Florida Sentinel Bulletin

2017 TOBA 37^th ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST

The Tampa Organization of Black Affairs (TOBA) held its 37^th Annual Leadership Breakfast on January 16, 2017 at the downtown Hilton Hotel. A capacity crowd listened to the message brought by the Reverend Otis Moss, Jr., a close friend of Dr. King, who said to continue the King dream, we must each do our part. Seated on the front row (left to right): Belinthia Berry, TOBA Board Member; Hon. Tamara Shamburger, School Board Member; JaLem Robinson, Co-Chair TOBA Breakfast; Carla Hills, Co-Chair TOBA Breakfast; Hon. Kathy Castor, U. S. House of Representatives; Hon. Arthenia Joyner, Former Florida State Senator and TOBA Founding Member; and Minister Jennifer Menningall, Bible Based Fellowship Church of Temple Terrace. Standing (left to right): Dr. Glenn Cherry, TOBA Board Member; James Ransom, TOBA Board Member; Pastor Jomo Cousins, Love First Christian Center; Hon. Sean Shaw, Florida State House of Representatives; Roland Daniels, TOBA Board Member; Hon. Bob Buckhorn, Mayor, City of Tampa; Hon. Les Miller, Hillsborough County Commissioner; Rev. Charles McKenzie, Rainbow PUSH Coalition; Hon. Frank Reddick, City of Tampa, City Council Member; Jeffrey Rhodes, TOBA Board Member; and Clinton Paris, Esq., TOBA Board Member.

AME BISHOP IS SPEAKER FOR HERITAGE LUNCHEON

            The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival held its Heritage Leadership Luncheon on Wednesday, January 18^th. The luncheon was held at the University Area Center Development Complex. This year’s theme was: “Celebrating Our Leaders.” The guest speaker was Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, the 117^th elected and consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. From left to right at the luncheon were: Ruby Jackson, co-chair, Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival; Dr. Joan Holmes, Hillsborough Community College; Bishop McKenzie; Dr. Samuel Wright, University of South Florida retired official; and William Sanders, co-chair, Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival. (Photograph by Lomax McIntyre)

GEORGE EDGECOMB SOCIETY HOSTS FUNDRAISER WITH VIVICA FOX

The George Edgecomb Society at Moffitt Cancer Center hosted a fundraiser last week. The event was held to raise funds for cancer research and health disparity. Special guest for the event was actress, Vivica Fox. Accompanying Ms. Fox for the event was Paul Anthony of Full Force. The George Edgecomb Society will have its inaugural membership reception on February 9^th. From left to right at the event were: Dr. Lee Green, H. Lee Moffitt, Allison Edgecomb (his daughter), Doretha Edgecomb (his widower), Vivica Fox, Paul Anthony, Dr. Tom Sellers and Dr. Alan List, Moffitt CEO. (Photograph by BRUNSON)

KEEPING TAMPA SAFE DURING THE KING PARADE

            Hillsborough County’s law enforcement officials (Sheriff’s Office and Tampa Police Dept.) and Tampa Fire Rescue were among the participants in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade on Monday, January 16, 2017. In addition to being participants, they were also there to keep the community safe. Several of the officials ended the parade at Marvin Knight’s Oriental Fish Market to continue interacting with the community. Among those captured on site were, from left: Major Willie Parker (HCSO), Fire Chief Tom Forward, Civil Rights attorney, Warren Hope Dawson, Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward, Captain Calvin Johnson (TPD) and Officer Gig Brown. (Photograph by BRUNSON)

KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC. OBSERVES FOUNDERS DAY AT WORSHIP SERVICE

The Tampa Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., as part of its Founders Day Celebration, worshipped along with their wives and young boys enrolled in the fraternity’s mentoring program (Kappa League) at Allen Temple AME Church on Sunday, January 8, 2017. The Tampa Chapter celebrated with a week of events for the 106^th Anniversary of the fraternity, which was founded by 10 men on the campus of Indiana University, January 5, 1911. Men on the front row, left to right are: Rodney Ward, Clinton Paris, Esq., London Williams, Cedric McCray, Roland Daniels, Leon Drew, Shelton Gilyard, Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, Albert Coleman and Michael Humbert. Center row: Andre Curry, Ed Narain, Freddie Felder, Larry Reid, Marcus Sloan, Andrew Mobley and Ricco Hicks. In the rear, left to right: Sancho Barrett, Anthony Toles, Rick Brown, McKinney Young, Watson T. Ragin, Al Moragne, Paul Jackson and Brian Clarke. (Photograph by Lomax McIntyre)

COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKSHOP AT DOWDELL SCHOOL

 The Hillsborough County Law Enforcement Workshop was held Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Dowdell Middle Magnet School. Law enforcement officials from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office interacted with the students and listened tO their concerns. Those who worked with the young people during the workshop were: seated, from left, Dr. Roy Kaplan, Pamela McNair, Student Success Coach; Roger Stanley, Principal; Fred Hearns, Major Willie Parker, and Darryl Daniels, Derrick Brooks Charities. Standing, Deputies Orenthial Nicholson, Chris Bryant, Brooke Melton, Catherine Brown, Mark Booth, Jim Moriarty, Thomas Chavez, Dennis Folsom and Jacob Ayala. (Photograph by BRUNSON)

TAMPA BAY COALITION OF CLERGY EMANCIPATION DAY SERVICE

            The Tampa Bay Coalition of Clergy, Bishop Thomas Scott, Chairman, held its Emancipation Day Service at Allen Temple A. M. E. Church, Rev. Dr. Glenn Dames, Jr., Host Pastor. The service was held on Monday, January 2^nd. The guest minister was Rev. Dr. Wayne Thompson, Pastor, First Baptist Institutional Church, St. Petersburg. His theme was: “Something Is Missing,” taken from Matthew 19:16-30 and Psalm 73:15. Ministers who attended the service, left to right, front row: Rev. Tony White, Rev. Alton McGriff, Rev. Laura Hargrove, Rev. Jackie Bogen, Rev. Hugh, Rev. Dr. Jeffery Johnson, Rev. Dr. Wayne G. Thompson, Rev. Dr. Glenn Dames, Jr., Pastor Moses Brown, Rev. Paul Buster, Rev. Dr. Bartholomew Banks, and Elder A. D. Shaw. Second row: Rev. Kirk Bogen, Superintendent Elder Clethen Sutton, Rev. Dr. Russell Myers, Bishop Thomas Scott, Rev. Joseph Sykes, and Rev. Dr. Zachery Hudson. (Photograph by Lomax McIntyre)

ALLEN TEMPLE AME CHURCH HOSTS NON-TRADITIONAL WATCH NIGHT SERVICE

Those who attended Watch Night Service at Allen Temple AME Church on New Year’s Eve, were probably surprised when they didn’t have the traditional service of preaching into the New Year and counting down the clock to midnight. However, they were spiritually refreshed after Evangelist Janice Nunn Nelson took them to higher heights through song and Ms. ‘V’ finished the evening off with her style of Christian comedy. She kept the audience laughing the remainder of the evening as they entered the New Year. Ms. ‘V’, second from left is shown with E. Carver Lee, Lomax McIntyre and Rey Oliver. Rev. Dr. Glenn Dames, Jr. is the pastor. (Photograph by Lomax McIntyre)

STUDENTS ARE RECIPIENTS OF AL DIXON SCHOLARSHIP

Bridges Over Troubled Waters, Inc., a non-profit organization founded in 2007, presented its 2015 and 2016 scholarships on December 20, 2016 at the Open Cafe. The scholarship is named in honor of Al Dixon, an educator and life coach in the Hillsborough County School System for more than 30 years. Members of the Board of Directors and the scholarship recipients from left are: Clem Brooks, Mary Darby, Gerald McLean, Jordan Peoples, 2015 first place recipient, a student at Valencia College in Orlando; Kristopher Brown, 2016 first place recipient, who attends Florida A&M University, Tallahassee; Eleanor Dixon, Irving Ward and Wilton Day. Each of the first place recipients received $1,000. Unable to attend were second place awardees, Chanise Thomas (2015) and Kieana Spann (2016), who each received a $500 scholarship. (Photograph by Lomax McIntyre)