Miami, FL –  Endeavor Miami, an affiliate of the global Endeavor organization supporting high-impact entrepreneurship, announces its participants for the second Pitch Competition for Black Entrepreneurs. The organization is once again partnering with The City of Miami, The Miami Herald and Microsoft for Startups to bring this remarkable opportunity to the community.

MIAMI, FL — This Fire Prevention Week (October 3-9), the American Red Cross South Florida Region urges you to test your smoke alarms before the threat of home fires increases with cooler weather.

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, many of our talented and ambitious scholars struggled financially to afford to pay for their university tuition in years 1and 2. As we shift focus to our current situation, many families are now battling the dual challenge of maintaining a livelihood at subsistence level and paying college tuition fees. Our scholars approaching their third and final year and are now grappling with perhaps the most difficult question in their learning experience… how to continue their educational journey?  For these students who have sacrificed so much, and not be able to complete their studies, we believe this would be an enormous setback for themselves and their generation.

(Black PR Wire) Boo! Halloween is around the corner and that means plenty of scares. But your energy use should not be the scariest thing you see. Through low-to-no-cost ways, saving energy and lowering your bill doesn’t have to be a bunch of hocus pocus.

There’s good news for current and former residents of the Caribbean who buy online. A new, free resource is now available that makes it quick and easy to discover which stores and brands will deliver to each of the 16 Caribbean island nations.  

MIAMI —Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced the appointment of Rafael (Ralph) Cutié – who had been serving in the role as Interim Director – as the new Director and CEO of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department following a search.

MIAMI, Florida — Miami-Dade County Public Housing and Community Development together with Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida invite you to join Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Commissioner Jean Monestime on Saturday, October 30, for the Virtual Homeownership and Homebuyer Expo 2021 – Housing the Future Together. This event is free and open to the public.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Florida Humanities, the state’s humanities nonprofit organization that support locally-driven public programming is providing South Florida PBS financial support to co-host a community event exploring the history of water, racism and the African American community. 

Representatives from Miami-Dade County Public Schools Technical Colleges will be promoting its Career Technical Education programs in the Parks on Saturday, September 18^th between 9:00 am and 1:00pm. 

Our Savior Lutheran School Kindergarten teacher, Trisha DePasquale, is running in the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 7, 2021 to raise awareness and monies for cystic fibrosis.  The students, faculty and staff at Our Savior Lutheran School in Plantation, Florida are helping Mrs. DePasquale get across that finish line and have selected Team Boomer as the recipient for their chapel offerings and have already raised $1,108.96, to date.  

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) and Jackson Health System have teamed up to share information with parents of newborns on the importance of high-quality education from an early age and to highlight programs that are available in the community.

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Florida –  In place of the Annual Grand Charity Ball, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kiwanis Club of Lauderdale Lakes (KCLL) will host the KCLL 2021 Virtual Charity Event on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.