/ Bishop Melvin Pinkney of New Life Zion Temple lead Black Lives Matter chants in front of the Lake Worth Beach city hall along Dixie Highway. July 2020
When a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Bishop Melvin Pinkney, leader of New Life Zion Temple in Lake Worth Beach, said a lot of residents were on edge about the murder trial, including him.
“To be honest with you, I was very worried. I was torn. I was just feeling like, Lord don’t let this go the wrong way, ” Pinkney said. “He was found guilty as he should have been and I thank God for that.”
Jewish and Black communities come together for outdoor Shabbat
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MENTORING YOUTH â Steve Forte teaches boys in a special class at the Sycamore Youth Center about how to do any number of simple life skils, including above, checking fuses. This marks Forteâs second year leading the class, one of as many as 40 free afterschool classes offered at the center at 401 N. Fourth St., Steubenville. Janice Kiaski
STEUBENVLLE How do you tie a tie?
What do you do when a fuse blows?
Can you change a tire?
Have you learned yet how to shave?
Steve Forte is a mentor when it comes to teaching middle school-age boys simple life skills such as these on Wednesday afternoons at the Sycamore Youth Center.
Tensions ease at Unity Wall in Lake Worth Beach
Community comes together to work out differences
A section of Lake Worth Beach s freshly restored Unity Wall has already gotten a bit of a makeover.
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LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. â A section of Lake Worth Beach s freshly restored Unity Wall has already gotten a bit of a makeover. Schoolteacher Brent Bludword and teen volunteers from Lake Worth High School began painting the Unity Wall last Saturday. The committee approved what students submitted to be depicted on one section of the wall.
Adorning the wall are civial rights activist Fredrick Douglas, Martin Luther King, Obama, and John Lewis, said wall artist and high school teacher Brent Bludworth.