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Business

Growing Business in Our Communities

     South Florida is more than just beautiful weather though, and here in Fort Lauderdale, we can also boast about having a welcoming business climate. The city has evolved beyond its Spring-break haven days and is now more known for attracting company headquarters and entrepreneurs, than for entertaining partying spring-breakers. […]

Feature

Kierra Coles: Young, Pregnant, Black and Still Missing

     “She was already excited about becoming a mother,” Karen Phillips, Kierra’s mother, told ABC News shortly after Kierra disappeared. “That’s all my child ever wanted, to be a mom and accomplish all the things she set to accomplish – to have a nice paying job which she had, to get a new car which she bought, to move into her own apartment which she did, and to become a mother which she was about to.” […]

Opinions

Importance of Education of Color for Black & Brown Students

   This month, my organization, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools, released its highly-anticipated report, “Identity and Charter School Leadership: Profiles of Leaders of Color Building an Effective Staff” which examined the ways that school leaders of color’s experiences and perspectives influence how they build school culture, parent and community relationships, and effective staff. […]