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DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 20, 2017
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Keeping the dream alive together Joint countywide MLK observance will include free program at B-CU. BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
Over the years, cities in Volusia County have hosted their own observances during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday weekend. However, local leaders will mark the January observance with joint events and a major public event with a national speaker.
“This is the 50th celebration since Dr. King passed away and we want to make sure that it’s a countywide celebration where everyone can come Dr. Martin together and celLuther King ebrate his life and Jr. legacy,’’ the Rev. Nathan Mugala, pastor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Daytona Beach, told the Daytona Times. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929.
Instead of a traditional banquet with a fee, the major MLK holiday event will be a 6 p.m. program on Jan. 13 at the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. It will be free to the public. The speaker will be Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, a nationally acclaimed educator, radio host, academic, journalist and author. Dyson is a professor of sociology at Georgetown University.
Reaching youth Mugala and the Rev. Troy Bradley, pastor of Greater Union
First Baptist Church in DeLand, are co-chairs for the MLK 50th Celebration Committee, which is made up of King holiday weekend committees from municipalities across the county. “For years, each city has done their own celebration. Now we have all come together for one big countywide celebration,’’ Bradley stated. At the Jan. 13 event, scholarships will be distributed to graduating high school seniors. Local dignitaries also will be honored. The committee also wants to connect King’s legacy with local youth. “It’s very important for us
to not just remember King but to remember his dream and share it with the younger generation. They need to know that the dream lives on 50 years later. We’ve made strides but still have a way to go. It’s important that we as a county come together and keep the dream alive,” Mugala related.
March, festival On Jan. 14, a praise and worship celebration is scheduled at The Sanctuary, located at 401 E. Taylor Road in DeLand at 4 p.m. Instead of separate marches, See MLK, Page 2
United Methodist leader to speak at B-CU graduation
Wishing them a happy, healthy holiday Light Up Midtown event included screenings, entertainment Local residents got a chance to enjoy some holiday cheer and receive plenty of information on how to have a healthy new year during the City of Daytona Beach’s Light Up Midtown at Daisy Stocking Park. The annual health fair was held on Saturday and included free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings. Vendors also passed out plenty of health and wellness information. There were activities for the kids and entertainment, music and dancing for the adults as well. Free food also was provided by Farm Share Feeding Families. VITAS Healthcare was the signature sponsor of the health fair.
Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson will be the speaker at BethuneCookman University’s graduation on Saturday. Hopson is the assistant general secretary of the Black College Fund and Ethnic Concerns at the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Higher Education and Ministry in Nashville, Tennessee. In this role, she interprets, proDr. Cynthia A. motes and manBond Hopson ages funding for the 11 United Methodist-related historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which includes Bethune-Cookman University. The fall commencement exercise will begin at 10 a.m. at the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center at BethuneCookman.
Some accolades In March 2017, in honor of Women’s History Month, Hopson was named a “Difference Maker’’ by Faith Magazine, a United Methodist publication. She also has received recognition and honors from the University of Tennessee at Martin Civil Rights Conference, the Haywood County NAACP, and has been named Wiley College Woman of the Year. In 2015, she received Rust ColSee B-CU, Page 6
Homeless left out in the cold during recent drop in temperatures BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES
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Some of Daytona Beach’s homeless sleep on the ground at City Island on Monday night.
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Temperatures dipped into the 30s over the past week and many of the area’s homeless were left out in the cold. The only Volusia cold weather shelter was at First United Methodist Church, 305 Dunlawton Ave., Port Orange. The church has a capacity of 34 beds available. A homeless man that would only identify himself as Rob told the Daytona Times, “I spent the night there. They are very nice people. Last year, more shelters
opened, but this year looks like some places backed out for some reason. They don’t open shelters until it gets under 40 degrees. Other than that, they say it’s not cold enough.”
Not enough beds The church was open last weekend and was scheduled to remain open through Thursday. “We are looking at opening another one or two, but with it being Christmas time right now many churches have Christmas programs and services going on,” said Jeremy Royce, Rapid Re-
Housing Manager of Halifax Urban Ministries. The homeless sign up for the shelter through Halifax Urban Ministries (HUM) at its location at 340 North St. HUM specializes in homeless services. “They sign up through us. We usually put the signs out. We direct them and provide transportation. A lot of times we just don’t have enough beds,” said Royce. HUM provides cold weather clothing at its 215 Bay Street location along with showers, food and coffee. Food also is served daily at the North Street site from
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