Liberty City parade organizer keeps King’s memory alive
Special to South Florida Times Liberty City’s Martin Luther King Day parade has become the largest celebration in at least South Florida of the slain …
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Three mothers get new Habitat for Humanity homes for the new year
Three single mothers got to ring in the new year with a new lease on life. Literally. At a Home Dedication Ceremony Saturday, Tarra Jean-Louis, …
Three South Floridians named to teachers fund
In one of his last acts before leaving office, Gov. Charlie Crist appointed three South Floridians to the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers.The legislatively mandated …
College gets grant to promote youth reading
Miami Dade College’s Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center Library recently won a national American Library Association Great Stories CLUB grant to connect teens in …
Kappa Alpha Psi celebrates 100th anniversary
FORT LAUDERDALE – The city of Fort Lauderdale honored Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity on Jan. 4 as the national organization celebrated its 100th anniversary. The …
Internship program will provide experience in city government
MIAMI-GARDENS — The city of Miami Gardens has begun accepting applications for its new Honors Internship Program for high school and college students living in …
Jewish college students visit TACOLCY Center
The Belafonte TACOLCY Center played host Jan. 3 to more than 80 college students from the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, Hillel: The Foundation for …
Cultural arts center schedules fundraiser to fill budget deficit
Florida International University Facing a $300,000 cut in budget cuts, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center is hoping to start bridging the funding gap with …
Dr. King taught us to develop tough minds and tender hearts
For the last several years during January, I make it my business to re-read Strength to Love. This is my very small way of acknowledging …
Experiment finds women’s tears a turnoff for men
AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON — If a crying woman's red nose is not a big enough turnoff to a man, a surprising experiment found another …