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What: Ramses’ Soul Glow Skills Stretch™: Celebrity Football & Dance Camp
When: June 20, 2015
Who: Ages 8-18, Boys & Girls, All skill levels
Where: Flintridge Prep School 4510 Hampton Road, La Canada CA 91011 (Near Pasadena & Los Angeles)
How: $75 Football Camp/ $35 Dance Camp http://ramsessoulglow.ticketleap.com/
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Why: Master Multiple Skill-sets while Stretching ONE!!!

#RDV: “Stretching introduces the mind to the body…[and everything else].” – R. Barden

Hometown hero and vegan SuperBowl XLVI Champion Ramses Barden returns to Southern California for inaugural SOUL GLOW ~ Skills Stretch™ celebrity camp combing FOOTBALL & DANCE to beautiful La Canada venue with celebrity instruction from elite professional entertainers and athletes. Ramses has long shared his time and talents with a list of charitable causes for celebrities and civilians alike. From Victor Cruz to Play 60 to Big Brother-Big Sister and local community organizations like #Hashtag Lunchbag. Ramses has always had a heart for sharing and is finally bringing his own initiative back to Altadena/Pasadena to share his time, talents, and unique perceptive as an elite performer, motivator, and ambassador. Ramses’ Soul Glow Skills Stretch™: Celebrity Football/Dance Camp is the inaugural installation of an annual series drawing from the truth that the human body’s versatility allows one to enhance one skill-set while practicing another. Camp structure includes to simultaneous but overlapping football & dance clinics ran by a formidable team of celebrity coaches.

Features: Celebrity/Professional Coaching, Dance competition/performance, Football scrimmage, Swagbags, Mystery Game, Celebrity Talks Q&A forum, and guarantees every participant will do an activity they’ve never done before.

Celebrities Instructors Confirmed: Odell Beckham Jr. NFL Rookie of the Year, Reggie Bush Heisman Trophy WInner/SB Champion/NCAA Champion, Darrin Dewitt Henson MTV Award Winning Choreographer/ Soul Food/Stomp the Yard, Dominque “DiMonae” Harris T-Boz’s ATLA & professional dancer, Aeriél Miranda Pretty Little Liars & N.W.A. Movie, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila NFL Network Anchor/ American Ninja Warrior, Terrell Thomas SB Champion, DJ Kiss the Hottest Kid DJ, Kevon Seymour USC cornerback, Thomas Williams NFL Entrepreneur, Keith Rivers Cowboys 7yr NFL vet, and others.

Celebs Invited: Russell Westbrook, DeAndre Jordan, Lisa Leslie, Marcellus Wiley, Keyshawn Johnson, Mya, Christina Milian, Jordin Sparks, Nick Young, Ron Finley, and others.

Proceeds will disburse amongst numerous local and national charity initiatives who have proven to employ a compassionate hands-on style of giving back. (each receiving a minimum $1000 donation.)

Clinic:
Football –Agility, Scrimmage, Multi-position work, and Coaching from Professional athletes AND  Celebrity entertainers.
Dance – Choreography and Celebrity hands-on instruction from the countries best dancers and National Award winning choreographers. Dance off Competition!
Parents – Free Campus Tour of Top-Ranked School, Washington Post.
ALL PARTICIPANTS get a Ramses’ Soul Glow Skills Stretch swagbag.
First Come =First Served. Group rates available.
****Both Football & Dance participants will get a taste of Dance & Football****
Ages 8-18, ALL ability welcomed
Q&A Insight Forum – “Celebrity TALKS Teaching Summit”
Whole Food Served!
MYSTERY GAME!!!!

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        I know you all are marveling at my catchy and original title, haha. Spending 5 years (and counting) playing professional football on the east coast really helps me appreciate home every time I land at LAX or Burbank. For the last few weeks all my friends have been complaining of the persistent heat wave that was consistent with the disruption of a seasonal storm. While I felt for them, because of the unusual heat, I wasn’t as empathetic as normal, because despite my safe haven, I was left jealous from the extended winter we survived in Buffalo. Often when I land in Southern California, and not too distracted by rush-hour traffic, I am enamored by the mountains and the vast scenery available from vantage of any Los Angeles freeway. This time was no different, as I marveled at the shaded brown and green marbling foothills upholding the southern region like a backbone. When I got home to Altadena, I could hardly put my bag down before I raced into the backyard, nearly tripping on the door panels to see our new family garden flourishing with the fruits of our labor. When I left for Buffalo, the adolescent garden was still deciding whether or not it wanted to take us seriously, but thanks to the blood, sweat, and mud of my Parents while I was away, we had a plethora of zucchini, cucumber, tomatoes, collards, string beans, swiss chard, beets and even a watermelon upon my return. Safe to say that I didn’t have to worry about rush-hour getting to the grocery store (too corny to erase).

         The harvest was impressive, but I was happiest with my Pops dedication to the work. He probably wouldn’t even call it work, considering all the fun he seems to find soaking up the essence of Mother Earth. Seriously, it made me feel good he was able to find an enjoyable pastime why my mom and I are out of town with our jobs. I felt/feel a great peace of mind knowing that I don’t need to be home all the time when I am in town.

Summer is the time most athletes with charitable foundations reconnect with the organizations in which they are passionate and spend some real time availing themselves to those causes. As someone without a traditional charity in my own name, I take pride in assisting the efforts of close friend and teammates. JJ Newman (I call him Jimmy-Jam) hosted his annual charity weekend in Wheeling, West Virginia. JJ’s played professional baseball for a number of years, most notably with the New York Mets. The foundation supports a variety of disenfranchised children in the West Virginia area. Unfortunately, this year the weather in Wheeling did not permit us to have a usual celebrity softball game and a home run derby. So this year we steered onto the hardwood to play a celebrity basketball game at a nearby boys home. The weather turned out to be a gift in disguise. We connected with the children on a level like never before. Organizing the teams so the youth could actually play with the celebrities made them feel much more involved in the entire experience. The kids really lost themselves in the game. It didn’t feel like a forced interaction like so many of these events can. I am proud to have been involved. We have also decided to incorporate an annual basketball game next year into the normal festivities to guarantee that the children involved, get unadulterated access to the ‘celebrity’ participants.

During our 5 years together with the New York Giants, Terrell Thomas has become somewhat of a peer mentor to me. Terrell (T2) has been a consummate professional since my arrival to the Giants in 2009. He has never hesitated to share with me nuances I could harness to improve skill sets and stay in the league. T2 has a very inspiring story as he has recovered from 3 separate ACL injuries, a pitfall once deemed career-ending and life-compromising. But the determination and commitment to success by the likes of Terrell Thomas and others have proved that even the most treacherous gridiron casualties can be overcome.

         It was and will continue to be my pleasure in assisting T2 with his yearly Dream Big football skills camp. His camp is every Summer in Fontana, California, where the focus is teaching the campers about football from the perspective of experts who have mastered the game, however the biggest emphasis lies in the question-answer session that concludes each camp. This panel interview session allows student-athletes the first hand insight on how to conduct themselves in order to achieve success in whichever path they’ve created for themselves. And of course, I ALWAYS find a way to sprinkle a tidbit of my Holistic Lifestyle, a message for which I am very passionate.

One of my more memorable experiences in the last couple years was my Jersey Retirement Ceremony for my High School football jersey. For those who don’t know, I went to Flintridge Prep in La Cañada, just outside Altadena and Pasadena. Played 4 different sports and achieved ALL-CIF in all of them, and earned ALL-State honors in basketball.I also made honor roll few times which was hardly easy at that school. Flintridge is ranked a Top 10 private school in America by The Washington Post. I would only don #11 during my tenure at Prep because my lifelong attachment to prime digit. I am unworthy yet grateful and honored to be recognized as a man acknowledged for commitment to a foggy dream.

The ceremony was particularly special for me because we spent a substantial deal of time honoring the late Tom Fry, one of my football coaches and teachers, and more importantly an impactful mentor for my growth as a man. It took Fry’s laid back, but sarcastic demeanor to transform obscure ideas into common sense concepts that broadened and sharpened my view of the world and its relation to me.

It was humbling to see the level of appreciation Prep has for its students and its desire to remain a supporting figure in our lives. My allegiance to the Flintrigde Prep Rebels is strong and I am grateful for the massive growth experienced onto the grounds of such an open-minded campus. Special thanks to Alex Rivera, Doña Kim, Tony Harrison, Coach O’hara, Coach Beattie, Coach Moran, Mr. Higopian, Peter Bachman, Mr. Russo, and a host of great teachers and, friends, and leaders in the world community.

A Meet and Greet was held with 3 Buffalo Bills players at the Hilton Garden Inn in NOTL. Proceeds from the event will be used to support the Walker Living Campus at Woodend for the DSBN. Vanessa Verworn reports.

http://www.dsbn.org/woodend/

Posted: May 19, 2014 04:10:14 PM    |   Last updated: May 19, 2014 04:10:14 PM  Category: Health  http://www.chch.com/bills-ramses-barden-veganism/ Tags: buffalo bills, Ramses Barden, vegan   He’s a pro athlete, but the Buffalo Bills’ Ramses Barden isn’t your meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. He and Bob Dick, organizer of the Bills’ meet-and-greet are here to tell us about the vegan lifestyle and how to balance mind, body and nutrition.

On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver (Costner) has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines between his personal and professional life become blurred on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with dreams of playing in the NFL. (c) Lionsgate ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/)

http://draftdaythemovie.com/

John Murphy Show with Ramses Barden

The newest Bills wide receiver joins John Murphy to talk about his time with the Giants and his opportunity with Buffalo.

Recognize this building? #1600

         As you can see, Afrika has many names and many stories. Often the biggest plague to the condition of certain parts of the continent is the story told, “History vs. OUR-story.” While all renditions of the world’s richest continent have relevance, sometimes we find that a colonizing group’s propensity to tell the story of another People can compromise the foundation and customs on which great civilizations were built, leaving little to no evidence of their existence in contemporary times, further alienating those People from self-worth, knowing no memory of pivotal contributions to today’s thriving civilization.

         As you can tell, I get passionate when it comes to indigenous peoples throughout the world in the land with which they identify themselves. The beauty of this trip was that it was devoid of any geopolitical motives or war-torn areas, or any unrest whatsoever, at least to my amateur eyes. My trip to Malawi and South Afraka was caressed in a beauty I find difficult to describe in words. My girlfriend and I were invited by ex-football player turned economic guru and global ambassador, Jack Brewer. Jack has a number of relationships with several countries, traveling the world, encouraging economic growth and community health through youth sports. He has also built schools in certain countries. He is a mentor and a worthy hero in his own right. (http://brewersports.com/ )

         The official purpose of the trip was to give out several hundred soccer balls in Malawi, setup hearing aides to for children who had never before heard in their lives, and visit with the Mandela and Banda (Malawi President) families, also witnessing another futbol match versus Brazil. Each of these things was achieved, and was paradigm shifting in and of themselves; I am very proud to have played a role. However, none of these experiences came close to that first day we spent in the Lilongwe village.

          We arrived to the small town just outside Lilongwe. To see the entire village, waiting for us before beginning an enormous futbol match, welcome us with radiant hearts, I could not help but to weep. I cried for the dissonance of 600 years in a matter of minutes. The feelings that flowed through me covered the spectrum of human emotions. I even felt guilty crying as if I had too much privilege in my life to be deserving of tears, but those feelings dissipated as I wept for the overwhelming embrace of a people reunited. When I arose from a soaked seat placed shamefully in the shaded bleachers, I was unanimously offered a place within the hearts of these spiritually advanced people. Their way of life was so humbling and matter-of-fact. It was as if they were incapable of fathoming the dissension We the western world project across the globe. It was as if the tone of their native tongue echoed the theme of one of my favorite Lauryn Hill renditions, “It could all be so simple, but you’d rather make it hard.”