Fort Lauderdale is grieving the loss of one of its most treasured leaders and faithful servants. Dr. Irma Hunter Wesley, a devoted servant of God, loving matriarch, and tireless community leader, passed away this week at the age of 86, leaving behind a legacy that will continue to shape lives for generations to come.
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Life is the same way. Each of us has a “season” where we set a vision for ourselves, our families, and our communities. We dream of stronger households, thriving businesses, safe neighborhoods, and opportunities for our children. But like a tough football season, life throws us interceptions, job losses, setbacks, sickness, disappointments. Sometimes it feels like victory is too far away.
The 6th Annual Carlton B. Moore Friends & Family Day will take place from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, at Osswald Park, 2220 NW 21st Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Moore, who passed away on April 2, 2014, at the age of 60, served on the City Commission for more than 20 years and was a past president of the local branch of the NAACP.
Over the weekend a community of young and old came together to celebrate 50 years of The Marshall L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (DAHCAC). A place where Liberty City youth can experience all genres of performing and visual arts including theater, art and band; falling in love with something they didn’t even know existed. The evening featured extraordinary performances from the Nu Deco Ensemble, alumni whose lives were forever changed by the center, and a one-hour screening of the documentary feature film An Instrumental Start: A Model for the Nation.
Being a senior in Broward County Public Schools, I’ve seen the problems and potential that shape the classrooms we sit in five days a week. Sitting in testing rooms that have outdated technology that freezes in the middle of State tests and exams. AP courses that my school has and that many students take advantage of that other schools across the county don’t offer. Even though I am a student at a predominantly white high school, I’m still a Black female in today’s school system. I can’t disregard that schools in communities with kids that look just like me are underfunded, under-supported, and last to be acknowledged during tough decisions.
David Jolly brought his gubernatorial campaign to the Florida panhandle for the fourth time, hitting Pensacola, Milton, Panama City, and Tallahassee. Outside the Capitol City, Democrats brand the region “No Man’s Land” for its conservative leaning, but Jolly says affordability is just as important there as it is anywhere. So is diversity. Equity is also on his agenda, where everyone is welcomed and uplifted.” Why has equity become an extreme idea?” he asked.
Traffic is once again flowing through Bethune-Cookman University on Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard.
Ensign James Wright, a native of Hollywood, Florida, serves aboard USS Billings, a U.S. Navy warship operating out of Mayport, Florida.
On Saturday, September 13, the Zeta Chi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. once again showed what it means to live out the principle of Uplift. In support of the Zeta D.O.V.E. Foundation and the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County through the Broward County Health and Human Services Department, as well as the City of Fort Lauderdale Community Court initiative, the chapter hosted its annual Day of Service Drive-Thru Drop Off, inspired by the Florida Statewide Organization of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Whether you graduated in 1935 or 2015, we’re calling all Graduate Classes ending in ‘5 to get in on it! Let’s unite to raise $2,025 per graduation class and help hit our $100K goal for the I Love My FMU Alumni Giving Campaign.