How to teach children to give back
StatePoint When school is in session, it may seem like the greatest lessons to be learned revolve around reading, writing and arithmetic. But teaching children …
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Back to school health and info fair includes voter registration
Staff Report MIAMI – School resumes on Aug. 22 in Miami-Dade County. To help local families prepare, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson is hosting …
Walking from the heart to support healthy living
By MICHELLE HOLLINGER MHollinger@Sfltimes.com Fueled by love for his sister, a desire to see her at her best and a strong belief that “action speaks …
A celebratory perspective on Emancipation Day
By Calibe Thompson Between the time of the Africans’ unwilling exodus to Jamaica and the island’s Independence from Britain in 1962, perhaps the most consequential …
America suffers unfortunate lack of civility
By CALIBE THOMPSON I don’t remember America being such an aggressive place when I moved here in the early 2000s. People like Rush Limbaugh …
Eating certain foods, thinking certain thoughts, can heal
Statepoint When you’re not feeling well, conventional wisdom says you should reach for over-the-counter or prescription remedies. But many experts point out that foods …
The art of the Florida Highwaymen
In a 2002 PBS documentary by then Broward-based father and son production team, John and Jack Hamrick, the duo explored the story of the Florida …
Nine-year old CEO to deliver TEDx talk
In their Black Doll-White Doll experiment in the 1940s, Dr. Kenneth Clark and his wife Mamie Clark filmed young black children selecting white dolls instead …
Rev. Edward T. Graham and Dr. Von D. Mizell: two local legends made history in South Florida
South Florida has benefitted from several African-American leaders that were progressive visionaries who took bold actions to make this area a better place to live …
Felecia Hatcher wants blacks to embrace technology whether they’re a techie or not
If Miamians knew what they had in Felecia Hatcher, people would form a line blocks long to attend any of her well-thought out, informative and …