{"id":5731,"date":"2012-09-13T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T17:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2014-01-25T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T23:10:07","slug":"globetrotting-alum-contributes-to-a-doggone-good-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=5731","title":{"rendered":"Globetrotting alum contributes to a doggone good cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019re in Baltimore any time soon,\u00a0 don\u2019t be surprised to see Harlem Globetrotter and Class of 2005 alumnus Derick \u201cDizzy\u201d Grant<\/strong> and his dog, Saber, looking down on you from a billboard, or staring back at you from the side of a bus shelter. Grant was one of a handful of celebrities and athletes who were photographed with their pets as part of the city\u2019s \u201cShow Your Soft Side\u201d campaign, which is aimed at curbing the incidence of animal abuse among the city\u2019s teens.<\/p>\n

According to officials from the mayor\u2019s Anti-Animal Abuse Advisory Commission, many recent acts of animal cruelty in the city were perpetrated by teens, who often \u201cview the maiming and torturing of defenseless dogs and cats as a sign of \u2018toughness\u2019 or \u2018manhood.\u2019\u201d The campaign sought to change that mind-set by letting young people know it is OK to have a \u201csoft side\u201d when it comes to animals.<\/p>\n

Other celebrities who took part in the campaign included Orioles\u2019 centerfielder Adam Jones, Ravens\u2019 linebacker Jarret Johnson, and rocker Tommy Lee.<\/p>\n

According to Sande Riesett of Outlaw Media, the firm that did the creative work for the \u201cShow Your Soft Side\u201d campaign, Grant was on tour with the Globetrotters when the photo shoots took place in Baltimore. So Grant, at his own expense, scheduled his own shoot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a guy who isn\u2019t from Baltimore, doesn\u2019t live in Baltimore, and yet went out of his way to help,\u201d said Riesett. \u201cNeedless to say, we are big fans!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Derick \u201cDizzy\u201d Grant was one of a handful of celebrities and athletes who were photographed with their pets as part of Baltimore’s \u201cShow Your Soft Side\u201d campaign, which is aimed at curbing the incidence of animal abuse among the city\u2019s teens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-september-2012","category-lions-roar","category-on-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}