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Marleine Bastien at a campaign launch event Friday./Johania Charles for The Miami Times
The longtime activist and social worker, known for leading anti-gentrification rallies and pushing for the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Miamiâs immigrant families, said she is grooming young leaders to staff FANM during her campaign. Wallace Aristide, principal of Northwestern Senior High School, gives an acceptance speech after receiving the 2020 Leonard Miller Principal Leadership Award./Alberto Carvalho via Twitter
Bastien, one of seven residents who submitted qualifying documents for the county commission seat, joins a growing list of candidates that includes the well-respected principal of Northwestern Senior High School, Wallace Aristide, who is already garnering much support from the community.
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A new nonprofit organization of Black community groups, faith-based institutions and business and political leaders throughout South Florida is taking a strength-in-numbers approach to combat inequities and promote prosperity for Blacks in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
The South Florida Black Prosperity Alliance held news conferences in all three South Florida counties on Thursday to unveil the initiative. In Palm Beach County, the group met in front of the Martin Luther King Memorial at Currie Park in West Palm Beach, currently being renovated by a Black-owned business. This is different because where there is an issue of economic disparity in Palm Beach County, we know the Black Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County will be on the front line. We know the Urban League of Palm Beach County will be on the front line, said Brian C. Johnson, president of the Broward County Minority Builders Coalition. What we re declaring today, though, is when you see the
New alliance aims to advocate for Black community interests in South Florida
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Eric Knowles said there is strength in numbers, and this is why the new South Florida Black Prosperity Alliance will be making a difference.
Knowles has been leading the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce since 2014. On Thursday, he held the microphone outside of the Urban League of Broward County’s Sunshine Health Community Empowerment Center in Fort Lauderdale.
“We have to stand together . Black businesses matter, Black education matters, Black health matters, Black seniors matter 365 days a year, not just 28 days in February,” Knowles said referring to Black History Month.