NAACP Community Political Forum, Thu 2/21/19 5pm/Doors, 5:30pm Forum | Middleton HS, 4801 N 22nd St, Tampa, FL 33610 | City of Tampa Mayor’s Race + Tampa City Council Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 7; FMI Pres. Yvette Lewis 813-505-9120
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In honor of Black History Month, we would like to encourage ALL Hillsborough County hjPublic Schools students in grades 3-12 and post-secondary education to participate in LEAD, a district-wide student contest. LEAD stands for Learn, Empower, Advocate, Dream. This contest challenges students to create an artistic interpretation expressing how they have been inspired by a…
Tampa Family Health Centers is offering you free health services if you are a family displaced by Hurricane Maria, The TFHC CEO, Charles Bottoms says, “We are committed to supporting our brothers and sisters from Puerto Rico and welcome them to our centers. We are here to help those seeking aid with medical treatment.” Contact…
On the heels of a new survey underscoring hunger and poverty among Florida professors, adjunct professors at the University of South Florida will rally next week as part of their push to unionize. The adjunct professors and their supporters, including Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp and Tampa City Council member Guido Maniscalco, plan to gather in front of USF’s Marshall…
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October 18, 2017 Middleton High School was the site for the Hillsborough County Public School to announce the recognition of the exemplary status by the Florida Department of Education. The status was reached after the school district committed to infuse the teaching of African American history throughout the k-12 curriculum. The NAACP of Hillsborough County…
Race Relations in Tampa was the topic at Café Con Tampa on October 13, 2017. Yvette Lewis, president, and Albert Fields, 1st Vice President, presented to a group of about 75 residents from the area at this weekly gathering. Cafe con Tampa is a weekly gathering of neighborhood and community leaders who discuss important issues…
Donald Trump is not the first politician to openly stoke racism and hatred. He is a part of a much larger system of white supremacy that is reinforced in our nation election after election. It’s important to pull down Confederate symbols—many of which were erected as monuments to white supremacy during the Jim Crow era,…
