February 2023 – Page 4 – Capital Outlook

Gala spotlights stellar students, Nehemiah Award recipients

February 16, 2023

Pastor Rudy Ferguson started the I am Dreams program in 2017 at a location on Tharpe Street.Photo by Vaughn Wilson By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Attorney Jimmy Fasig went to the stage as a presenter for one of the Nehemiah Award recipients. He immediately got the crowd’s attention with

Procurement boot camp puts small businesses on path to resources

February 16, 2023

Veronica Valdez, Enterprise Florida’s Vice President of Minority and Small Business Entrepreneurship and Capital Programs, moderated the boot camp.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer The wording wasn’t exactly the famous quote by Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, but Veronica Valdez got the point across the way

Church of the Year

February 16, 2023

Pastor David Eggleston has taken New Image Center to new heights.Photo by St. Clair Murraine New Image Center emerges froma vision to reality New Image Center has a sprawling lobby inside.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Pastor David Eggleston has a reputation for being a

Rejection of Black history sparks rally for AP course

February 16, 2023

Rev. RB Holmes (left) met with reporters last Thursday.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer While Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t saying much about a revised version of the Advanced Placement African American Studies curriculum, organizers are moving ahead with plans to stage a rally over the