Hillsborough County Public School Head Start hosted a program at Lockhart Elementary School featuring a group of men and women. The men discussed troubling statistics and the effects when men are not present in children’s lives. The women, B. L. O. S. S. O. M. S. (Beautiful Ladies of Strength Seeking Opportunities to Move and Shake) discussed ways to be self-sufficient, how to move forward and the importance of voting. The ladies in attendance were: front row: Marina Alemar, Lymary Alvarez, Linda Mosley-Dunbar, Lorraine Aponte, and Margaret Jimenez. Second row: Deana Lunch, Jennifer Herbert, Joycelyn Tims, Cynthia Spann-Booth, LaShawn Huff, Sylvia Sirmons, Brenda Mount, Tamika Mathis, Yvonne Long, and Johnie Williams. (Photograph by Toy Scott of Chow and Scott Keepsakes)