The Broward Black Chamber recently hosted an engaging event, attracting members eager to explore opportunities with the Broward County Transportation Department.
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The Broward Sheriff’s Office will distribute more than $1.1 million to local not-for-profit organizations through BSO’s Law Enforcement Trust Fund (LETF) grants award program. The grants was be distributed on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 by Sheriff Dr. Gregory Tony and the men and women of BSO.
On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, Miami-Dade County will launch National Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a special event hosted by the Community Action and Human Services Department’s (CAHSD) Violence Prevention and Intervention Division and the Domestic Violence Oversight Board (DVOB). The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Center, located at 111 NW 1st St., Miami, FL 33128.
Union dockworkers along East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began walking picket lines early Tuesday, halting the movement of billions of dollars’ worth of goods including furniture, paper, shoes, manufacturing components, farm machinery and much more.
Former President Donald Trump’s statement at last week’s presidential debate that Haitians were eating pets in Springfield, Ohio has created serious problems for the Haitian American community and sparked outrage from Haitian Americans living in Florida.
Democratic leaders are telling their party’s biggest donors that keeping Montana’s Senate seat blue is a real challenge. However, they are planning to go on offense in Florida to retain their majority, Axios has learned.
The Autism Services Council today announced it awarded $150,000 in grants – money generated from sales and renewals of the Florida “Support Autism Programs” specialty license plate – to 17 nonprofit organizations in 21 Florida counties, bringing direct services to 3,500 individuals with autism and related disabilities.
Suffrage is the legal term for the right to vote. It is synonymous with women, because for the most part White men had the right to vote. We are not taught in school that Black-women were demonstratively active in the movement. It was a tenuous effort, because of residual racism from the antebellum period. Many of the women did not integrate and had Black only suffrage clubs. Let’s meet some of our prominent nubian advocates.
Pompano Beach Arts is honored to present a powerful solo exhibition by Anthony Torres entitled An Island in the Shape of a Prison. This introspective collection delves into the artist’s exploration of self, his Puerto Rican heritage, and the lasting impact sustained during his deployment as a soldier at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. Through his art, Torres confronts the complexities of identity, and the profound psychological wounds inflicted by war. The exhibition will be on display from until October 19, 2024, at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center’s Digital Media Center. Learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org.
Voters rights groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Florida Secretary of State, Florida Attorney General and election supervisors in several Florida counties challenging the state’s “exact match” voter verification process.