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      Friday, Dec.9, friends, families and neighbors are invited to enjoy a holly jolly night of reindeer games, at Rudolph’s Winter Wonderland, from 6 – 8 p.m., at Tamarac Park,7501 N. University Dr. Festivities include inflatable rides, face painting and pictures with Santa Claus. Come ready to cheer, jingle and dance to live holiday tunes throughout the evening!

    Black slaves were brought to California as chattell/property, like a horse or plow. The gold rush of the 1840s lured adventurous slave owners to California. A necessary tool is someone to dig up the gold. This migration began about 15 years before the Civil war. During this time Blacks could be found working in the gold fields and domestic spaces of California. 

In conjunction with the administration of Florida A&M University Developmental Research School (FAMU DRS), the FAMU DRS-High Sports Hall of Fame (HOF) is being established to honor and celebrate the past accomplishments of former student-athletes who graduated from FAMU DRS, also known as FAMU High School. The HOF Board of Directors has been hard at work creating this everlasting homage to those who have left an indelible mark on athletics at all levels, including while attending FAMU DRS-High, attending college and/or as a professional athlete. Additionally, the HOF will honor non-athletes who have been committed supporters of the athletic program at FAMU DRS-High in various way.

     In a strange twist, the new Board Chair, Lori Alhadeff made an announcement late Tuesday, at the December 6, 2022, Board workshop. She notified the public, her Board colleagues, and Superintendent Cartwright that she would bring two BB agenda items forward at the regular School Board meeting on December 13.

      Authenticity and professionalism were key and the essence of Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker performance in 2022. In a close-to-sellout crowd at the Walt Disney Theater at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, international culture was front and center with authenticity and beauty. The dancers came to dance, and they showed out from the smallest to the largest.  Dance is the answer and you live, and you breathe it for the moment.  

     “During her tenure as vice chair of the Foundation Board, Lisa LaBoo has led several initiatives that increased giving from Board members and donors. I am excited to work with her and support her agenda and initiatives when she takes the reins as chair of the FAMU Foundation Board of Directors on January 1, 2023,” said Shawnta Friday-Stroud, Ph.D., FAMU Foundation executive director and vice president for University Advancement.