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• Speak On It: The Fight for Black Boys

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  by Mathes Guice

   

  Guice Our boys are at risk. Consider there are approximately 184,578 children between the ages of 10 and 17 in Broward County.  Black children account for roughly 32%, yet they represent 51% of delinquency referrals versus 25% for white children.  Fifty-five percent are judicially disposed, [...]

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• Judge to rule today in lawsuit to open State Attorney race to all voters

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  Arguments will be heard this morning before U.S. Judge William Zloch on the federal lawsuit brought by voters Vincent Mazilli and Armando Lacasa who are excluded from voting in the Miami-Dade County State Attorney race. The two candidates, incumbent Katherine Fernandez Rundle and challenger Rod Vereen, [...]

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• Message from Cedric McMinn, Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party [VIDEO]

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  by Vanessa Woodard Byers

  During the Immanuel Temple 'Come Together Day 2012' community celebration at Golden Glades Elementary School on Saturday, July 21, I had the pleasure of recording this video message from Cedric A. McMinn, Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party.

   

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• Notice: In search of information on poet Alpheus Butler, Jr.

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  Historian Canter Brown, Jr., is researching the life and work of Florida poet James Alpheus Butler, Jr.  Associated with the Harlem Renaissance, Alpheus Butler was born in Miami during 1905 and died at Tampa in 1977.  He published several books of fine poetry and was acknowledged [...]

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• Charles S. Dutton and Isaiah Thomas to Headline Black Men's Roundtable on July 28

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  Dutton Thomas

  Miami, FL - The Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation will host the 2012 Healthy, Wealth & Wise Mini-Expo and Black Men's Round Table on Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Caleb Center, 5400 NW 22nd Avenue in Miami. [...]

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• DINE OUT AND HELP KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL

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  Kitchen 305 Partners with Communities In Schools of Miami to 
  Donate 20% of Dinner Sales To Keeping Local Students Succeeding In School

  Miami-Dade County Superintendent Alberto Carvalho recently made a pledge to increase Dade County’s graduation rate to 90 percent in the next two years. Historically [...]

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• Temple Immanuel Come Together Day 2012

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  Immanuel Temple Pastor John F. White II with members at Come Together Day 2012

  
  Yesterday, more than 500 people attended Immanuel Temple’s  ‘Come Together Day’ held on the campus of Golden Glades Elementary School in Miami Gardens. School uniforms were provided for more than 2,000 [...]

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• Freedom Forum for State Attorney candidates: Vereen vs. Rundle surrogate

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  Florida New Majority (FNM) and their partners hosted the second Freedom Forum last night at the Joseph Caleb Center in Miami. The first Forum, held July 2, was attended by more than 400 residents and featured three County Commissioners and their challengers.

  More than 100 people attended last [...]

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• Immanuel Temple Gives 2,100 Uniforms to Local School Students

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  MIAMI GARDENS—Immanuel Temple will distribute some 2,100 sets of free school uniforms to local students at its first “Come Together Day,” the church’s free-admission community festival, Saturday, July 21, 2012, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Golden Glades Elementary School, 16520 N.W. 28th Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL.
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• Upcoming Political Events

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  Here is a listing of upcoming local events. A listing will be posted each Tuesday. If you would like to add or update any information, send an e-mail to vbyers@bloggingblackmiami.com or call Vanessa Byers at (305) 323-7614. Let's stay alert...connected...informed.

  Wednesday, July 18,' [...]

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