The South Miami Children’s Clinic, along with the 5K Gallop Management Team, in association with an array of sponsors, officially announces the participation of Miss Tina Clayton and Miss Tia Clayton as sports ambassadors for the inaugural staging of the 5k Gallop charity run on Saturday August 27, 2022, at Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152 Street, Miami, Florida, 33177.

Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc. (DVCAI) is pleased to announce its award of a three-year, transformational grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the organization’s succession planning and the hiring of its first paid Executive Director, Tanya Desdunes.

MIAMI, Florida — With the Independence Day holiday quickly approaching, the Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management (DSWM) reminds residents that proper and safe disposal of fireworks and charcoal ash is essential to preventing injuries, property damage and damage to waste carts.

NEW YORK, New York – New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, will be the guest speaker at the official Jamaica 60 Diamond Jubilee Gala on August 20, the Consulate General of Jamaica in New York has announced.

Great news, parents! This year’s annual Back-to-School “Sales Tax Holiday” has been expanded to 14 days starting Monday, July 25 through Sunday, August 7, 2022. Parents will get a break from the state’s 6 percent sales tax representing significant savings for families as the summer break ends and the new school year begins.

Kingston, Jamaica – A recent donation of agricultural supplies and farm tools made by International Game Technology (IGT) to the Sunbeam Children’s Home in Old Harbour, St Catherine will aid the ongoing revival of the institution’s agriculture program.

MIAMI – On Aug. 2, the Miami-Dade Black Affairs Advisory Board (BAAB), joined the Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT), Vice Chairman Oliver G. Gilbert III, Commissioner Kionne L. McGhee, Commissioner Jean Monestime, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) leaders, Office of the Mayor representatives, BAAB board members, and community partners to kick off Black Business Month.

MIAMI, Florida– The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH-Miami-Dade) is under a mosquito-borne illness advisory following the confirmation of an identified case of dengue in a Miami-Dade resident. This is the first local case of dengue infection in 2022. 

NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today continued efforts to provide New Yorkers with affordable housing options by opening 183 deeply affordable units, in addition to a cultural arts center, on the former site of the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center — the site where he was held at 15 years old — in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx. The detention center was closed in 2011, after 54 years in operation with notoriously poor conditions for the youth detained there. Once complete, the full five-acre redevelopment project — called The Peninsula — will bring 740 affordable homes, an early childhood education center, a wellness center, a one-acre public plaza, and a supermarket to Hunts Point.

MIAMI, Fla. – The Diamond Jubilee 5KGallop, a fundraiser to benefit schools in Jamaica, is set for Aug. 27 at Zoo Miami to celebrate Jamaica’s 60th year of independence and honor the “rich and vast contributions” of the Jamaican people to the way of life in South Florida.

Broward County, FL.  – The Broward County Supervisor of Elections office would like to remind its residents that all registered voters are eligible to vote in the upcoming August 23, 2022 Primary Election. Voters must be registered by Monday, July 25th in order to participate in the Primary Election. Anyone registering to vote for the first time in Florida after the book closing deadline, will not be eligible to vote on August 23rd. 

MIAMI, FL – For the second year, Miami-Dade County will recognize and commemorate “Juneteenth” – a combination of “June” and “nineteenth” celebrated on the 19th of June each year to observe the official emancipation of the last group of enslaved people in the United States. The Miami-Dade Black Affairs Advisory Board, (BAAB), invites you participate in one or more of the following community sponsored events being held throughout Miami-Dade County.