A state appeals court Wednesday upheld the firing of a Florida Department of Corrections officer for using medical marijuana, pointing to a federal law and a job requirement that he be able to use guns.
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We are calling on all villages to assist in this clarion call to address the weakening of this country in its respect for the power of diversity. Calling every grass roots organization, each Temple, Lodge, Church, Mosque, the Divine Nine and their youth groups out to support this event. Not only will there be voter education as well as voter registration with the giving away of banned books, different community organizations will have information available to include health related screenings testing and other services as well as FREE FOOD and entertainment.
he We The People National March (WTPMarch.org) has added more than 15 new partner organizations, including PFLAG, Moms Demand Action, Georgia Equality, GLAAD, and Florida Rising, and several new high-profile Ambassadors, including Bootsy Collins, Gia Gunn, and Gabriella Rodriguez, who will convene at Esplanade Park in Fort Lauderdale at 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 2 to march together in solidarity against hate-filled legislation sweeping the nation.
On Friday, the daughters, Elizabeth “Dee”, Pamela, Sonia and Carma Lynn; son Steve; daughter-in-law Keisha ; friend George Cone and son-in-law, I (Nunnie), boarded a plane to Wilmington, North Carolina, fully intending to surprise their 91-year-old father, patriarch and Westside Gazette Newspaper founder, Rev. Levi Henry, Jr., on this Father’s Day weekend.
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On June 18, 2023, a shooting took place at a Juneteenth celebration in Illinois, leaving 10 people injured. The incident occurred during a gathering to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Details regarding the motive and the identity of the shooter are yet to be disclosed.
Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Missing Persons Unit are asking for the public’s help finding a missing Tamarac man.
CareerSource Broward (CSBD), providing innovative employment solutions and quality workforce services to businesses and individuals in Broward County, has launched its 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). More than 1,000 students, a record high for CSBD, participated in the SYEP three-day employability skills workshop that took place at Dillard High School, Pompano Beach High School and Hallandale Beach High School.
Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Robert J. Grammig will become the firm’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and David C. Whitestone and Tiffani G. Lee will serve as Managing Partner and Deputy Managing Partner, respectively. The new leadership team will succeed Steven Sonberg, who has served as Managing Partner since 2008 and will step down after the end of the first quarter in 2024, concluding a 16-year term.
What goes unrecognized often is how Black colleges furthered the musical experience of America. During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Black college campuses were the musical hubs of Black music. Without the access to the large venues that white musicians enjoyed there were basically only two options. The first option was to play the “Chitlin’ Circuit,” which was a string of small clubs owned by Blacks. Some were graduated barns that might be leaky if it was raining outside. There were limited amenities, but during the time where there weren’t many options, some of the top acts would frequent these venues as they were the social center of Black music culture.