A brother and sister are running against each other for a Florida Senate seat, and their mother has already chosen a side.
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As the calendar turns toward 2025, The Carrie Meek Foundation is laying the groundwork for an expansive future that honors the legacy of Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek while addressing the evolving needs of Miami-Dade County’s communities. From workforce development in aviation to community-based safety initiatives, the foundation is focused on building sustainable, impactful solutions for the region’s Black and brown neighborhoods.
An ordained minister, he is president of the auxiliary council at his church in Inglewood and heads Village Solutions Foundation, a faith-based community development corporation that connects Black churches and communities with green energy programs. He begins his emails with “God morning” or “God afternoon” instead of “good morning” or “good afternoon,” and for him, there is no conflict between his Christian faith and climate action. On the contrary, God and climate (specifically clean energy) are wholly aligned.
The new initiative builds on the framework of the five-part Empowerment Agenda, which Morial first revealed in his inaugural State of the Urban League speech two decades ago.
Hosted by Dallas businessman Willis Johnson of JBJ Management, Lightfoot, who is an attorney serving her first term as the 56th mayor of the third largest city (by rank and population) in the country, touted a record that she said proves she deserves another term.