Dreams, Fairy Tales and Miracles: Inspiring New Book by Kerry Daigle

Louisiana/October 2 - On October 25, renowned Author, Speaker, Boxing Promoter a proud Cajun from Opelousas, Louisiana, Kerry Daigle is releasing his inspiring book "Dreams, Fairy Tales and Miracles (Things I Learned About Success from Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw Daigle that You Won't Learn at Harvard or Yale)". A book of poignant, insightful and sometimes amusing stories of Daigle's grandparents and their words of wisdom, Dreams, Fairy Tales and Miracles has something for everyone looking for inspiration to succeed, whether in sports, business, or their personal lives. A living testament to the power of its message, Daigle used the lessons he learned from his grandparents to become the ultimate Renaissance man. A successful entrepreneur since 1965, he runs a number of thriving businesses, which take him around the world, from Australia to the United Kingdom and throughout the United States and Canada. "Dreams, Fairy Tales, and Miracles conveys his (Daigle's) personal journey and how he followed that advice from Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw Daigle. And now he shares this goldmine with us. A 'must-read!'" said Richard C. Boronow, MD and Clinical Professor of Gynaecology, Emeritus at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Because of the way it talks about how to maximize your potential in a simple and inspirational manner, Dreams, Fairy Tales and Miracles is ideal for sharing with family, friends, and business associates and can also be put to great use by corporations for salespeople, customer service, marketing, and public relations staff. The book contains a foreword written by well-known sports television announcer Dave Bontempo. "I like Kerry's win-win approach, his role of kingmaker, and his quest to unearth the best in human nature," said Bontempo. "But that's not all. It's also because this book mirrors qualities anyone would respect: modest roots, tenacity, and dreaming big but retaining perspective. I believe that holding on to one's friendly qualities, as Kerry has, is important. Congeniality in a dog-eat-dog world is a badge of class." Dreams, Fairy Tales, and Miracles is available in paperback and runs 128 pages. The book is available for pre-order now. It is priced at $9.95 ($10.95 after October 1, 2012). Incredible bulk discounts are being offered until October 1. The book will be out October 25th. Learn more at www.dreamsfairytales.com. To read Dave Bontempo's foreword, click here (http://www.kmdteam.com/foreword.html).

Former MMA Fighter and Award-Winning Author Cameron Conaway Combats Human Trafficking Abroad

BANGKOK,  –September 26, 2012 –  Cameron Conaway, an award-winning author and former MMA fighter who once trained under Renzo Gracie, is now fighting an epic battle that reaches far beyond the cage, the battle to end human trafficking. More than 27 million men, women and children are held as slaves, and UNICEF reports that each year nearly 2 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade. Conaway has made it his mission to become their voice as he travels throughout Asia and visits human trafficking conferences and refuge shelters.

Human trafficking is a truly global crime. It is not only happening in places like Bangkok, even Los Angeles is a hub. Conaway has done extensive research on sexual and labor exploitation practices in the U.S. and abroad and has seen its effects first hand.  

According to Conaway, “When you look into the eyes of a 5-year-old Bangladeshi boy who now has HIV as a result of being used as a sex slave, or of a handicapped 11-year-old Thai girl who has lived in the back of a van for years as part of a mobile brothel, or even of the father who was sold the fake promise of a better job and then beaten into slavery - these moments leave imprints on your being, they make you realize what's worth fighting for.”

Conaway, who is deemed by many as the ‘MMA fighter who fights human trafficking,’ has participated in many human trafficking conferences including the 2012 ‘Slavery No More’ Conference in Los Angeles, the 2012 ‘Not For Sale’ Asia Pacific Forum in the Philippines, and he was the only American at the 2012 Human Trafficking Roundtable in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Conaway was also invited to speak at the 2012 International Symposium on Combating Human Trafficking in Bandung, Indonesia due to his advocacy work.

Conaway went on to say, “We need penal reform, more sustainable business models and education, deeper collaborations, more psychologists and reintegration specialists…the list goes on. People have referred to me as the fighter who fights human trafficking, but the true warriors are the ones out there battling this each day. The more involved I become, the more I see how my MMA training was preparation for this battle.”

Conaway has spoken extensively on the topic of human trafficking in villages throughout Bangladesh and has expressed in several media interviews that his fight is now outside of the cage and for the attainment of basic human rights for the world's most vulnerable populations. 

The accomplished author also garners attention for the cause through his writing. Conaway has written many features on the topic and was even given rare access to the dangerous shipbreaking yards of Chittagong for an essay titled "Of Ships and Men" which was published in July by The Good Men Project.

Cameron Conaway - mixed martial artist, human rights activist and acclaimed author, has come to be known as the “Warrior Poet.” He shares intimate details of his life’s struggles both in and out of the cage in his compelling autobiography ‘Caged: Memoirs of a Cage Fighting Poet’ and has championed many causes through his writing. 

‘Caged: Memoirs of a Cage Fighting Poet’ has received numerous awards including the “2012 Reviewers Choice Award” and can be purchased at Amazon.com.  Famed MMA broadcaster Mauro Ranallo is the voice behind the audio version of the book, which will be released in the coming months. For more information on Cameron Conaway, his work and his causes, please visit www.cameronconaway.com.

About Cameron Conaway:

Cameron Conaway has come to be known as the “Warrior Poet.” His autobiography ‘Caged: Memoirs of a Cage Fighting’ has won numerous awards, including the “2012 Reviewers Choice Award. Conaway has taught Shakespeare for Ottawa University, is an award-nominated teacher of creative writing for Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. He has received the Richard Russo Award for Creative Writing, is an NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer and was the University of Arizona’s 2007-2009 Poet-in-Residence. He is currently the Poet-in-Residence at Mahidol University's Tropical Medicine Research Center where he is working on a book about malaria, the killer of 2.7 million people each year. Conaway’s debut collection of poems “Until You Make the Shore”, which highlight’s the need for penal reform based on his experience teaching in an all-female juvenile detention center, will be released in March of 2013.