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Members of Community Healing Project along with community members, speakers and vendors pose for a picture at the event. The third Annual Malcolm X Day Celebration brought plenty of food, entertainment, cultural arts information about the renowned Muslim minister and human rights activist. The event was held on May 17 at Daisy Stocking Park and was hosted by Community Healing Project (CHP), a non-profit organization run by activist Dyrell Johnson, better known as Rell Black. Muhammad speaks Before the event, there was controversy between Community Healing Project and the Volusia Young Democra...

Community Healing Project members pose for a photo along with vendors and members of the community at the Malcolm X Day event. Pictured at top right (wearing cap) is Minister Mikhail Muhammad. At top right is Candy Lowe, founder of Tampa's Black Business Bus Tour, who also spoke at the event. COMMUNITY HEALING PROJECT The third annual Malcolm X Day Celebration went smoothly. The event took place on May 17 at Daisy Stocking Park in Daytona Beach and was hosted by Community Healing Project (CHP), a non-profit organization led by local activist Dyrell Johns...

There were no local protests immediately after the Chauvin verdict, but law enforcement officers say they were ready. A jubilant crowd reacts as Attorney Ben Crump speaks Tuesday at a news conference held after the Derek Chauvin verdict.CARLOS GONZALEZ/MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE/TNS While millions across the globe waited for the Derek Chauvin verdict to be announced Tuesday, local law enforcement authorities prepared for the worst. The jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree uni...

Local law enforcement officers took part in a George Floyd march and rally in Daytona Beach in June 2020. DUANE C. FERNANDEZ SR./HARDNOTTSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM On April 19, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that makes it illegal for protesters to riot, loot, burn or destroy buildings and property during or following a protest. DeSantis called it, “The strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement bills in the country.” The legislation was passed by the Florida Senate days this month and in the House in January. On April 15, Equal Ground, a Florida voter education organization, held a...

A Daytona Beach group is launching a new program this month aimed at giving teens skills to succeed after high school graduation.  Community Healing Project, a Daytona Beach nonprofit, will launch "Project G.O.L.D." on April 19, and is partnering with CareerSource Flagler Volusia, which works to place people in jobs.  “We want this program to give young kids a boost of knowledge so they don’t stumble like a lot of us did,” said Dyrell Johnson, who also is known as Rell Black and is director and founder of Community Healing Project. “The reason we named it that is because it’...