A Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS) professor has secured more than $9 million in grants to research industrial hemp and chestnuts and introduce them as new markets that can be economically viable, climate-smart cropping options for small and/or underserved farmers.
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History Fort Lauderdale and Galleria Fort Lauderdale will honor six new impactful women who lead our community during “Women Trailblazers: Champions of Change – Broward County” presented by UKG, set for March 9 – 31. This year’s honorees are Lori Wheeler, vice president of Marine Industries Association of Fort Lauderdale, Barbara Sharief, former Broward County commissioner and founder and CEO of South Florida Pediatric Homecare, Inc., Heather Geronemus, senior director, social equity, opportunity and impact at UKG, Stephanie Toothaker, Esq., chairwoman and chief strategist of Toothaker.org, Joy Satterlee, executive director of Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, and Ramola Motwani, chairwoman, Merrimac Ventures.
It’s officially a new year, but the dirt is not at all new. There’s lots of it and Ol’ Peter is sliding through.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be appointed to the nation’s highest court, is writing her first book.
Days after the on-field cardiac arrest, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin expressed gratitude on Instagram, asking for continued prayers for a “long road” ahead. “When you put genuine love out into the world, it returns threefold,” he wrote in his first Instagram post since his collapse on Monday.
“The Summer Employment Program is an excellent example of the intersection between community engagement and economic development,” said CSBD President and CEO Carol Hylton. “The businesses who serve as worksites for the program play a vital role in building a sustainable Broward County economy, while our local youth gain valuable workforce-ready skills, as well as a means to generate income.”
The City of Tamarac, in collaboration with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Chi Psi Omega Chapter, invites the community to a Unity March to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, commitment to service and dream of togetherness.
Slave ownership is only tacitly presented in US schools. There are many aspects of slavery that have been left to the dim mists of history. This week we illuminate the price to own a human being. A repulsive topic, but you have a responsibility to know it. We have always been an oral society. The elders would pass on the history and rituals of our culture. The current political posture is to not educate our students on the full pain of the Black diaspora in America!
Pompano Beach Cultural Center is proud to present a solo exhibition entitled Pandemic: The Unmasking of America by Craig Gordon. This exhibition is a photo-documentary featuring images with narratives that bears witness to the coronavirus pandemic as it blanketed New York during the spring of 2020. The opening reception takes place on January 13, 2023, at 6 pm and the exhibition runs through April 6, 2023. For more information, www.pompanobeacharts.org.
Just in time for Founder’s Day celebrations, Reebok dropped its brand new Yard Love Apparel Collection, a hoodie and t-shirt capsule honoring historically Black Greek organizations.