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Desmond Meade speaks to students in Florida Memorial Universityâs Construction Trades program. COURTESY OF MIAMI DOLPHINS
SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER
MIAMI GARDENS â On April 27, Florida Memorial University (FMU) hosted a book signing event with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), in partnership with the Miami Dolphins and Lennar Foundation.
Students from FMUâs Certificate Program in Construction Trades program had the opportunity to hear from FRRC President and Executive Director Desmond Meade and were provided a copy of his book âLet My People Vote: My Battle to Restore the Civil Rights of Returning Citizens.ââ
The memoir recounts Meadeâs personal journey and activism to restore voting rights to returning citizens who have served their terms following Floridaâs passage of Amendment 4 in 2018. Copies of the book given to students were purchased by the Dolphins from African American owned Pyramid Books in Boynton Beach.�
Florida Technical College and Miami Dolphins Distributed 1,000 Meals to Families in Need
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MIAMI, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ To commemorate the launch of
Florida Technical College (FTC) new Culinary Arts Program located at its South Miami Campus in Cutler Bay, FTC joined forces with the
Miami Dolphins Foundation Food Relief Program to host a drive-up food distribution last Thursday for hundreds of families in need.
With one thousand meals prepared by local minority-owned business
Mike & Jackie s Catering and packaged by
FTC students, this collaboration with the Food Relief Program is assisting to alleviate the food insecurity and stress experienced by families in Miami-Dade County while generating jobs and revenue for local minority owned restaurants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its ongoing economic impact.