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Wells Fargo donates $3 million to UNCF

Donation extends commitment to help students graduate WASHINGTON, DC – UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, announced today that Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.3 trillion in assets, will expand their relationship with UNCF by investing $3 million to [...]

January 12, 2013No CommentRead More

National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS announces resignation of Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III as Board Chair

Rev. Dr. James favorite appointed as successor NBLCA: New York, NY – Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III has announced that he will step down as chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBLCA) as of December 31, 2012. Rev. Dr. W. James Favorite, chairman of [...]

December 24, 2012No CommentRead More

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey clowns to provide interactive performace at Mosi Science

TAMPA – Clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will amaze Children of All Ages as they bring an electric, live and interactive performance to the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Science of the Circus event will feature activities such as exploring [...]

December 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Florida Dental Association applauds flouride vote in PInellas

Tallahassee, Fla. — The Florida Dental Association (FDA) congratulates the Pinellas County Commission and its citizens for the decision to reinstate optimal fluoridation levels in its water system. Dr. Kim Jernigan, President of the Florida Dental Association, issued the following statement, “The citizens of Pinellas County were well served today by the actions of the [...]

November 28, 2012No CommentRead More

WHITES AND REPUBLICANS NEED ONLY APPLY TO BUILD CHASE BRANCHES, SAYS FLORIDA MINORITY COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT COALITION

Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition Chair Al Pina issued the following statement: “Chase Bank, your lack of economic inclusion in Florida is horrendous. Mr. Martinez, your approach to economic inclusion is disgusting. For over a year FMCRC and various minority trade organizations have tried to get Chase Bank to create diversity in their construction of the hundreds [...]

October 22, 2012No CommentRead More

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD PROTECT POOR FAMILIES FROM PRISON TELEPHONE COMPANIES

A report released today, “The Price To Call Home: State-Sanctioned Monopolization In The Prison Phone Industry,” reveals that the monopolistic prison phone industry’s high calling rates are jeopardizing public safety and taxing poor communities. The three phone companies that dominate 90% of the industry negotiate exclusive contracts with state prison systems, set calling rates that [...]

September 11, 2012No CommentRead More

90 Percent of Young Women Say the Poor Economy Impacts Daily Life

Charlotte, NC – (9/5/12) – Generation Opportunity, the largest non-profit, non-partisan organization in the United States engaging and mobilizing young Americans (18-29 years old) on the important economic issues facing the nation, released new polling data today on Millennial women as the 2012 presidential election nears. Since its launch in June of 2011, Generation Opportunity has amassed a [...]

September 11, 2012No CommentRead More

Lakeland Mayor Gow Fields Elected President of Florida League of Mayors for 2012-13

Lakeland Mayor Gow Fields has been elected president of the Florida League of Mayors for the 2012-13 term. Fields, who was first elected to the Lakeland City Commission in 1992, became mayor in 2010. “I’m proud to serve as president of the Florida League of Mayors,” Fields said. “City governments are the government closest to [...]

September 4, 2012No CommentRead More

Restrictive Voter ID Law Rejected by Federal Court

Washington, D.C. – Voting rights advocates scored a clear victory today when a federal court rejected Texas’s restrictive voter ID law, which could have hurt hundreds of thousands of minority voters who lack the required ID. In 2011, a wave of suppressive laws passed that could make it significantly harder for millions of eligible Americans to cast ballots this fall. [...]

August 30, 2012No CommentRead More

REP. THURSTON OUTRAGED BY GOVERNOR SCOTT’S ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT VOTING

State Representative Perry Thurston (D-Plantation), the House Democratic Leader-designate, issued the following statement in response to legal action taken late yesterday by Governor Rick Scott’s administration. “I am outraged by Governor Scott’s ongoing attempts to reduce Floridians’ access to early voting. The governor’s lawyers are now seeking approval to restrict the five Florida counties covered [...]

August 23, 2012No CommentRead More