Community Foundation of Broward (CFB) has announced a $1 million dollar BE BOLD Prize to get Broward County residents back to work within the next two years. The BE BOLD Prize encourages new ways of thinking that move beyond traditional workforce development programs and embrace an innovative idea and solution for transformative community impact.
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Yogananda Pittman, a senior-ranking Black female law enforcement officer and HBCU graduate, has made history after her recent appointment as the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police department.
Digital Grass Innovation and Technology has announced that applications are now open for the Junction Halls Food and Beverage Success Incubator. This free 6-week program will provide comprehensive mentoring programs and marketing support for established food-based businesses, restaurants that have struggled during COVID-19, and entrepreneurs with a great food/beverage concept. The founders of Digital Grass, who manage the “GROW” CEO Space powered by the Pompano Beach CRA, have assembled a seasoned team of restaurant owners, restaurant consultants, marketing experts and business consultants to coordinate the incubator which launches January 19, 2021. Applications are available at https://junctionhalls.com/incubator/.
The term racist is one of the worst monikers you can attach to a person. It often equates one’s vision to that of the U.S. Confederacy…a division of folks who never wanted to see Blacks attain their full rights as U.S. citizens.
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Saying that they had been there simply for duty would be an understatement. Their mere presence in the scene spoke volumes. Blacks cleaning up damage caused by Whites, a mob that despised its own democracy, is such a remarkable and dignified service.
Kim Janey, the current city council president of Boston, is set to become the first Black person and the first woman to serve as the city’s mayor. The news comes after Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has been chosen by President-elect Joe Biden as his labor secretary.
The balance of power in Washington and on Capitol Hill will now shift dramatically to Democrats who will now control Congress and The White House. The dual victories on the same night by Rev. Warnock and Jon Ossoff marks a repudiation of the GOP under Donald Trump.
Tia McWilliams has made history as the first African American woman sheriff in rural Georgia. As the new sheriff of Taliaferro County, she is set to lead a staff of mostly men.