1989), he has been a member of the New York Theological Seminary Faculty since 1989.
He is the co-author with Scott W. Sunquist of History of the World Christian Movement, a two-volume project that is being written with a consulting team of more than 50 scholars from around the world and published by Orbis Books of Maryknoll, NY. Volume 1, Earliest Christianity to 1453, is now in its fifth printing. Dr. Irvin’s previous books include Christian Histories, Christian Traditioning: Rendering Accounts (Orbis Books, 1998), and The Agitated Mind of God: The Theology of Kosuke Koyama (Orbis Books, 1996), which he edited with Akintunde E. Akinda. His articles have appeared in a number of journals, among them Christianity Today, The Ecumenical Review and The Journal of Pentecostal Studies.
Dr. Irvin has held visiting or adjunct appointments at the University of Uppsala, Sweden; Drew University Theological School; Union Theological Seminary, New York; Wake Forest University Divinity School; New Brunswick Theological Seminary; and Regent University School of Divinity. He is currently the Executive Vice President and member of the Editorial Board of The Living Pulpit, a highly acclaimed journal for preaching. He is also a regular teacher and preacher in churches throughout the New York City region. An ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches USA, he is a member of The Riverside Church in New York City.
Watch Mr. Hussain become Dr. Adal M. Hussain, Phd., receiving a PhD from Dr. Angel Gonzalez, For Social Services and Humanity. President of the Inter-American University. You will also see more people around the world receiving their degrees as well.
