March 2017 – Capital Outlook

Group discussion focuses on youth behavior

March 28, 2017

By Lyric Mattair Outlook writer Neighborhoods in Tallahassee have to work cohesively to solve issues that are affecting the behavior of young people in their communities, a group seeking answers concluded during a two-hour discussion Saturday at Tallahassee Community College. Another consensus reached by those who spoke is that

Local faith leaders and community members unite to support FAMU through fundraising banquet

March 28, 2017

Special to the Outlook Tallahassee’s faith-based community is teaming up with the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Foundation for a unique fundraising effort that will benefit the University’s athletics programs and honor alumni and supporters who have contributed to FAMU’s rich legacy. The Legacy Committee, founded and chaired by

Commitment to motherhood shapes Cummings’ life

March 28, 2017

By Samantha Joseph Outlook writer The day that Carmen Cummings decided to end her journalism career still resonates today as it did 15 years ago when she made a promise to her son that she couldn’t keep. None of the countless awards that she won as a journalist

Legacy Banquet assures April start for Bragg renovations

March 28, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Three days after a fundraiser intended to help pay for renovations to Bragg Stadium, work will begin on the project, said FAMU athletic director Milton Overton. The Legacy Banquet, an event that is being staged by Bethel Missionary Baptist Church’s Empowerment

Ballinger Productions & Entertainment attracts hundreds to one of the biggest Greek Step Shows in Tallahassee!

March 23, 2017

Special to the Outlook Ballinger Productions & Entertainment will be hosting one of the biggest step shows in the Southeast. The 7th Annual Non NPHC Greek Step off 2017 will be held in Tallahassee Florida at the Godby High School Auditorium, March 24, at 7:30pm. The show has

Viola Davis: A historic talent earns a historic distinction

March 21, 2017

By Marc H. Morial Trice Edney News Wire “In my mind I see a line, and over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful White women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can’t seem to get there no how.

Revised ban on immigrants is ‘catastrophic’, critics charge

March 21, 2017

Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire A revised travel ban by the Trump administration is already in trouble with a leading aid agency, with the travel industry, and with the Nigerian government which has urged its citizens to postpone making trips to the U.S. without “compelling

Hate groups increase for second consecutive year as Trump electrifies radical right

March 21, 2017

By Chris B. Bennett The number of hate groups in the United States rose for a second year in a row in 2016 as the radical right was energized by the candidacy of Donald Trump, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual census of hate groups and

Ben Carson sworn-inn as Trump’s only Black cabinet pick

March 21, 2017

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor The swearing-in of all the primary members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet is just about complete. Most of Trump’s cabinet—from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross—are rich, White and male. On Thursday, March 2, retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson

Fredericks repeat two star win at Red Hills

March 21, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Sara Kozumplik Murphy could hardly wait for the two star finale in the Red Hills Horse Trials that she was up at dawn Sunday stretching her horse. She even laid out a game plan in an attempt to upend Clayton Fredericks going