Local Library Rocking to Promote Summer Reading
The summer is here and while some of our kids are in camps or away with relatives there are those who are at home or in the streets during the days. It is well known that a lack of reading during the summer can cause a student to lose many educational achievements made – over the previous school year – when he or she returns to school in More...
Saluting Strong Fathers, Mentors, My Hero
Just this past weekend, we celebrated Father’s Day, the one day of the year when grateful families, communities, and our nation set aside to celebrate dads. I had the honor of being in the company of nine-other More...
Early Intervention is the Key to Preventing Crime in the Black Community
I attended the 33rd annual National Preventing Crime in the Black Community Conference in Jacksonville last week where more than 1,000 concerned residents, law enforcement personnel, experts, organization leaders More...
Is America’s Mental Health Crisis the Culprit of Gun Violence?
When a young while male stormed into a South Carolina church and opened fire killing nine black parishioners in a racist rage, his lawyers argued that he suffered from numerous mental disorders. The same reason More...
Matthew `Bump’ Mitchell: Dedicated Entire life to Helping People, Especially Youth
Police Sgt. Rev. Matthew “Bump” Mitchell instilled character, discipline and a strong work ethic in the minds of thousands of Delray Beach children through his faith and his counseling while serving as a football More...
BocaLead: A Great Chance to Network, Fellowship, Share, be Encouraged
By: C. Ron Allen Given the latest buzz around town these days, I had penned my column this week on ethical leadership. But after having lunch at Boca Raton Community Church on Thursday, I opted to shelve the piece More...
Small City Trust. Big Time Lie. Again?
Our embattled mayor Susan Haynie was arrested earlier this week after a 13-month corruption probe. The mayor, first elected in 2000 to the city council, elected mayor in 2014 and then won another three-year term More...
Barbara Pierce Bush: Her Enduring Legacy Will Serve to Inspire Others
She was one of the feistiest yet dignified first ladies we have had in years. And to the end of her long and eventful life, Barbara Pierce Bush, 92, the wife of the 41st president and the mother of the 43rd, faced More...
Local Duo Doing Their Part to Help Stoneman Douglas’ Seniors
As students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are adjusting to their new normalcy, two local community servants are doing their part to make a difference in their lives. Eda and Cliff Viner, whose scholarship More...
Enough of the Politics, Give us Some Good News
By: C. Ron Allen As I pen this column, I am smiling from ear to ear. My heart and mind are so relieved, I am ecstatic. Finally, after months of listening to friends hurl insults against each other in candidates’ More...
