Final Say

LOVE YOUR SISTER

The Mocha Group, led by Linda Woodhead, aligned with Samuel Johnson and LoveYourSister in 2018 as an official affiliate fundraiser with a goal of raising $500,000 and by enlisting an incredible network of hair salons, beauty salons, spas and barbershops to help reach that goal and are well on the way to achieving this. Salon Registration for the 2021 Love Your Sister Campaign is open for the official Hair/Beauty/Barber Salon Pyjama Day to be held on Saturday July 31st 2021. Fundraising activity will commence on July 1st and continue until August 13th 2021. Having already raised over $150,000 the Mocha Angels hope that this year the hair, beauty and barber community will get back involved with as many activities as possible culminating in PJ Day, after having a little rest in their PJ’s in 2020! It all started with the most absurd dare you could imagine. Connie Johnson, young mum of two, was told that she was terminal with breast cancer and to arrange her affairs. Instead, she sent her brother, actor Samuel Johnson to ride around the entire country on a unicycle to personally remind every young mum in the land to check their boobs. Love Your Sister was born. After 364 days, over 1000 media calls, 450 community fundraisers and 40 school visits, Samuel finally returned to Federation Square and Connie’s waiting arms. The target of $10 Million has been reached and exceeded and there is now a new Breast Cancer Lab at Garvan which costs about 20K per month to operate. Any further monies are directed into general cancer research, including rare cancers. All salons and barbershops are encouraged to raise money from July 1st through to the close off date of August 13th and can do this any way they choose, culminating in Pyjama Day on Saturday 31st July!. On this day it is traditional for all staff to wear Pyjamas to work and raise as much as they can. In previous years the Pyjama Day campaign has seen individual salons between $100-$10,000 each!!! Let’s see what the entire hair, beauty and barbershop industries can do together! Samuel Johnson has said that he will also actively promote this activity as an incredible hair and beauty community initiative, founded by The Mocha Group and gain as much publicity as he can through his media channel contacts. On behalf of the Mocha Angels and LYS thank you for your support!

You must register to be involved and to receive your information kit. Please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TYTGR8S

SHE IS NOT YOUR REHAB - ONE MAN’S JOURNEY TO HEALING AND THE GLOBAL ANTI-VIOLENCE MOVEMENT HE INSPIRED

MATT BROWN WITH SARAH BROWN

Cycles repeat until one person has the courage to say, ‘This stops with me.’ At My Fathers Barbers, Mataio (Matt) Faafetai Malietoa Brown offers men a haircut with a difference: a safe space to be seen and heard without judgement. From his barbershop chair, Matt has inspired a new generation of New Zealand men to break free from the cycle of abuse — and those men have in turn inspired him and his wife, Sarah, to create the global anti-violence movement, She Is Not Your Rehab. In this raw and unflinching book Matt shares his own story and those of his clients, of surviving family violence and abuse, and how they were able to find healing and turn their lives around. He introduces the people and concepts that have helped him heal and gives readers the tools they need to begin their own journeys. She is Not Your Rehab demonstrates the power of vulnerability and honesty in addressing pain and shame and shows how anyone can empower themselves by taking responsibility for their own healing.

RELEASE DATE JULY 21, 2021 www.mightyape.co.nz