January 2021 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Take a stand against gun violence terrorizing our streets

January 13, 2021

Jesse Jackson Gun violence spiked across the country in 2020, the most violent year in decades. Nineteen thousand were killed in shootings, the highest death toll in 20 years (and that does not include gun suicides). Mass shootings — defined as four or more shot in an incident — also

Make America whole: How to heal our divided society

January 13, 2021

Keith Magee Last week Wednesday a White man strolled into an office, settled down in a leather chair, and casually put his dirty boots on the desk in front of him. I saw this and I wept. For this was not his office, but that of Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker

Against the Grain II

January 13, 2021

Florida has moved FAMU from its founding mission Vaughn Wilson Florida A&M University was founded on Oct.3, 1887 as the State Normal College for Colored Students. During this segregated era, Blacks were not allowed to attend general population schools. The very basis of the school and its mission was to

FAMU CASS building in full operation

January 13, 2021

A 42-foot sculpted bronze statue is one of the exterior attractions at the new CASS building.Photo submitted by FAMU By Andrew Skerritt FAMU Office of Communications The FAMU Center for Access and Student Success (CASS) is in full operation after the Division of Student Affairs staff moved into the complex

FAMU promotes Miles to director of communications position

January 13, 2021

Keith Miles By Andrew Skerritt FAMU Office of Communications Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson named Keith Miles, former FAMU Alumni Affairs director and longtime voice of Rattler football, as director of the Office of Communications. Miles had served as interim director since Feb. 1, 2020. Robinson said

White woman who attacked Black teen over cell arrested

January 13, 2021

Attorney Ben Crump By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump said, “enough is enough.” The famed lawyer from Tallahassee demanded and got his wish when Miya Ponsetto was arrested last Thursday evening by Ventura County Sheriff deputies just outside of Los Angeles.

Warnock and Ossoff wins in Georgia have Biden and Democrats feeling ‘peachy’

January 13, 2021

Jon Ossoff Raphael Warnock By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The racial awakening in the United States last year after the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd may have propelled a sweep for Democrats in the recent Georgia Senate runoffs, paving the way for

DJ Demp puts spotlight on bullying

January 13, 2021

Gerald Murphy and students from Dragon System Institute of Martial Arts perform during an anti-bully rally at The Moon.Photo by St. Clair Murraine DJ Demp By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer For a few hours during DJ Demp’s birthday celebration, inside The Moon felt a little sobering as a

Black leaders seek to enhance vaccine effort

January 13, 2021

Three days after a meeting with the Florida Statewide COVID-19 Vaccine Community Engagement Task Force, Rev. RB Holmes got his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.Photo special to the Outlook By Christine Sexton News Service of Florida A coalition of Black community leaders said they will work to ensure that

A ‘moral and political crisis’

January 13, 2021

Faith, civic leaders decry attack on Capitol by Trump supporters Rev. RB Holmes said last week’s attack on the Capitol left the country facing a “moral and political crisis.”Photo by St. Clair Murraine Pastor Greg James was among the speakers decrying a riot last week at the Capitol in Washington,