Local News

The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) Names New Director of Black Hospitality Initiative (BHI)

The Greater Miami Conven-tion & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) has appointed Graylyn Swilley-Woods, Ph.D., as the new director of the GMCVB’s Black Hospitality Initiative (BHI). In her new position, she will be responsible for leading BHI’s mission of advancing opportunities and increasing workforce participation for African Americans and Black people of African descent in Greater Miami and Miami Beach’s visitor industry through scholarships, talent development and job referral programs. […]

Local News

Michael Parker, Innovative EVS Leader Winning Awards During & Post Pandemic

     Michael Parker is an accomplished and driven leader in Environmental and Support Services, with a proven history of overseeing healthcare centers and clinical services operations to ensure effective and quality patient care. He has over thirty years of experience in management, twenty of those years being in healthcare contract management with various responsibilities in environmental services, linen, food services, hotels, concierge, and transport. […]

Religion

Rep. Don McEachin Dies at 61

     Congressman McEachin was only 61. He was the first African American to be nominated to run as Virginia Attorney General. McEachin was only the third African American to serve in the U.S. Congress from Virginia and John Mercer Langston and Bobby Scott. […]