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Apart of Famu’s Homecoming epic return the community in Frenchtown welcomed R&B superstar Anthony Hamilton. Anthony Hamilton is best known for his song Charlean, point of it All and countless others hit songs.

The special session that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called is a week away. The special session was called to deal with mask policies, vaccine requirements and other COVID-related issues in Florida. He announced this  last October. The governor has said businesses mandating vaccines should lose COVID protections passed last year.

     Since the beginning of time, young people have been at the forefront of making a difference. In 2021 they are continuing to do just that. The Tallahassee Dream Defenders recently held a rally about House Bill 1. Over 300 young people were on the zoom to hear what the bill stands for and what they can do to stop the bill from passing. The event started with a series of questions to the audience to see how informed they were with the bill. 

On June 18, 2019 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 7066 into effect. HB 7066 prohibits returning citizens from voting unless they pay off all legal financial obligations from their time served.

The excitement is rising in the Tallahassee Frenchtown community. Frenchtown is Tallahassee’s best-known black neighborhood. The first Frenchtown Rising took place on September 10th this was the first Frenchtown Rising since having to cancel last year due to Covid-19.

In February Florida’s Governor vowed to make sure that people who needed the vaccine, receive the vaccine for a better Florida. On, February 12, Floridians were granted access to additional COVID-19 vaccines at 755 pharmacy locations across 52 out 62 counties.

       Covid-19 is still a disease that anyone can catch. The vaccine is so important to receive, including the booster shot.

     The number of families homeschooling has more than doubled to 11% since the beginning of last school year. But what’s even more unexpected is that when schools across the country returned to in-person learning or a hybrid-learning model, parents were still opting for homeschooling.  

     We experience life in cycles. Something is always being born, growing, and dying. Not only does our physical body experience this, but also every single part of our body has a life cycle. Our cells regenerate every seven to 10 years, we get new plasma within 48 hours and new blood within four to eight weeks when giving blood, and we have new bones every 10 years. We are naturally made to live life in seasons where everything has its appointed time. This is the reason some say that there is “no such thing as time.” These people view time as a man-made construct designed to set a universally expected “time” for everyone to accomplish the same task without taking that person’s personal genetics and ability into consideration.

Incorporated ® awards scholarships and book awards to deserving students throughout Broward County who excelled in academics, leadership, and volunteer services.  Although 2021 presented some obstacles due to Covid-19, the students succeeded “against all odds.”