MIAMI 4 SOCIAL CHANGE YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL: Featuring Fab 5 Freddy, American filmmaker, hip hop pioneer and original host of Yo! MTV Raps, the 7th annual event presented by URGENT, Inc., is set for July 21-22 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day at the Julius Littman Performing Arts Theater, 17011 NE 19th Ave., North Miami Beach. Youth tickets $5, adults $20, limited free tickets available. Visit urgentinc.org/youth-film-festival.
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VIRTUAL CANDIDATE FORUMS: The League of Women Voters of Broward County is co-hosting via livestream to the league Facebook page in advance of the Aug. 23 election. No account needed, go to facebook.com/BrowardLWV/ or @BrowardLWV. Forums will be recorded and uploaded to the league YouTube channel for later viewing.
• July 21, 6 p.m. – County Commission Districts 8 & 9 (co-host Urban League)
• July 26, 6 p.m. – School Board District 5 (co-host Urban League) More forum dates will be posted at lwvbroward.org. Scroll down to "2022 Election News and Information" and view calendar on the right side.
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SHELDRICK REDWINE FREE YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMP SATURDAY: For boys and girls ages 5-14 featuring skills and drills led by the Miami native and Miami Dolphins safety, at Sgt. Joseph Delancy (Richmond) Park, 14450 Boggs Dr., Miami. Each camper will receive a free camp t-shirt, free lunch and giveaways. Registration starts at 1:30 p.m., camp begins at 2 p.m. Register at allblackab.com.
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SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR SUMMER GARAGE SALE: Local vendors offer household items, clothes, furniture, vintage finds and other fabulous bargains in spacious airconditioned comfort, Saturday, July 23, 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. Admission 7 – 9 a.m., $6; 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., $5; children 12 and under free. Free parking, enter Gates 3 or 12. Vendor information contact kyanna@southfloridafair.com.
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MLK PEN & PENCIL PEACE CAMP: The Martin Luther King Jr. Coordinating Committee continues the annual program enabling boys and girls to improve their reading, writing, artistic and musical skills, Saturday, July 23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the In Time Church of God in Christ Fellowship Hall, 1025 7th St., West Palm Beach. Call 561-8324682.
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STAGED READING OF “SEEKING”: New play by Art Prevails Project founder Darius Daughtry at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, July 23 at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, July 24 at 6 p.m. Tickets $15 at BrowardCenter.org, Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 954-462-0222 at the center’s box office.
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CANDIDATE TOWN HALL”: The Broward County Black Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition of Black Organization Leaders (COBOL) will host the first in a series, Monday, July 25, 6-8 p.m. at Mount Herman Church, 401 NW 7th Ter., Fort Lauderdale, addressing:
• County Commission Dist. 6 – Commissioner Beam Furr and Jeffery Jones
• County Commission Dist. 8 – Bobby DuBose, Edison Jules, Robert McKinzie, Aude M.L. Sicard
• County Commission Dist. 9 – Mayor Hazelle Rogers and Guithele Ruiz-Nicolas
• School Board Dist. 5 – Antonio Burgess, Ruth Carter-Lynch, Clifford L. Coach Sr, Jeff Holness, Gloria Ann Lewis, Nathalie Ingrid Lynch-Walsh, Jimmy B. Witherspoon
• School Board At Large 8 – Raymond E. Adderly III, Mourice Hirra Hylton, Board Member Donna Pilger Korn, Allen Ridgdill Zeman
Call 954-419-6557 or email info@browardcountyblackchamberofcommerce.com.
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VOTER REGISTRATION & AFFILIATION: The Broward County Supervisor of Elections office reminds that eligible voters must be registered by Monday, July 25 to participate in the Aug. 23 Primary Election, and can expect to receive a voter information card. July 25 also is the deadline for changing party affiliation; in Florida, a closed primary election state, only registered members of a political party may vote for the party’s primary election candidates. For further Information visit Registertovoteflorida.gov, social media @browardvotes, the browardvotes.gov website, or call 954-654-1611 or 954-654-2407.
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“BLACK MEN SPEAK”: Island City Stage presents a free behind the red curtain public forum on the impact of HIV on the Black community, Monday, July 25, 6 – 7:30 p.m., ArtServe Auditorium, 1350 E. Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale. RSVP at islandcitystage.org.
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"OVERTOWN BORN DAY CELEBRATION": Commemorating the 126th anniversary of the founding of one of the oldest neighborhoods in the original boundaries of the City of Miami, which over the decades evolved into a hub for Black culture, music and business, July 30, 7-10 p.m. at the Historic Ward Rooming House, 249 NW 9th St., Miami. For tickets register at hamptonartlovers.eventbrite.com.
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SEAL AND EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOP: The Miami-Dade County Interfaith Advisory Board in conjunction with the county Public Defender’s Office will host, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, July 30, at Jose Marti Park, 434 SW 3rd Ave., Miami, to help the public understand the process. Expunging a record is when the court orders the physical destruction or obliteration of a criminal history record, which in Florida can be difficult. Call 305-375-5784.
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KRAVIS ON BROADWAY: Subscriptions start at $299 for the phenomenal lineup of seven shows on sale to the public at the not-for-profit Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, including Tony Award winners “Ain’t Too Proud – the Life and Times of the Temptations,” and “Hadestown,” where a song can change your fate, as well as center premieres of the smash hits “Disney’s Aladdin” and “Wicked.” Visit kravis.org/broadway.
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SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE: All BrightStar Credit Union locations in Broward County will serve as drop-off locations for donations to support the annual Broward Education Foundation effort through the beginning of the school year. Visit BEFdrive.com or call 954-486-2728. For BrightStar branch locations and operating hours visit bscu.org/locations.
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ROAR! JURASSIC CAMP: Kids will have a unique chance to play paleontologist at The Palm Beach Museum of Natural History summer youth camp in The Mall at Wellington Green, 10300 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 172, Wellington. Open Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. through Aug. 5. Registration $30, weekly fees $250, walk-ins accepted. Call 561-275-6233 or visit pbmnh.org.
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WOMEN’S SUMMER LUNCHEON: The nonprofit Lemon City Cemetery Community Corporation is “Celebrating and Honoring Prominent Women With a Summer Flair” on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 1835 NW 54th St., Miami, featuring Agnes Rolle Morton, the Rev. Dr. Carol Nash-Lester, and Marilyn Dean Randall. Tickets $25, table of six $150, email lemoncitycommunity@gmail.com or call 305-923-2533 or 305-635-8767.
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