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The Dillard High School (DHS) community, family, and former students have spent the last six months honoring the late, beloved educator and choral director, Rhoda Glasco Snead Collins, with heartfelt tributes. The celebrations achieved their final, poignant milestone on Friday, December 12, with the installation of her official portrait at its permanent home, the Old Dillard Museum.

   There’s something powerful about being anchored. Not just physically, but spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. It’s what has kept our people grounded through generations, when the world shifted, when the winds blew, when the storms of life seemed too heavy to bear. Whether you picture a small ship fighting to stay steady in deep waters, or a palm tree bending but not breaking beneath fierce winds, the message remains timeless: when your roots run deep, you may bend, but you will not break.

This holiday season, a Tallahassee son honors his late father’s legacy with a heartwarming Lifetime Holiday Movie. The film “Deck the Hallways” is a story of family, tradition, and hope shaped by the lessons of a lifetime. Along with encore airings on Lifetime through the holiday season, it is available to stream on-demand, on the Lifetime app & the Lifetime website: https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/deck-the-hallways.

       Commitment Over the Next Five Years Includes $5 Million of Immediate Assistance for Families in Local Communities Across the U.S.  | Bank of America recently announced a $250 million commitment over the next five years to support families and individuals experiencing food insecurity and other basic needs in communities nationwide. This investment builds on the company’s long-standing support in this area, as it currently provides annual philanthropic funding to more than 1200 organizations that focus on combatting hunger and other related needs.

     Members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) were among the honorees at the 49th Annual Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards held on Dec. 6 in Hollywood, Florida. The ceremony recognizes excellence in television across Florida as well as markets in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and Puerto Rico.