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#FreeTheVote – Florida Rights Restoration Coalition at Florida Memorial University
We are excited to host Mr. Desmond Meade and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC). Returning citizens are welcome to come out to learn how to have their fees and fines paid. Mr. Meade and the FRRC have already paid over $1 million in fees and fines for residents in Miami Gardens, and are […]
South Florida Times: “Remembering the Martyrs: The Other Side of Black History Month” by Tameka Bradley Hobbs, Ph.D.
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered; We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered. – James Weldon Johnson, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” These lyrics appear in the second stanza of the poem-turned-song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” written by famed-Floridian James Weldon Johnson. […]
Governor DeSantis’ Anti-Protest Legislation Serves Anti-Black Racism and White Supremacy
A useful tool when evaluating any proposed legislation seeking to expand the criminal power of the State is to determine whether the new provisions seek to identify a “race problem” and then criminalize it. The criminalization of “race problems” has been the central animating theory of conservative politics and has served the cause of White […]
WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN COLE & BIERMAN AND FLORIDA MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY LAUNCH PROGRAM TO FOSTER NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK LAWYERS
From Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman Miami, Fla. — Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman (WSH) and Florida Memorial University (FMU) have partnered to launch the FMU Legal Scholars Pipeline Program. Attorney Chanae Wood, Chair of Weiss Serota’s Diversity & Inclusion Program, and Alexander Rundlet, Esq., Chief Strategist at FMU’s Social Justice Institute, will […]
“A Social Psychological Perspective on Police Violence” by Dr. Edward Stephenson
Police violence directed against indigenous people, African Americans in particular, has in recent times, been at the forefront of the social consciousness brought about by the much-publicized and sensationalized killing of such individuals as George Floyd and many others. The infamous cry of Mr. Floyd, “I Can’t Breathe,” has come to serve as a metaphor […]
A Black Love Letter: Empowering the Movement for Black Liberation
South Florida Times – December 15, 2020
Reading is Fundamental for Systemic Change, Real Justice
South Florida Times – December 1, 2020
FMU to Launch the South Florida Justice Common Read
South Florida Times – November 12, 2020
Now available “The Giver’s Issue” of INDULGE Magazine
Indulge – October 20, 2020
Florida Memorial University Creates a Social Justice Institute to Disrupt the World for Good
The HBCU Advocate – July 16, 2020