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Sunland Park Academy
proves that community involvement can make a big difference in the lives of students
By Charles Moseley There is an old adage which goes, “the proof is in the pudding.” And based upon the improvements across the board, in academic achievement at Sunland Park Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the pudding has all the right ingredients for success. Thanks to the efforts of the school’s faculty, parental involvement, and ongoing partnership with Community Based Connections, Inc., the school has shown tremendous progress over the past several years. During the 2014-15 school-year, Sunland Park Academy languished at the bottom of the pile as an F school, listing it among Broward County’s worst performing public schools. Enter in the Community Based Connections, Inc. Early Achievers program and the school began to dig itself out of an academic hole. Today Sunland Park Academy stands close to the top of the heap as a B school. School principal Sharonda Bailey has bright hopes for the future. “The Sunland Park Academy Early Achievers program has been an invaluable important asset for the students, staff, and community of Sunland Park Academy for several years. The partnership established between Community Based Connections, Inc., and the United Way of Broward County,
has provided our school with a seamless service of academic remediation and enrichment for students in grades 1-3 as well as providing support for families,” said Bailey. School administrators credit Community Based Connection, Inc., with fostering a greater connection with the community and encouraging parent participation. In addition, Community Based Connection, Inc. provides hands on academic support for students which target (Cont’d on page 4)
NAACP commends Florida State Attorney for indictment of McGlockton killer A M E S S A GE F ROM OU R PU BL IS H E R
Group continues with national call for ending stand your ground laws
BALTIMORE -- The NAACP commends State Attorney Bernie McCabe for charging Michael Drejka with manslaughter in the brutal murder of Markeis McGlockton in Pinellas County Florida. “We commend the State’s Attorney
for indicting this man in the brutal murder of a husband and father, who sought only to protect his family,” said NAACP Chairman Florida resident Leon W. Russell. “This law is a shameful tool for vigilantes and cowards.” Drejka had killed Markeis McGlockton, 28, in front of his wife and children after McGlockton shoved him in response to Drejka harassing his family over a parking issue. Drejka (Cont’d on page 5)
White Officer in Florida arrested and fired for allegedly kicking pregnant Black woman
By Bobby R. Henry, Sr.
Violence against black people by police can occur even when they are off-duty, apparently, as a white North Miami Beach police officer has been arrested and fired after allegedly kicking a pregnant Black woman in the stomach. The officer, Ambar Pacheco, had been on the job for less than a year and was under probationary status when the incident occurred last Wednesday night. According to the police report, Pacheco was with her sister when she had an encounter with Evoni Murray and her boyfriend, Joseph Predulus. The report indicates that an argument (Cont’d on page 5)
This was a piece that I wrote in 2010. I think that it holds some truth today as well as it did then. With the first day of early voting (818-18) only three days away, this is a point of contention in several races on the ballot. Not to negate or downplay or take away from any of our politicians, I want the voters and those seeking office to question but not to judge where they are in terms of their sensitivity towards the cultural differences of others. Laws will be established; however, the governing of them is based upon the heart, which will operate freely from insensitivity when love abounds. Love is understanding. For those who chose to play in the atmosphere of Pol-lie-tricks, now you find (Cont’d on page 12)
Prison Reform at White House Meeting President Donald Trump recently met with a group of Black and Latino pastors about prison reform issues. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been meeting with journalists in off-therecord briefings on the issue
of prison reform and is working with Congress to build support for the “Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act” (FIRST STEP Act). Jared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, served time in federal prison in Alabama; Jared has taken a special interest in prison reform and pushed to pass the “FIRST STEP Act.” The bill has passed the House and awaits consideration in the Senate. During the on-camera portion of
the meeting, none of the pastors asked any substantive questions; some of them heaped praise on President Trump. Dr. Van Moody of The Worship Center in Birmingham, Ala., thanked President Trump “for being compassionate and caring about all people.” Dr. Moody praised the president’s compassion, despite the recent revelation that officials with the Department of Health and Human (Cont’d on page 9)
“And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep.” 2 Peter 2:3 (Amplified Bible)
By Ryan Velez
Black Pastors Praise Trump, Talk By Lauren Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor)
Where are our culturally sensitive Black people?
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