The Florida Board of Governors appointed Orlando-based business executive John Crossman as the newest Florida A&M University Board of Trustees member Thursday. A longtime FAMU supporter, Crossman is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Crossman Career Builders, which provides resources and scholarships for college students and young professionals.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended three of his top staff members against ethics complaints related to his presidential campaign.
The lawsuit, for example, said colleges and universities “cannot freely choose their masters, as federal law requires them to show ‘reasonable cause’ to change accreditors.”
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.
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.