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Desmond Meade speaks to students in Florida Memorial Universityâs Construction Trades program. COURTESY OF MIAMI DOLPHINS
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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.
Generation USA Partners with Florida Memorial University to Offer Free Access to Online Training Programs
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WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Generation USA, a nonprofit organization that transforms education to employment systems, is excited to announce its partnership with Florida Memorial University, an historically-Black, private university in Opa-locka North Miami Gardens, Florida, to offer its free, bootcamp-style online Digital Marketing Analyst (DMA) program with the goal to train 50 students. Our partnership with Generation is giving our students the chance to build a bright future by developing their skill sets and uncovering new career opportunities, said Jaffrus Hardrick, president of Florida Memorial University. These online training programs align with our mission to instill in our students the importance of becoming global citizens through life-long learning, leadership, character, and service, which w
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A Florida Memorial University student finds a quiet place to reflect. CARL JUSTE/MIAMI HERALD/TNS
WASHINGTON â Ruptured pipes. Broken sidewalks. Campus blackouts. Rep. Alma Adams, a former professor at a historically Black college, has seen it all.
Adams recalls spending much of her four-decade career at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, teaching in a building that did not have air conditioning. For too many teachers and students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), she says, that is still the case.
âThatâs not unique to any one of our institutions,â Adams, a North Carolina Democrat who is founder of the HBCU Caucus in Congress, said. âItâs something that we see on many of the campuses.â