     Like many of you, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) has followed the actions that Floridaâs Governor Ron DeSantis and other conservative lawmakers have taken against teaching Black History and the histories of other historically marginalized communities.
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Join us for the inaugural BCPS Small Business Power Summit on Tuesday, May 2, in partnership with the Urban League of Broward County Entrepreneurship Center.
Pompano Beach Arts invites you to come spend your fifth Sundays in fellowship with the community and celebrate the soul-lifting power of gospel music. Aprilâs event showcases your favorite hymns beautifully performed by some of the most talented and anointed singers and musicians around.
    Blake Bolden is a scout for the Los Angeles Kings and former defenseman at Boston College from 2009-13. She was the first Black player to compete in the National Women’s Hockey League that was rebranded the Premier Hockey League in 2021 and won championships in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (2015) and NWHL (2016). She said it was amazing to witness a Black woman be nominated two years in a row and win the award.
Today, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson, State Senator Colleen Burton, and State Representative Will Robinson hosted a press conference in Tallahassee highlighting proposed legislation that protects Floridaâs children from high-potency THC products and brings commonsense reforms to Floridaâs hemp statutes.
As a result, He opened a door for her to attend Barber College in Miami, Fl, which cultivated her passion for being the best Barber in Fort Lauderdale. She began her career as a Barber at Robertâs Barber Shop, located on Historic Sistrunk Blvd.
he Florida Senate on Tuesday passed a plan that would bar doctors and other health-care providers from offering treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.
The Florida House could be poised to take up a bill that seeks to prevent transgender men and women from using bathrooms that donât line up with their sex assigned at birth, after one Republican said Monday itâs âlike we have mutants living among us on planet Earth.â
The LGBTQ+ Social Justice & Equity Funders Collaborative, a unique collaboration between The Our Fund Foundation and the Community Foundation of Broward, granted eight non-profit organizations a total of $250,000 in support of innovative initiatives supporting social equity and the civil liberties of LGBTQ+ residents of Broward County.
Drawing pushback from insurance and business groups, a Florida Senate committee Wednesday backed a proposal that the sponsor said would increase âtransparency and accountabilityâ for insurance companies.