In recognition of her years of public service, leadership, and commitment to the community, the City of Miramar is renaming its Multi-Service Complex in honor of Broward County Commissioner Alexandra P. Davis. The dedication ceremony will take place on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 10 a.m., officially designating the facility as the Alexandra P. Davis Multi-Service Complex.
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On September 8, International Literacy Day, the library is looking for adults aged 18 and over in Central Broward/33311 zip code to teach adults how to read and write through the Each One Teach One literacy program. Staff are looking forward to describing the process, answering questions and helping future volunteers complete applications.
Broward County’s Bridge 2 Life (B2L), a nonprofit operating under the Broward Education Foundation, welcomed national, state, and local leaders for a milestone event as one of only a handful of organizations nationwide—and the only one in Florida—selected to participate in the 2026–2027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) beta test made possible by the generous support from the Helios Education Foundation.
For more than a century, Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) — known collectively as the “Divine Nine” — have been cornerstones of educational, cultural and civic life. In Miami, their chapters raise scholarship funds, mentor young people, and provide school supplies and leadership development to students who often face financial and social barriers.
As the 2025–26 school year begins, Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach — a proud A-rated institution with deep community roots — is welcoming students with new programs, fresh facilities, and a focus on both academic and personal growth. Principal Tavures Williams, now in his fourth year leading the historic campus, sat down for a back-to-school conversation to share what’s ahead for students, families, and the community.
Our own native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Harriet Gregory, was chosen by Director Mr. Michael Galanes to participate in their Beauty Pageant with other contestants at Broward Mall on June 1, 2025, winning First Place as South Florida Perfect Classic Women 2025 were she went on to Orlanda, Florida, at the Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Resort, where she and other participated with other contestants from July to August 2, where she also won in the Top 10 were she was rewarded and crowned The World Brightest Classis Women on July 30, 2025 as a dream of hope, faith, Believing in never giving up on God who gave me this honor experience, which I am so grateful to give to Him the praise.
As the Florida A&M University (FAMU) engineering student wraps up his third internship at Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and heads back to Tallahassee for his final year of classes, he looks to the example of his father to see how an internship can be the springboard to vast opportunities in the future.
In 2025, “the egg cracking” can mean so many things. For a child, it’s stepping into a new school for the first time. For a teenager, it’s opening that college acceptance or rejection letter. For a young adult, it’s starting your first job and realizing the work is much harder than the interview made it sound. For seasoned adults, it’s getting news about your health, your family, or your career that forces you to adjust. And for leaders, it’s the day after the big announcement, when the applause stops and the real responsibility begins.
Melvin Wright’s journey to AIDS-HIV awareness began over 20 years ago. He is the founder of the Speak Out Club for HIV/AIDS at Deerfield Beach High School, the only active club of its kind in the Broward County school system.
The Hope Scholarship is for students in grades kindergarten through 12 who are enrolled in a Florida public school and have been subjected to an incident of battery; harassment; hazing; bullying; kidnapping; simple battery; robbery; sexual offenses, sexual harassment, sexual assault, or sexual battery; threat or intimidation; or fighting at school to have the opportunity to transfer to another public school with capacity or to receive a scholarship to enroll in an approved private school. Incidents reported may be investigated at the district level, however, there does not have to be substantiation on the part of the district to offer a transfer to another public school with capacity or the ability for the student to move to an eligible private school on scholarship.