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Come and meet John Amaechi @ Central Library
« on: 16:58:12, 09/02/09 »
Hi everyone
John Amaechi will be speaking at Central Library this Wednesday at 6pm. It's a free event and everyone is welcome. John was the UK’s first NBA superstar and played pro-basketball for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets. He scored the first points of the new millenium - and was the first NBA player to ‘come out’ as a gay man.

Now ‘retired’, John supports a wide range of causes, including LGBT issues, cultural diversity, literacy and child welfare.  Getting children involved in sport and helping them to be the best they can be is his passion: his ABC Foundation funded the Amaechi Basketball Centre in Whalley Range and he is an ambassador for London 2012.

Central Library, Committee Room, Wednesday 11 February, 6pm