Month: September 2019

   The Broward Sheriff’s Office is pleased to welcome Robyn Hankerson to the Public Information Office. Hankerson brings a diverse portfolio of experience in communications, marketing and community outreach. 

‘Making A Difference’ and their stars are shining brightly as this year’s BLACK GIRLS ROCK! M.A.D. Girls. Meet voting rights activist and entrepreneur Winter Breeanne (@winterbreeanne), author, journalist, and speaker Chanice Lee (@chanicealee), and environmental activist Mari “Little Miss Flint” Copeny (@littlemissflint).

The South Florida Institute on Aging (SoFIA) is launching SoFIA Fellows, a new program that will harness the power of an older workforce to help nonprofit organizations of South Florida achieve their missions while also providing older adults with an expanded social network, an increased sense of purpose, and updated workforce skills.

      There is a terrible record in Texas for police brutality and killings of Blacks and people of color. Just recently a fired police officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murdering of a Black teen, Jordan Edwards. Roy Oliver, a white officer, was found guilty of shooting into a car full of Blacks teenagers leaving a party.

      The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School district in North Carolina made history by hiring the first female Africa American superintendent, Dr. Angela Pringle. Hopefully, she will not be another well compensated do nothing for Black student house Negro. Perhaps, this time Black parents will have an ally with the courage to change the slave plantation attitudes which appear to be fueling the disparity in suspensions between Black and white students.

     Now, women are running for president. Women are holding high seats of power. One hundred and twenty-seven women are currently in the United States Congress. According to the Center for American Women and Politics, the proportion of women who voted in every presidential election since 1980 has been higher than that of men.

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority members were on hand to welcome the statute of their late sorority sister Alice Allison Dunnigan home to her native Russellville, Kentucky on the grounds of the Seek Museum the first weekend in August for permanent installation