December 2018 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

Turkey Trot attracts large cross-section of runners, spectators

December 11, 2018

Record turnout By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Some of the more than 6,000 runners who showed up on Thanksgiving Day for the Turkey Trot were there just to avoid feeling guilty about the meal they would indulge in later in the day. Others were there to support

Social media post depicting Taggart lynching spurs outcry

December 11, 2018

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Outrage over a social media posting depicting the lynching of FSU football coach Willie Taggart reached a fever pitch Monday afternoon when a group of Black ministers and a city commissioner called for the person who made the post to apologize. The

Association lays out plan to revitalize Bond Neighborhood

December 11, 2018

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer When Rhett Turnquest left town to take a job in West Palm Beach, change for the worse was already taking place in the neighborhood where he grew up near FAMU campus. Thirty-three years later when he returned home to be

FAMU women get first basketball win over EWC

December 11, 2018

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer The reprieve that the FAMU women’s basketball team needed from a top-heavy schedule finally came when the Rattlers got by Edward Waters College 70-64 in their second game at home. “It feels good to finally get a win this season,” said

Thoughts about the 2018 Florida governor’s race

December 11, 2018

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Almost a month after the Nov. 6, mid-term election, I am still wondering if anything could have been done differently that would have resulted in Florida celebrating the historic election of its first Black Governor. Andrew Gillum ran an almost perfect campaign

Dear Black people: Adoption is a great option

December 11, 2018

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor November was National Adoption Awareness Month, which came about as an effort to encourage families to consider adopting children in the foster care system. First introduced in 1976 by then Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis as National Adoption Week, who

Rev. Barbara Skinner and intergenerational leadership

December 11, 2018

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire Barbara Williams Skinner, at 75, looks at least two decades younger than her birth certificate suggests. Much of her youthful energy is due to her discipline, which includes a mindful prayer practice, a vegetarian diet, and a focused mind. But as much of

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.- celebrates Achievement Week

December 11, 2018

Special to the Outlook The Tallahassee Chapters of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. got together to uphold an Omega tradition and fulfill one of the Fraternity’s mandated programs. Achievement Week has a long rich history amongst the men of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Carter G. Woodson

U.S. Rep Al Lawson names Stephanie Lambert as new communications director

December 11, 2018

Special to the Outlook WASHINGTON DC – U. S. Rep. Al Lawson of Florida has named Stephanie Lambert as the Communications Director for his congressional office. “Stephanie brings a wealth of knowledge and more than a decade of experience in communications and public relations to this position,” said Lawson.

Panels seek answers to mental illness, incarceration of women at symposium

December 11, 2018

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Finding ways to separate mental illness and crime is one of the challenges that the criminal justice system is trying to come to grips with, a local criminal court operations consultant said while discussing the issue during a recent re-entry symposium. The