March 2022 – Capital Outlook

Organization of the year

March 22, 2022

King’s stick-to-it approach leads to Lamplighters growth Junior Lamplighters step team performs at a community event.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Royale King is director of the Omega Lamplighters.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer A lot was going on in Royle King’s life in 2008 when

Cunningham captures national championship

March 21, 2022

Don’dre Swint had to overcome a starting block malfunction to finish seventh in the 60-meter race with a time of 6.68.FSU Athletics Trey Cunningham solidified his world-rank status by winning the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships.FSU Athletics By Tim HofmannFSU Athletics BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – One of the greatest hurdlers

Randolph earns SWAC Player of the Year honor

March 21, 2022

MJ Randolph (center), who was named SWAC Player of the Year, scored 19 points in his final game at the conference tournament.FAMU athletics photo FAMU Sports Information BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – All season long guard MJ Randolph led the FAMU men’s basketball team. As is turned out, he will be remembered

One Black golfer seeking to change the game – one stroke at a time

March 21, 2022

Joseph Bramlett is one of four Black golfers on The PGA Tour.PGA photo submitted By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Joseph Bramlett easily could be viewed as the future face of professional golf – particularly as one of just four Black golfers on the PGA Tour. As a first-timer

Where is Black human interest?

March 21, 2022

Julianne Malveaux Most of us are riveted to the television, radio, or internet to learn more about what is happening in Ukraine. On one hand, it is a world away, but on the other hand, it is right next door because it affects us. Not only is there the devastating

Attacking the right to vote has been going on for years

March 21, 2022

Nse Ufot Across the country, we are witnessing the continued trend of Republican leaders passing measures that make it harder for Black and poor people to vote. In Georgia’s Spaulding County, two Republican officials created a new law that only applies to the county to elect a fifth member of

Against the Grain II

March 21, 2022

Florida budget could yield FAMU its biggest take ever Vaughn R. WIlson Florida A&M University uses the mantra that ends with the emphatic phrase Strike! Strike! And Strike again! That’s exactly what five FAMU graduates did in ensuring that the historically Black university was funded to possibly the highest level

Lawson funds more than $14 million in local projects

March 21, 2022

U.S. Rep. Al Lawson Special to the Outlook WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Al Lawson voted to fund $14,894,171 in Community Project Funding that he previously secured for his district. This funding, included in the appropriations government funding package, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in his

TPD awarded Project Safe Neighborhoods grant

March 21, 2022

TPD Chief Lawrence Revell To enhance public safety, the Tallahassee City Commission unanimously accepted a Project Safe Neighborhoods grant totaling more than $120,000 from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at its meeting last Wednesday night. The Project Safe Neighborhoods grant will support the enhancement of investigations by the Tallahassee

What brings me hope

March 21, 2022

There is hope all around us Pam Perry By Rosalind TompkinsSpecial to the Outlook I have been enjoying chatting with some of the HOPEE (Helping Others Practice Enduring Empowerment) awardees on my Think Hope Podcast and my latest guest was no exception. I interviewed Pam Perry, PhD., from Detroit Michigan.