Two Minute Warning’s weekly program featured its second in a series dedicated to voting. The program was initiated some time ago to address the concerns surrounding the lack of enthusiasm by many toward voting. Local and state elections may find less than ten percent voting. The major question is why? The game has changed, but the conversation must continue. We are aware of the myriad voter suppression laws being enacted nationwide. This isn’t new. It happened many times before. Time is critical for constructive action.
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McNeill, a Riviera Beach native and owner of M.C.O. Construction and Services, Inc., has provided services to major construction firms to ensure that government established goals are achieved on private and public projects requiring participation of businesses that are small, local, disadvantaged or woman owned.
Citrus Health Network, a community mental health center, now has a renovated recreational area for its students and staff, thanks to Florida Power and Light Company’s (FPL) Power to Care program.
Congressman Charlie Crist, (D) Florida, has proposed legislation to step up life-saving research and loan repayment for those joining the fight against Sickle Cell Disease. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is the result of genetic mutation that reduces the ability of blood cells to transport oxygen throughout the body. Considered a childhood disease where individuals did not survive until adulthood, patients are now living longer and are at high risk because of the lack of research. There are approximately 100,000 people living with sickle cell disease in the United States, the overwhelming majority of whom are Black Americans.
Miami Dade College (MDC) Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Malou C. Harrison has been selected as one of 46 emerging college and university leaders nationwide for the ACE Fellows Program, a customized learning experience that enables participants to immerse themselves in the study and practice of leadership. Participants experience the culture, policies, and decision-making processes of another institution and bring those practices back to their home campus.
Kelly/Strul Emerging Scholars Program graduate Shyra Johnson recently passed the 2022 National Basketball Players Association Agent Certification Exam, becoming the youngest certified sports agent in history. At 21, the Florida Atlantic University alumna beat out former position holder Drew Rosenhaus.
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Pompano Beach Cultural Center is proud to present the one-woman show On Purpose, created and performed by renowned poet Ebony Payne-English. Onstage, she paints a vivid picture of femininity at the peak of its strength and in the pit of its vulnerability in the face of an HIV diagnosis. Told from the diverse perspectives of seven women, she weaves poems, monologue, song, rhyme, and colorful vernacular into an exceptional coming of age story.
Join us at Old Town Untapped, our monthly street festival. April features the rocking Miami-based band Brothers of Others. Enjoy the opening reception for Modern Quilt, a vibrantly curated exhibition of non-traditional quilt making. On the first Friday of every month, “Old Town” becomes the epicenter for art, food, and music! Each event features live bands, a DJ, craft beer, food trucks, arts & crafts vendors, and gallery tours at Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA). Old Town Untapped is free and open to the public. April 1, 2022, from 6-10 pm, with headlining musical act Brothers of Others. Learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org
Each day Lee would travel two and a half miles each day in recognition of the two and a half years that Black Texans waited between when Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, on Jan. 1, 1863, abolishing slavery, and the day that message arrived in Galveston, where Black people were still enslaved, on June 19, 1865.
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