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       The Africana Arts & Humanities Festival (AAHF) is the signature annual cultural and intellectual convening of the African American Research Library & Cultural Center (AARLCC), a nationally recognized institution dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and advancing the global Black experience through research, scholarship, arts, and community engagement.

       The most recent SociallyGood, hosted by Batch New Southern Kitchen and Tap in Fort Lauderdale, benefited Ballplayers Foundation Inc. which provides athletic opportunities and experiences to underprivileged youth primarily in South Florida. Ballplayers Foundation strives to help individual youth players in need; it is not intended to support a particular team.

During Women’s Appreciation Month, I want to recognize the woman I admire the most—my mom. I truly appreciate everything she has done and still does for our family. No matter how hard life gets, she always finds a way to turn a bad situation into something better and keep us moving forward.

       That’s why fighting the good fight feels personal to me. The Apostle Paul’s words, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”, aren’t about perfection. They’re about endurance. About staying in the fight even when you’re tired, bruised, and unsure how the next round will go.

       Andy Donado still remembers the call he received a decade ago: his freshman son had been caught vaping THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) in a high school restroom. The consequences were severe. His son was expelled, and sent to a remedial school for the rest of the year. “He was almost charged with a third-degree felony. He got kicked out of school and was sent to a remedial school for his entire freshman year,” Donado says.