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DEMINGS TAKES FIGHT TO RUBIO, BLASTS
HIM AS “DO NOTHING“ Campaign momentum grows as she sprints across Florida
CongresswomanValDemingscameoutswingingagainst US Senator Marco Rubio igniting crowds at a series of South Florida rallies. At the Little Haiti Cultural Center, the former Orlando police chief talked about the failure ofRepublicanslikeRubiotoprotectandserve.Demings pointed to the massacre of 19 Texas elementary school children as a consequence of the Senate Republicans blocking legislation dealing with the disturbing waves of gunviolence.
Rubio is a “do nothing senator, “according to Demings who said it’s time to go beyond offering thoughts and prayers."I'msickandtiredofjustofferingthoughtsand prayers.That'sfine.Igrewupinthechurch.Butdoggone it, faith without works is dead. And it is time for our electedleaders,it’stimefortheUnitedStatesSenateto get off their knees and never do something about our children being gunned down in school," she told the crowd. Demings supports universal background checks and red flag legislation that could alert police to those posingadangertothecommunity.
As Demings crisscrossed Rubio’s back yard, she was greetedbynearlyfourhundredUnitedTeachersofDade supporters before heading north to an even larger crowd in Ft. Lauderdale. There, Broward County businesswoman Grace Carrington described her candidacy.“Shewassoreal,sogracious.Youcantellthat sheunderstandswhataveragepeoplearegoingthrough and she'll be a true fighter for us. I'm really glad she cametoBrowardCounty."
From the start, the congresswoman has posed a serious threat to the senior senator on several fronts. She has out raised Rubio repeatedly in the grueling fundraising arena that is the most difficult part of any campaign, especially for those challenging an incumbent. Despite never running statewide, Demings excites crowds with her energy and discussion of kitchen table issues impacting families. Meanwhile the Rubio campaign is dormant. Political insiders continue to speculate about Rubio’s rare appearances, lack of campaign events and disinterest in his Senate duties.
Demings provides inspiration to a diverse group of voters. Blacks, women, the largest voting block, independents and other people of color relate to her life experiences and challenges. These are the voters who win elections. As one convert said, “She will be there to stand up for us.”
ByShaniceJones
U G U S T I S B L A C K
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BUSINESS MONTH
Commissioner Kionne L. McGhee sponsored a resolution that passed during the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, May 3, declaring August as Black Business Month in MiamiDade County First established in 2004, the purpose of National Black Business Month is to bring attention to the needs of Black-owned businesses throughout the country This resolution directs the County Mayor or County Mayor’s designee to collaborate with community-based organizations and County boards to develop an advertising and marketing campaign to promote and stimulate Black businesses throughout the County.
Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”
CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS
AND SO MANY OTHERS SACRIFICED FOR OUR RIGHT TO VOTE
To be free, is not merely to cast off one’s own chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others
Nelson Mandela
The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others.
Martin Luther King
A system cannot fail those it was never intended to protect.
W.E.B Dubois
None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots
Thurgood Marshall
YOUR VOTE MATTERS: YOUR VOTE MATTERS:
THESE QUOTES SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CASTING YOUR VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATES OF YOUR CHOICE.
My vote is my voice… and the voice of all who struggled, so that I may have my voice
Lydia Obasi
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right
Rosa Parks
We realize the value of our voice when we are silenced.
Malala Mousafzai
It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are indeed part of the problem.
Coretta Scott King
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Myvoteismyvoice… andthevoiceofallwhostruggled, sothatImayhavemyvoice.
LydiaObasi
