The second annual Unity Classic is less than a month away, as the Edward Waters University Tigers prepare to face the Florida Memorial University Lions at Nathaniel Glover Community Field and Stadium in Jacksonville.
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The future looked bright as more than 90 “at-promise” girls came together for a day dedicated to unlocking their potential and building lifelong confidence. Girl Power Rocks (GPR) successfully hosted its “It Takes a Village” Girls Summit at the Overtown Performing Arts Center in Miami, providing an immersive day of leadership, mentorship and empowerment designed to help participants become confident leaders and changemakers.
Every day it feels like something shifts, economically, socially, professionally, even personally. One moment you think you have clarity, and the next, something changes that makes you question everything you thought you understood. Plans pivot. Expectations collapse. Stability feels uncertain.
Florida A&M University (FAMU) has been recognized as the No. 2 public historically Black college or university (HBCU) in the nation in Forbes’ inaugural 2026 America’s Top HBCUs ranking, a distinction that underscores the University’s continued commitment to academic excellence, student success, and upward economic mobility. The inaugural ranking recognizes 10 public and 10 private HBCUs based on student outcomes, including graduation and retention rates, alumni earnings, student debt, and success in serving Pell Grant recipients.
As the County’s official pet adoption and animal welfare agency, Broward County Animal Care is committed to delivering high-quality pet adoption, animal code enforcement, and pet registration services. Legacy South Florida recently recognized Animal Care supervisors Modesto Mercedes, Jr., Shanika Prentice, and Mecca Seide among its 40 Under 40 Leaders for Today and Tomorrow. These three emerging leaders manage operations, admissions, and alternative placement for the agency that helps Broward County produce an inclusive and resilient community with a thriving quality of life.
Broward County Public Schools is making a significant investment in educational equity by expanding enrichment opportunities for elementary students, restoring full-time librarians to every elementary campus, and increasing access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses for high school students.
In May 2025, Broward Circuit Court Judge David A. Haimes entered a final judgement officially quieting title back to the local lodge, successfully concluding a grueling multi-year legal battle against rogue lodge members, and private lender HIF IV who illegally recorded a fraudulent warranty deed in 2018. Local Elks members make no secret about how the national Grand Lodge remained silent regarding involvement in filing the March 2018 lawsuit against rouge lodge members and Eutsey’s Sator Investments, LLC. These displaced lodge members and golf friends of Kevin Eutsey illegally cut a deal for Eutsey’s entity to pay off the lodge’s unmanageable debt, with Eutsey getting the deed for the Elks property on an alleged joint venture agreement. Eutsey would turn property into a “state of the art” club with an area for Elks activities.
War is not just a headline on a screen. War represents real people, real families, and real lives being changed forever. While leaders make decisions in offices far away, it is everyday people who feel the impact. It is soldiers who leave their loved ones, families who lose someone they care about, and communities that struggle to rebuild after conflict.
On Thursday evening, at the historic Mt. Hermon AME Church in Fort Lauderdale, under the spiritual leadership of Rev. Henry E. Green III, the church, in collaboration with the Fort Lauderdale Branch of the NAACP, hosted a District 20 Congressional Political Forum. NAACP President Marsha Ellison also served as the evening’s moderator.
This week, the Queen City of Cincinnati once again becomes the gathering place for one of the world’s most influential African American organizations as thousands of members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. convene for the 85th Grand Conclave, July 30th through August 3rd.