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READ BLACK NEWSPAPERS and HISTORY BOOKS! Encourage education and skill development, participate in community activism, interact with others to build connections, foster mentorship use  professional guidance, and advocate for policies that address systemic inequalities.

     How could Blacks on the Board be that tone death, claiming the statement was misinterpreted? There was NO benefit to being a slave, even many of our saw and denounced such a ludicrous assertion immediately. Most of the slaves they identified as examples were not slaves at all.

   Today, I find myself in the woods at Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery for the Homegoing of a dear brother,  Charles W. Cherry, II. For those of us who professed to know Charles, we said to each other: this is just like Charles, the uniqueness of this  place and the way Charles chose to exit from this life as we know it. When you get a chance, do some research and find out more about it (https://www.prairiecreekconservation

     No matter how difficult the road may seem ahead of us, there is nothing new under the sun. It’s not uncommon for people who are opposed to the success of those who are “different” to do whatever they can to try to stop them.

     Dr. Licata hails from West Palm Beach where he currently serves as Regional Superintendent of about a third of the district’s schools. Licata is no stranger to Broward. In his “acceptance speech” he simply said through a slew of emotions that he is coming home.  Licata attended school in Broward and has strong family ties here.  He is a University of Miami Hurricane Alum.