“I may miss a few votes during this period, but with God’s grace I will be back on the front lines soon,” he added. Lewis announced on the last week of 2019 that he has been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer.
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he CSC and The Jim Moran Foundation are expecting to budget approximately $3.8 million in FY 20/21 for the Healthy Youth Transitions 2020 Request for Proposals (RFP). The intent of this RFP is to expand the availability of Transition to Independence Process (TIP) Model®-focused independent living programs addressing the developmental and transitioning needs of dependent, delinquent, crossover, LGBTQ, and disconnected youth with a special focus on youth in foster care and/or non-traditional living arrangements.
Victor G. Harvey, Sr., owner of locally based Victor George Vodka (VG), recently completed his first of several scheduled acquisitions of property in the Sistrunk corridor by purchasing land at 1012 Sistrunk Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Harvey has plans to use the property as part of his plans to build a 13,000-square foot facility that will house the Old Sistrunk Distillery along with a tasting room, restaurant, cigar bar, wine lounge, and meeting space for distillery-based private and corporate events in the area.
Proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) could lead to greatly enhanced investment in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities around the country, according to Grovetta N. Gardineer, senior deputy comptroller for Bank Supervision Policy with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
Black Spending Power DemandS Corporations to Show More Love and Support for Black Culture
Former Clemson defensive end Richard Yeargin, III, who now plays for Boston College, has been named the recipient of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s 2019 Brian Piccolo Award, as announced by the league on Monday.
New Mount Olive Baptist Church, 400 Northwest Ninth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will host the 44th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Service on Sunday, January 12, 2020, at 4 p.m. The service will be sponsored by the Zeta Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Donzella Washington, an 80-year old woman from Alabama, is celebrating being the oldest person to ever graduate from Alabama A&M University. Even more, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 3.69 GPA with a degree in social work. She dedicated her achievement to her late husband who she says had always been supportive of her.
Both born during the peak of the great land boom in South Florida, the friendship and camaraderie of “Beau” and “Honey Bunch” have spanned for decades. This friendship has given the two of them countless cherished memories.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are about 38,000 new cases of HIV and AIDS each year in the United States, and South Florida regularly ranks among the highest rates of new HIV and AIDS cases. The CDC also estimates there are about 154,000 people living with HIV and AIDS who don’t know they have it. Additionally, approximately 37% of patients who do know they have HIV or AIDS aren’t getting adequate treatment to control it.