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Urban League of Broward County Announces New Board Chair, Members, and Executive Committee

The Urban League of Broward County (ULBC) announced the election of new leadership and members to its Board of Directors.  Shawn Sackman, Middle Market Leader for Truist, was elected to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors, with Tim Hogans, Manager of External Affairs for FPL, elected as 1st Vice Chair. Sidney Calloway, Partner for Shutts, will continue to serve on ULBC’s Executive Committee as Immediate Past Chair along with the following members: Marie Waugh, Executive Human Resources Consultant, 2nd Vice Chair; Jason Jenkins, SVP of Communications, Miami Dolphins, Secretary; Pablo Pino, Market Leader for TD Bank, Treasurer; and Giselle Cushing, Cigna – SFL and Caribbean Market President, Member-at-Large. […]

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PHILIPPINE SEA

PHILIPPINE SEA (July 15, 2021) Mineman 2nd Class Hunter Auslander, right, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., receives a promotion letter from Cmdr. Joseph Burgon, from Cottonwood, Calif., aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 15. […]

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Australian Farm Profits Down 23 Percent Since 2000

CANBERRA, Australia — Australian farm profits could be slashed by up to 50 percent over the next three decades without more climate change adaptation. A new Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences report has modeled […]

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Innately Nomadic

     Although some people travel during the year, Summer is when a lot of people take vacations. They save and plan all year to visit or revisit another area of the nation or the World. Experiencing another environment, dialect, landscape, and culture allows our minds to expand. As much as traveling opens the minds of adults, it does so much more for our young people with their developing thought processes.  […]

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Caribbean-American Lifestyle Magazine Shines, Winning Eighth Florida Magazine Association Awards

Island Origins Magazine, South Florida’s Caribbean-American lifestyle quarterly, received its seventh and eighth Florida Magazine Association awards this July in Sarasota, Florida. Island Origins celebrates the best in Caribbean achievement, travel, art, business, cuisine and more. The annual gala and awards honor and recognizes the best editing, writing, photography, marketing, and other work in participating Florida magazines. […]