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Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce 2019 Annual Symposium & Business Leaders Luncheon Employment: Today & Tomorrow

the leading chamber in Miami-Dade County’s minority community, MDCC leveraged its position to bring together several formidable thought leaders to discuss “Employment: Today & Tomorrow”. Title sponsor CareerSource South Florida was uniquely positioned to lend deep insight on this topic. Executive Director, Rick Beasley, led an intuitive fireside chat with none other the President & CEO of Enterprise Florida, Jamal Sowell. […]

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Growing the Voices of Our Future

In a joint effort to get students involved with the Children Services Council’s 2019 Broward AWARE! Protecting OUR Children campaign: Growing the Voices of Our Future, the Westside Gazette will engage youth in a photovoice (photojournalism) project.  The youth will tell their stories through the written word and through the lens of cameras they will operate as photojournalists focusing on but not limited to the Broward AWARE campaign. […]

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Mr. Hardge

He resonates the spirit of an entrepreneur with philanthropic ideals. Referred to as the Edu-Tainer; Hardge believes “Hip-Hop” is Education, and utilizes this methodology to Educate, not just Entertain, hence Edu-Tainment: an artist, author and acclaimed speaker. […]

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Sarasota’s Newtown Community Added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trails as Southenmost Attraction

Sarasota County is pleased to announce the addition of ­The Newtown African American Heritage Trail as an official attraction on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, which has more than 100 attractions across 15 states. The Newtown African American Heritage Trail is now the southernmost site. The announcement was made in Sarasota, Florida by Vickie Oldham, founder of Newtown Alive, an organization formed to promote the history and culture of Newtown, one of Sarasota’s oldest communities and Overtown, the neighborhood of the earliest African American settlers. […]