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ArtServe and Pride Center Select Equality Center Muralist

August 13, 2020 Carma Henry 0

ArtServe and The Pride Center have selected Fort Lauderdale native and talented artist Steven Teller to create the design for a nearly 3,000-sq.-ft. mural that will enliven the walls of The Pride Center and The Residences at Equality Park in Wilton Manors. As one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ community centers, The Pride Center’s five-and-a-half-acre Equality Park campus will be home to The Residences at Equality Park, Florida’s very first affordable housing community with customized support services for LGBTQ+ seniors. Highly visible from Dixie Highway, a busy urban corridor in the heart of Broward, these murals will transform the Equality Park campus into a vibrant public art destination.  […]

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The Community Education Alliance Launches its “Reading is LIT!”

August 6, 2020 Carma Henry 0

This summer, the Community Education Alliance (CEA), launched its first “Reading is LIT!” Summer Reading Challenge. This exciting initiative supports one of the CEAs 3 core pillars: literacy, providing 7 weeks of reading and writing activities including online read alongs throughout the summer. Summer reading is critical for students to retain knowledge and skills learned in the previous school year. […]

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My Life in Greenwood Mississippi “During the Civil Rights Movement”

August 6, 2020 Carma Henry 0

   Most of the people on the playground were high school students and a few community activists. Just Dr. King’s presence was enough to make you feel special. At that time, I wondered, why would a man of Dr. King’s stature care about what happened in Greenwood, Mississippi to Colored People. That questioned was answered as I grew older and realized that what was happening in Greenwood, Mississippi was happening to Black people all over the United States and the World for that matter. Little did I realize that that one day in Greenwood, Mississippi would change the total trajectory of my entire life. At the meeting, he talked about how important it was for us to make sure we register to vote and that we had to assist each other with the process. Plus, as young people, we did not have the same heightened since of fear as the older adults in the town – same as today. […]