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The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has urged all member churches to pray and show Christian solidarity with the people of Haiti. This call came after the committee’s recent meeting in Cyprus, where the leaders pledged to pray for “God’s compassion for the people of this troubled land” and for an answer to their cries.

       South Florida has lost a Historian and Baseball enthusiast in the person of Danny Phillips. Phillips passed away on November 7, 2024, after a brief illness. Phillips was the Founder and Director of More Than a Game, Inc., a Non-profit organization based in Fort Lauderdale FL. Phillips started More Than a Game alongside fellow Baseball enthusiast Eddie Edwards Jr. in 2004. The organization educated the Community both young and old on the era of Negro League Baseball when Blacks weren’t allowed to play in the Major Leagues due to segregation.

On Sunday, October 27, a diverse coalition of over 100 community members gathered at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church in Boca Raton for the “Souls to the Polls Early Voting Rally.” Organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of South Palm Beach County, the advocacy arm of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County; Temple Beth El of Boca Raton; DISC of Pearl City; and churches in Pearl City—Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Macedonia A.M.E. Church, and Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church—the event aimed to empower local citizens to exercise their right to vote while fostering community solidarity.