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Florida Memorial University has been selected by Google, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), to participate in the Grow with Google’s (GwG) HBCU Career Readiness Program. This new initiative will embed HBCU student jobseeker resources into a select number of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) career services centers, with the goal of helping 100,000 Black students gain digital skills needed to find and land entry level jobs and internships and to be successful in the workplace. The funds will support activities with the Intentional Readiness for Occupational Acquisition and Retention (iROAR) Program, and the FMU Career Development Center.

The Pompano Beach CRA is proud to expand the “Love Always, Pompano Beach” campaign to include businesses in the Northwest CRA District. The vibrant marketing initiative launched in November 2020 as a pilot program with businesses in the East CRA District. The successful campaign saturated the South Florida market with enticing videos and photos via an array of digital platforms, encouraging people to visit the website for an array of deals.

     The distinction is the aim of former State Senator Chris Smith’s restaurant Sistrunk Smitty’s Wings. Pivoting from politics, Smith, along with his wife Desorae Giles-Smith, opened the restaurant back in the fall on Sistrunk Blvd. Not only are they focusing on serving the best wings you can get in Fort Lauderdale, but they also want to provide a nice dining experience in the historic neighborhood, “I want to give people another reason to come on Sistrunk. People that have done well have moved out west and they only come here for Church. Now, they can come here for entertainment as well,” said Chris Smith, Owner of Sistrunk Smitty’s Wings.

     Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna Marcy Muldrow Sanders, DrPH, has been named National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) program director for her alma mater and the Florida State University System (SUS), in an initiative designed to expose faculty and students to civilian research and entrepreneurship opportunities with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).