In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Protests and marches for social justice have generally always been led by the youth of America. One of the most significant events of the modern Civil Rights movement was the youth-led Freedom Summer campaign of 1964 in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Hill mentors law school graduates and help them gain opportunities in law firms.\u201cIt\u2019s important that young Black professionals carve out time that is personal to them to serve the community,\u201d Hill said. \u201cYou just can\u2019t work in a vacuum.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Hill connects to people through activism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"hill-connects-to-people-through-activism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=895","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":757,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_content":"As the president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County, Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh leads the organization's efforts to assist Broward County's Black community to achieve social and economic equality.\n\nAn affiliate of the National Urban League -- the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States based in New York City -- the Urban League of Broward County has been empowering communities and changing lives in the areas of education, jobs, housing and health for 40 years. Smith-Baugh has been a committed advocate for economic growth and stability for families for almost 20 of those years. A graduate of Florida State University, she first joined the Broward Urban League as a program coordinator in 1996.\n\nSince then, Smith-Baugh has helped implement many ideas, cultivate relationships and expand funding sources for the Urban League. She launched a multi-million dollar campaign to expand the Urban League\u2019s programs and services through the construction of a new Community Empowerment Center, which opened in April 2012.\n\n\"What's kept my passion and commitment for public service alive all these years is the innovation and integrity the Urban League has,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"I'm a social worker and to see the impact we've had on children and families in Broward rejuvenates me.\"\n\nThese days, Smith-Baugh is helping with fundraising and recruiting hundreds of volunteers and sponsors for this summer's National Urban League Conference, which will be held this year in Fort Lauderdale.\nThe National Urban League -- originally named the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes -- was founded by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others, on Sept. 29, 1910. It later merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women to be renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The organization took its present name in 1920.\n\nThe National Urban League's annual four-day conference, from July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Broward Convention Center, draws U.S. politicians, policymakers and academicians from across the country to find solutions to issues affecting Blacks and urban communitiesThe theme of this year's conference is \"Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice.\" The event will include empowerment sessions, workshops, an expo hall, career and networking fair and young professional summit. It is expected to attract between 5,000 and 10,000 attendants and bring about $10 million in economic impact.\n
\"We're excited to host the conference this year because it will bring national media attention to our area and offer practical solutions to education, jobs and social issues,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"It also coincides with a big milestone for us as the Urban League of Broward County celebrates 40 years of service breaking the cycle of poverty in the community.\"<\/blockquote>","post_title":"Civil rights the core of Smith-Baugh's career","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"civil-rights-the-core-of-smith-baughs-career","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=757","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":737,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_content":"\n
Protests and marches for social justice have generally always been led by the youth of America. One of the most significant events of the modern Civil Rights movement was the youth-led Freedom Summer campaign of 1964 in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
\u201cFor the Black community to prosper, they must be informed and active to reap the benefits of local and state governments -- not just during a presidential.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hill mentors law school graduates and help them gain opportunities in law firms.\u201cIt\u2019s important that young Black professionals carve out time that is personal to them to serve the community,\u201d Hill said. \u201cYou just can\u2019t work in a vacuum.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Hill connects to people through activism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"hill-connects-to-people-through-activism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=895","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":757,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_content":"As the president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County, Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh leads the organization's efforts to assist Broward County's Black community to achieve social and economic equality.\n\nAn affiliate of the National Urban League -- the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States based in New York City -- the Urban League of Broward County has been empowering communities and changing lives in the areas of education, jobs, housing and health for 40 years. Smith-Baugh has been a committed advocate for economic growth and stability for families for almost 20 of those years. A graduate of Florida State University, she first joined the Broward Urban League as a program coordinator in 1996.\n\nSince then, Smith-Baugh has helped implement many ideas, cultivate relationships and expand funding sources for the Urban League. She launched a multi-million dollar campaign to expand the Urban League\u2019s programs and services through the construction of a new Community Empowerment Center, which opened in April 2012.\n\n\"What's kept my passion and commitment for public service alive all these years is the innovation and integrity the Urban League has,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"I'm a social worker and to see the impact we've had on children and families in Broward rejuvenates me.\"\n\nThese days, Smith-Baugh is helping with fundraising and recruiting hundreds of volunteers and sponsors for this summer's National Urban League Conference, which will be held this year in Fort Lauderdale.\nThe National Urban League -- originally named the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes -- was founded by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others, on Sept. 29, 1910. It later merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women to be renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The organization took its present name in 1920.\n\nThe National Urban League's annual four-day conference, from July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Broward Convention Center, draws U.S. politicians, policymakers and academicians from across the country to find solutions to issues affecting Blacks and urban communitiesThe theme of this year's conference is \"Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice.\" The event will include empowerment sessions, workshops, an expo hall, career and networking fair and young professional summit. It is expected to attract between 5,000 and 10,000 attendants and bring about $10 million in economic impact.\n
\"We're excited to host the conference this year because it will bring national media attention to our area and offer practical solutions to education, jobs and social issues,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"It also coincides with a big milestone for us as the Urban League of Broward County celebrates 40 years of service breaking the cycle of poverty in the community.\"<\/blockquote>","post_title":"Civil rights the core of Smith-Baugh's career","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"civil-rights-the-core-of-smith-baughs-career","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=757","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":737,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_content":"\n
Protests and marches for social justice have generally always been led by the youth of America. One of the most significant events of the modern Civil Rights movement was the youth-led Freedom Summer campaign of 1964 in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Today, Hill considers Obama a friend, whom he met at The Miami Book Fair in 2006. But Hill says his main concern is stressing community service to others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the Black community to prosper, they must be informed and active to reap the benefits of local and state governments -- not just during a presidential.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hill mentors law school graduates and help them gain opportunities in law firms.\u201cIt\u2019s important that young Black professionals carve out time that is personal to them to serve the community,\u201d Hill said. \u201cYou just can\u2019t work in a vacuum.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Hill connects to people through activism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"hill-connects-to-people-through-activism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=895","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":757,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_content":"As the president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County, Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh leads the organization's efforts to assist Broward County's Black community to achieve social and economic equality.\n\nAn affiliate of the National Urban League -- the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States based in New York City -- the Urban League of Broward County has been empowering communities and changing lives in the areas of education, jobs, housing and health for 40 years. Smith-Baugh has been a committed advocate for economic growth and stability for families for almost 20 of those years. A graduate of Florida State University, she first joined the Broward Urban League as a program coordinator in 1996.\n\nSince then, Smith-Baugh has helped implement many ideas, cultivate relationships and expand funding sources for the Urban League. She launched a multi-million dollar campaign to expand the Urban League\u2019s programs and services through the construction of a new Community Empowerment Center, which opened in April 2012.\n\n\"What's kept my passion and commitment for public service alive all these years is the innovation and integrity the Urban League has,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"I'm a social worker and to see the impact we've had on children and families in Broward rejuvenates me.\"\n\nThese days, Smith-Baugh is helping with fundraising and recruiting hundreds of volunteers and sponsors for this summer's National Urban League Conference, which will be held this year in Fort Lauderdale.\nThe National Urban League -- originally named the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes -- was founded by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others, on Sept. 29, 1910. It later merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women to be renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The organization took its present name in 1920.\n\nThe National Urban League's annual four-day conference, from July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Broward Convention Center, draws U.S. politicians, policymakers and academicians from across the country to find solutions to issues affecting Blacks and urban communitiesThe theme of this year's conference is \"Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice.\" The event will include empowerment sessions, workshops, an expo hall, career and networking fair and young professional summit. It is expected to attract between 5,000 and 10,000 attendants and bring about $10 million in economic impact.\n
\"We're excited to host the conference this year because it will bring national media attention to our area and offer practical solutions to education, jobs and social issues,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"It also coincides with a big milestone for us as the Urban League of Broward County celebrates 40 years of service breaking the cycle of poverty in the community.\"<\/blockquote>","post_title":"Civil rights the core of Smith-Baugh's career","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"civil-rights-the-core-of-smith-baughs-career","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=757","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":737,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_content":"\n
Protests and marches for social justice have generally always been led by the youth of America. One of the most significant events of the modern Civil Rights movement was the youth-led Freedom Summer campaign of 1964 in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
\u201cWe wanted to do something that recognizes individuals who have contributed to the community and the African Diaspora,\u201d Hill said, who recently merged his delancy\/hill law firm with Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel. Hill\u2019s activism also includes helping put the first Black U.S. president in office. When he learned that Obama was running for president in 2007, Hill joined Obama\u2019s Florida fundraising campaign and held events to register Blacks to vote. During President Obama\u2019s re-election bid in 2012, Hill used his creativity and pulled together DJs and top local chefs to hold special events in Wynwood and the Design District as part of a voter registration drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Hill considers Obama a friend, whom he met at The Miami Book Fair in 2006. But Hill says his main concern is stressing community service to others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the Black community to prosper, they must be informed and active to reap the benefits of local and state governments -- not just during a presidential.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hill mentors law school graduates and help them gain opportunities in law firms.\u201cIt\u2019s important that young Black professionals carve out time that is personal to them to serve the community,\u201d Hill said. \u201cYou just can\u2019t work in a vacuum.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Hill connects to people through activism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"hill-connects-to-people-through-activism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=895","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":757,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_content":"As the president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County, Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh leads the organization's efforts to assist Broward County's Black community to achieve social and economic equality.\n\nAn affiliate of the National Urban League -- the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States based in New York City -- the Urban League of Broward County has been empowering communities and changing lives in the areas of education, jobs, housing and health for 40 years. Smith-Baugh has been a committed advocate for economic growth and stability for families for almost 20 of those years. A graduate of Florida State University, she first joined the Broward Urban League as a program coordinator in 1996.\n\nSince then, Smith-Baugh has helped implement many ideas, cultivate relationships and expand funding sources for the Urban League. She launched a multi-million dollar campaign to expand the Urban League\u2019s programs and services through the construction of a new Community Empowerment Center, which opened in April 2012.\n\n\"What's kept my passion and commitment for public service alive all these years is the innovation and integrity the Urban League has,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"I'm a social worker and to see the impact we've had on children and families in Broward rejuvenates me.\"\n\nThese days, Smith-Baugh is helping with fundraising and recruiting hundreds of volunteers and sponsors for this summer's National Urban League Conference, which will be held this year in Fort Lauderdale.\nThe National Urban League -- originally named the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes -- was founded by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others, on Sept. 29, 1910. It later merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women to be renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The organization took its present name in 1920.\n\nThe National Urban League's annual four-day conference, from July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Broward Convention Center, draws U.S. politicians, policymakers and academicians from across the country to find solutions to issues affecting Blacks and urban communitiesThe theme of this year's conference is \"Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice.\" The event will include empowerment sessions, workshops, an expo hall, career and networking fair and young professional summit. It is expected to attract between 5,000 and 10,000 attendants and bring about $10 million in economic impact.\n
\"We're excited to host the conference this year because it will bring national media attention to our area and offer practical solutions to education, jobs and social issues,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"It also coincides with a big milestone for us as the Urban League of Broward County celebrates 40 years of service breaking the cycle of poverty in the community.\"<\/blockquote>","post_title":"Civil rights the core of Smith-Baugh's career","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"civil-rights-the-core-of-smith-baughs-career","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=757","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":737,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_content":"\n
Protests and marches for social justice have generally always been led by the youth of America. One of the most significant events of the modern Civil Rights movement was the youth-led Freedom Summer campaign of 1964 in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Hill started in 2001 a tradition of honoring Black community leaders during Black History Month. The 11th annual commemorative Black History Month Award is bestowed on Marleine Bastien, a devout advocate for immigration and human rights. It will be conferred to Bastien, founder of Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami\/Haitian Women of Miami, during a Feb. 26 ceremony, which starts 6:30 p.m. at Yeelen Gallery, in Little Haiti, 294 NW 54th St. Past honorees include founder of the Black Archives Dorothy Jenkins-Fields; Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Babacar M\u2019Bow; former Miami-Dade Commissioner Betty T. Ferguson; John Kozyak, Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis C. Moss, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Cooke and Monica Russo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to do something that recognizes individuals who have contributed to the community and the African Diaspora,\u201d Hill said, who recently merged his delancy\/hill law firm with Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel. Hill\u2019s activism also includes helping put the first Black U.S. president in office. When he learned that Obama was running for president in 2007, Hill joined Obama\u2019s Florida fundraising campaign and held events to register Blacks to vote. During President Obama\u2019s re-election bid in 2012, Hill used his creativity and pulled together DJs and top local chefs to hold special events in Wynwood and the Design District as part of a voter registration drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Hill considers Obama a friend, whom he met at The Miami Book Fair in 2006. But Hill says his main concern is stressing community service to others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the Black community to prosper, they must be informed and active to reap the benefits of local and state governments -- not just during a presidential.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hill mentors law school graduates and help them gain opportunities in law firms.\u201cIt\u2019s important that young Black professionals carve out time that is personal to them to serve the community,\u201d Hill said. \u201cYou just can\u2019t work in a vacuum.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Hill connects to people through activism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"hill-connects-to-people-through-activism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=895","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":757,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_content":"As the president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County, Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh leads the organization's efforts to assist Broward County's Black community to achieve social and economic equality.\n\nAn affiliate of the National Urban League -- the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States based in New York City -- the Urban League of Broward County has been empowering communities and changing lives in the areas of education, jobs, housing and health for 40 years. Smith-Baugh has been a committed advocate for economic growth and stability for families for almost 20 of those years. A graduate of Florida State University, she first joined the Broward Urban League as a program coordinator in 1996.\n\nSince then, Smith-Baugh has helped implement many ideas, cultivate relationships and expand funding sources for the Urban League. She launched a multi-million dollar campaign to expand the Urban League\u2019s programs and services through the construction of a new Community Empowerment Center, which opened in April 2012.\n\n\"What's kept my passion and commitment for public service alive all these years is the innovation and integrity the Urban League has,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"I'm a social worker and to see the impact we've had on children and families in Broward rejuvenates me.\"\n\nThese days, Smith-Baugh is helping with fundraising and recruiting hundreds of volunteers and sponsors for this summer's National Urban League Conference, which will be held this year in Fort Lauderdale.\nThe National Urban League -- originally named the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes -- was founded by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others, on Sept. 29, 1910. It later merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women to be renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The organization took its present name in 1920.\n\nThe National Urban League's annual four-day conference, from July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Broward Convention Center, draws U.S. politicians, policymakers and academicians from across the country to find solutions to issues affecting Blacks and urban communitiesThe theme of this year's conference is \"Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice.\" The event will include empowerment sessions, workshops, an expo hall, career and networking fair and young professional summit. It is expected to attract between 5,000 and 10,000 attendants and bring about $10 million in economic impact.\n
\"We're excited to host the conference this year because it will bring national media attention to our area and offer practical solutions to education, jobs and social issues,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"It also coincides with a big milestone for us as the Urban League of Broward County celebrates 40 years of service breaking the cycle of poverty in the community.\"<\/blockquote>","post_title":"Civil rights the core of Smith-Baugh's career","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"civil-rights-the-core-of-smith-baughs-career","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=757","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":737,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_content":"\n
Protests and marches for social justice have generally always been led by the youth of America. One of the most significant events of the modern Civil Rights movement was the youth-led Freedom Summer campaign of 1964 in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
Whether it's mobilizing Blacks to the polls or honoring leaders in the community, Attorney Marlon Hill is always out in Miami\u2019s neighborhoods championing a cause.
Since he arrived to Miami from Kingston, Jamaica in 1985, community service and politics have become a part of Hill\u2019s life. That activism has helped shape Hill into a dynamic civic leader who has established social and political ties to influential figures in South Florida and the U.S., including President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hill started in 2001 a tradition of honoring Black community leaders during Black History Month. The 11th annual commemorative Black History Month Award is bestowed on Marleine Bastien, a devout advocate for immigration and human rights. It will be conferred to Bastien, founder of Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami\/Haitian Women of Miami, during a Feb. 26 ceremony, which starts 6:30 p.m. at Yeelen Gallery, in Little Haiti, 294 NW 54th St. Past honorees include founder of the Black Archives Dorothy Jenkins-Fields; Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Babacar M\u2019Bow; former Miami-Dade Commissioner Betty T. Ferguson; John Kozyak, Miami-Dade Commissioner Dennis C. Moss, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Cooke and Monica Russo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to do something that recognizes individuals who have contributed to the community and the African Diaspora,\u201d Hill said, who recently merged his delancy\/hill law firm with Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel. Hill\u2019s activism also includes helping put the first Black U.S. president in office. When he learned that Obama was running for president in 2007, Hill joined Obama\u2019s Florida fundraising campaign and held events to register Blacks to vote. During President Obama\u2019s re-election bid in 2012, Hill used his creativity and pulled together DJs and top local chefs to hold special events in Wynwood and the Design District as part of a voter registration drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, Hill considers Obama a friend, whom he met at The Miami Book Fair in 2006. But Hill says his main concern is stressing community service to others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor the Black community to prosper, they must be informed and active to reap the benefits of local and state governments -- not just during a presidential.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Hill mentors law school graduates and help them gain opportunities in law firms.\u201cIt\u2019s important that young Black professionals carve out time that is personal to them to serve the community,\u201d Hill said. \u201cYou just can\u2019t work in a vacuum.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Hill connects to people through activism","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"hill-connects-to-people-through-activism","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:43","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=895","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":757,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 15:03:34","post_content":"As the president and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County, Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh leads the organization's efforts to assist Broward County's Black community to achieve social and economic equality.\n\nAn affiliate of the National Urban League -- the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States based in New York City -- the Urban League of Broward County has been empowering communities and changing lives in the areas of education, jobs, housing and health for 40 years. Smith-Baugh has been a committed advocate for economic growth and stability for families for almost 20 of those years. A graduate of Florida State University, she first joined the Broward Urban League as a program coordinator in 1996.\n\nSince then, Smith-Baugh has helped implement many ideas, cultivate relationships and expand funding sources for the Urban League. She launched a multi-million dollar campaign to expand the Urban League\u2019s programs and services through the construction of a new Community Empowerment Center, which opened in April 2012.\n\n\"What's kept my passion and commitment for public service alive all these years is the innovation and integrity the Urban League has,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"I'm a social worker and to see the impact we've had on children and families in Broward rejuvenates me.\"\n\nThese days, Smith-Baugh is helping with fundraising and recruiting hundreds of volunteers and sponsors for this summer's National Urban League Conference, which will be held this year in Fort Lauderdale.\nThe National Urban League -- originally named the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes -- was founded by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes, among others, on Sept. 29, 1910. It later merged with the Committee for the Improvement of Industrial Conditions Among Negroes in New York and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women to be renamed the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. The organization took its present name in 1920.\n\nThe National Urban League's annual four-day conference, from July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Broward Convention Center, draws U.S. politicians, policymakers and academicians from across the country to find solutions to issues affecting Blacks and urban communitiesThe theme of this year's conference is \"Save Our Cities: Education, Jobs and Justice.\" The event will include empowerment sessions, workshops, an expo hall, career and networking fair and young professional summit. It is expected to attract between 5,000 and 10,000 attendants and bring about $10 million in economic impact.\n
\"We're excited to host the conference this year because it will bring national media attention to our area and offer practical solutions to education, jobs and social issues,\" Smith-Baugh said. \"It also coincides with a big milestone for us as the Urban League of Broward County celebrates 40 years of service breaking the cycle of poverty in the community.\"<\/blockquote>","post_title":"Civil rights the core of Smith-Baugh's career","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"civil-rights-the-core-of-smith-baughs-career","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_modified_gmt":"2022-02-24 07:07:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=757","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":737,"post_author":"2","post_date":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-07 14:22:49","post_content":"\n
Protests and marches for social justice have generally always been led by the youth of America. One of the most significant events of the modern Civil Rights movement was the youth-led Freedom Summer campaign of 1964 in Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 10-week campaign sought to increase Black-voter registration and establish \"Freedom Schools\" for Black children, teaching them history, civics and other subjects Mississippi public schools avoided. Flash forward almost 50 years to the summer of 2013 when Phillip Agnew, co-founder of the activist group Dream Defenders, led a month-long sit-in protest at the Florida Capitol building in an effort to overturn the state's controversial \"Stand Your Ground\" law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though the protest was unsuccessful, that hasn't stopped Agnew, a graduate of Florida A&M University, from continuing to fight for social justice. His Dream Defenders group assists university students in organizing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew, who returned to Florida A&M University last month to speak at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, says revolutions have always been at the hands of the youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we talk about the place of young people, it\u2019s always at the center and the front. Young people are the most affected and have the most energy,\u201d he said to The Miami Times<\/em> in December. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing and that\u2019s why it feels so genuine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agnew\u2019s Dream Defenders catapulted to national prominence after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. Since then, there have been multiple other killings of young unarmed males that have sparked protests led by Agnew, including Israel \u201cReefa\u201d Hernandez, a Hispanic graffiti artist who died after being shot with a stun gun by Miami Beach police officers, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by former Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer Darren Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe police have waged war on our communities,\u201d Agnew said in a statement in August 2014. \u201cThe lack of justice for [those] who have fallen at the hands of police are proof that racist police departments around the country will continue to use Black and brown bodies for target practice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In November, after a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson for Brown's death, Agnew led a protest in Downtown Miami that landed him in jail. He was arrested for resisting a police officer without violence after he ripped down police caution tape acting as a barrier outside the Richard Gerstein Justice Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arrest didn't break Agnew. He's still a fighter for civil rights.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Agnew defends the dream without violence","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"agnew-defends-the-dream-without-violence","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_modified_gmt":"2023-02-04 17:03:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dreamersnextgen.live-website.com\/?p=737","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_24"};
