A look at some of the top stories making the news today, February 11, across your Caribbean-American community in South Florida.
Jamaica Diaspora Nuh Guh Deh Taskforce Chair and Jamaica International Female Football Development Inc. CEO, Lavern Deer has announced the “PROTECT THEM” gala to rally South Florida’s diverse populations around the issue of child sexual abuse prevalence and prevention in Jamaica. This event is scheduled for Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Month in April.
The family of Lavall Hall, a young mentally challenged City of Miami Gardens man killed by that city’s police last year, is demanding justice. Last week, Miami-Dade prosecutors announced there would be no charges. At a recent press conference, accompanied by her attorneys and representatives of the NAACP, Hall’s mother tearfully pled for justice. The family is requesting that the U.S. Department of Justice and FBI investigate the case.
Renowned Harvard Cowles professor of sociology Dr. Orlando Patterson, one of Jamaica’s and the Caribbean’s foremost sons, and literary icon, is scheduled to speak at Florida Atlantic University College of Business on Saturday, February 13th. Dr. Patterson’s book, The Children of Sisyphus, based on the plight of the poor, and first published in 1982, has been long regarded as a Caribbean classic,
In Sports: Seeking to succeed Caymanian Jeffrey Webb as the president of the regional soccer organization, CONCACAF, 50-year-old Canadian business executive Victor Montagliani says its time the organization stop being so politically polarized. He said CONCACAF need to function as a unit rather than three independent parts coming together to form a whole. Elections are scheduled for May 12.
WHAT’S TRENDING:
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a body of the Organization of American States, has asked the Dominican Republic to restore nationality to thousands of people of Haitian descent affected by a controversial decision that affects persons of Haitian descent, deprives them of nationality, and relegates them to the status of stateless persons.
For Today’s Weather Forecast:
Partly Cloudy in Broward County with a high of 62 and a low of 43. For Miami-Dade, partly cloudy with a high of 65 and a low of 43.
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