April 2022 – Page 9 – Capital Outlook

A night of honor

April 8, 2022

AAIM Awards celebrate Blacks in local media Darius “Doc” Baker (right) stands with AAIM honorees Melvin Beal, Jeff Walker, Pam Saulsby, Nicole Everett, Ava Van Valen, Judy Mandrell, Kaylin Mikaiya Jean-Louis, Taralisha Sanders, Michelle Mitcham and Byron Dobson.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Hallelujah 95.3 program director Darius “Doc D” Baker

Local ministers call for peace in Ukraine

April 8, 2022

Pastor Frank McDonald (right) leads a prayer at a gathering organized by Rev. RB Holmes (left) Sunday afternoon.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his attack on Ukraine, a group of local ministers prayed for the people who

Johnson’s portrait in exhibit of prominent state lawyers

April 8, 2022

Winifred Acosta (left) and Arnell Bryant Willis of the Florida Bar stand with former Florida legislator Tony Hill (right) at the exhibit of James Weldon Johnson’s portrait.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer When former Florida legislator Tony Hill called Arnell Bryant Willis, diversity initiative manager

Pastor of the Year

April 8, 2022

Jones finds her niche with weekly food distributions Volunteers pack boxes of food for distribution.Photo by St. Clair Murraine Pastor Elouise Jones By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer A few times each week automobiles line about a one-mile stretch from the intersection of Geddie Road and Highway 90 west. Not

Opponents of proposed voting changes rally at Capitol

April 8, 2022

Mutaqee Akbar, is president of the local NAACP, which organized last Thursday’s voting rights rally.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer While lawmakers in the Florida legislature continue pushing to change voting laws that opponents say are intended to deter Blacks from the poll, speakers at

National search planned to find Deckerhoff’s replacement as FSU announcer

April 7, 2022

Gene DeckerhoffPhoto Osceola By Rob Wilson Seminoles.com The multimedia firm LEARFIELD, which oversees many aspects of the Seminoles’ broadcast operations, will lead a national search to find a replacement for broadcaster Gene Deckerhoff. According to a story published on Seminoles.com, Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Alford will work

Semrau retires after lengthy career at FSU

April 7, 2022

Sue Semrau leaves FSU as the all-time winningest coach.Photo courtesy FSU By Stephen Stone Seminoles.com Sue Semrau, the longest-tenured head coach in the ACC and Florida State’s all-time winningest coach, announced Monday that she is retiring. The Associated Press, WBCA and ESPNW National Coach of the Year in 2015, Semrau

FAMU football gets cool addition of a Boudreaux Box

April 7, 2022

The Boudreaux Box is a 9-feet by 40 feet container that maintains temperatures at 18 degrees Fahrenheit. Photo by Vaughn Wilson By Vaughn Wilson Special to the Outlook Florida A&M University will become the first HBCU to implement the cutting-edge Boudreaux Box apparatus to protect its football players from the

Drs. Robert and Destini Seniors wed in New Orleans

April 7, 2022

Photo gallery by Vaughn Wilson Drs. Robert and Destini Seniors met at the Morehouse School of Medicine and immediately were attracted to one another. Left: The Seniors’ celebrate after cutting the cake at their wedding in New Orleans. Right: Dr. Robert Seniors does a mother-son dance with his mother Trenice

The 2022 redistricting process. Fair? I think not.

April 7, 2022

Cecile M. Scoon Every 10 years, elected leaders in Florida are tasked with redrawing jurisdictional boundaries for local, state and federal elections to reflect the state’s population shifts. Unfortunately, history has shown that politicians sometimes manipulate redistricting to expand or protect their own power — often to the detriment of