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INITIATIVES

The Diamond Brotherhood

As an initiative of the Mordecai Brown Legacy Foundation, the Diamond Brotherhood is organized to foster interest in baseball and promote baseball activities. We recognize that by creating positive life- building opportunities through baseball, we are ensuring a stable influence in the development of better players as well as better citizens for the future.

During the winter of 1912, Brown released his vision for the Mordecai Brown School of Baseball, later to be the Diamond Brotherhood. The program was designed to promote not only the art and excellence of athletics, but that of life skills also. The concept was instrumental in providing what Brown stated as, “Self-reliance, independence, ability to think, to judge between right and wrong, to act promptly upon a decision. These benefits are apparent not only on the baseball diamond, but in the business world, in the school room, as well as in the social world and home.”

The Diamond Brotherhood stands as a model for community engagement, generating financial and voluntary contributions as well as activity resources, to make lasting improvements in the world of sports. By selecting strategic sporting, athletic and educational resources, the Diamond Brotherhood emphasizes the mental, physical, and technical aspects of each sport, while focusing on developing the individual into an integral member of society and an effective leader in their own community.

7th & Cherry Publishing​

Mordecai Brown became acquainted with writing and publishing in 1913 with the help of Chicago newspaper magnate, W.D. Boyce. Brown authored How To Pitch Curves, an instructional series for baseball and life skills. Over one hundred years later, Mordecai’s writing debut publications are still sought for their wealth of insight and historical value.

Named for the Terre Haute, Indiana location of Three Finger Brown’s office of operation during the latter part of his life, 7th & Cherry Publishing is an initiative of the Mordecai Brown Legacy Foundation. 7th & Cherry Publishing will produce new titles and annotated historical reprints, as well as offer networking connectivity for aspiring writers and illustrators.

As part of our mission, we assist young, under-resourced and under-served authors and artists to help improve their ability to envision, produce and publish their literary dream. We do so by creating mentoring opportunities with the goal of publishing books, graphic novels, sequential art, and related works, to help the author/artist launch their dream in their chosen expression.

In providing direction and inspiration to our graphic arts authors and artists, the sequential art division of 7th & Cherry Publishing maintains a visual reference library of publications and figure models.

Faith & Fellowship Book Festival

In the spirit of connection that the Mordecai Brown Legacy Foundation encourages and promotes, the Faith & Fellowship Book Festival is a partner initiative of MBLF. This online festival features authors and nationally known speakers from various inspirational genres and enables readers to participate through Q&A and interactive activities.

The festival is held in early November and presents the annual Angel Book Awards. More information can be found at www.ffbookfestival.com

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