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Maya Pressley is the best athlete from the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) area that you’ve never heard of.

Several men from the different Masonic orders have decided that they would come together and do things a little different to address issues that have plagued the communities for some time and have recently come into the rear view mirrors of others.

Their mission on April 18th was to honor and serve an elder Alpha Phi Alpha brother in observance of the fraternity’s A. Charles Haston Brother’s Keeper National Program.

Wine, Women & Shoes raised more than $60,000 benefitting UWBC’s programs such as ReadingPals and Project Lifeline.

Lauderhill Mayor Richard J. Kaplan, in collaboration with local nonprofits, financial institutions, and Florida Prosperity Partnership, will be announcing the launch of Bank On Lauderhill, a public-private partnership among the area’s regional financial institutions and community-based organizations aimed at increasing the financial stability of the “unbanked” and “underbanked.”

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) will hosted the Annual District 24 Congressional Art Competition, Art Show and Awards Ceremony

Seminar planned to address deaths of Black men in police custody

Miami-Dade School Board Member Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall (D-2) attended Law Day 2015 and the launch of the educational partnership with Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP and Brownsville Middle School

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) held a news conference recently to recognize and celebrate Child Welfare Professionals Recognition Day

Friends of the African American Research Library & Cultural Center (AARLCC) honored Mr. Samuel F. Morrison, the distinguished and undisputed architect of arguably the most significant edifice constructed in the northwest corridor of Broward County in the 21st Century.