Record-breaking growth is driving Bankers Healthcare Group, a leading provider of financial solutions for licensed healthcare practitioners and other highly skilled professionals, to expand to a new corporate headquarters in Miramar, Fla., and hire new staff.
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Around 150 Black women and girls march on the Capitol
“Dads Matter – Cultivating Future Fathers” was the empowerment theme for the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Project Friendship, Inc., Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Fatherhood Youth Leadership Conference at Florida A&M University (FAMU).
Bailey Contemporary Arts Center (BaCA) in Pompano Beach is proud to present From the Inside. This thought-provoking exhibition is designed to introduce, educate and cultivate the positive impact of poetry in the prison system.
The 23rd Annual Broward Education Foundation Innovative Teacher IDEA EXPO presented by Broward Teachers Union was held on Saturday, February 8 at Nova Southeastern University in the Rick Case Arena at the Don Taft University Center.
High school student athletes in Miami-Dade and Broward counties participate in team-building activities at the nonprofit Student ACES’ Captains Summit on Feb. 21, 2020. The summit, held at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens and sponsored by Florida Power & Light Company, teaches the students leadership skills.
“Destination Sistrunk is positioned as a gateway to Black culture and heritage throughout Broward County and is comprised of a welcome center, programs, signature events, and the destinationsistrunk.com website. It was piloted by Broward Cultural Division from 2015-2018. In 2019, Broward Cultural Division worked with local partners to establish and incubate the Destination Sistrunk Cultural and Community Investment Partnership, Inc. (Destination Sistrunk Partnership), a nonprofit organization that will grow to implement Destination Sistrunk independently.”
Meet Inez Long, president and CEO of the Black Business Investment Fund (BBIF), a non-profit, mission-driven, Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that helps Florida businesses thrive by providing loan capital alongside with business development training. Under her leadership since 1991, BBIF has provided over $47.6 million in loans to over 406 Black and minority businesses and has created and sustained over 12,906 jobs.
Henry Highland Garnet was officially declared an abolitionist in the 1840s. After he gave his “Call to Rebellion” speech, he was seen as radical and became a controversial figure within the abolitionist movement.
Black Violin consisted of two Black men, who grew up in Fort Lauderdale and went to Parkway Middle and Dillard High School.