Edith Bush awarded the President's Lifetime Achievement Award
August 17, 2024
On Saturday, August 17 in Boca Raton, FL Dr. Beverly Kee, Executive Director of Premiere Coalition Partners Association, LLC. a Maryland based certifying organization for the Presidential Volunteer Service Award Program presented awards on behalf of Points of Light, AmeriCorps, and the 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Each recipient received a Presidential Letter and the President's Lifetime Achievement Award signed by the current president. This event celebrates individuals who have dedicated themselves to community service, emphasizing its historical and social importance. The President's Volunteer Service Award Program was created by executive order from President George W. Bush to recognize volunteers who devote hundreds of hours each year to assisting others.
Ms. Bush has been a lifetime advocate for Civil Rights. She has served as the Executive Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Coordinating Committee since 1981. In that role she has tirelessly worked to identify and provide scholarships to students who exemplify artistic, cultural and leadership skills. She is a founding member of the Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Coalition in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative and has been involved in many community activities including providing food, transportation and respite care to those 55 and older. She is a treasure to our community.
CBS This Morning News Story: Alabama Sculpture Park Evokes History of Slavery
Mar 17, 2024
CBS Sunday Morning In Montgomery, Alabama, a long-neglected plot of land, wedged between a maze of train tracks and the river, has been transformed into the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.
Healing from History: Palm Beach County Honors Delray Beach Lynching Victim with Memorial | PHOTOS
August 26, 2022
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: By Scott Luxor The Palm Beach County Remembrance Project Coalition is working to honor Delray Beach lynching victim Sam Nelson at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
CBS This Morning News Story: Alabama Sculpture Park Evokes History of Slavery
Mar 17, 2024
CBS Sunday Morning In Montgomery, Alabama, a long-neglected plot of land, wedged between a maze of train tracks and the river, has been transformed into the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.
Healing from History: Palm Beach County Honors Delray Beach Lynching Victim with Memorial | PHOTOS
August 26, 2022
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: By Scott Luxor The Palm Beach County Remembrance Project Coalition is working to honor Delray Beach lynching victim Sam Nelson at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
West Palm Beach City Council Tribute
August 8, 2022
Commission President Christy Fox presented the tribute to the Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Project.
Along the Coast: Documenting a Grim Chapter
June 29, 2022
Coast Star: By Ron Hayes On June 11, the participants in the preservation of soil to remember the lynching of Samuel Nelson took time to pray and reflect.
WPTV News - FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast
June 18, 2022
Ceremony remembers lynchings ahead of Juneteenth
Ahead of Juneteenth, Palm Beach County is remembering and acknowledging racial lynchings that plagued our country's past.
The Bloody Earth: Soil Ceremony Honors Forgotten 1926 Delray Beach Lynching Victim
June 18, 2022
Palm Beach Post: By Antigone Barton The man's death was reported three weeks later, on page 6 of The Palm Beach Post, under the headline "Negro is Taken From Delray Jail and Lynched."
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Exploring Timely Issues Affecting the Local and Global Communities
January - April, 2022
Mosaic: TV News Magazine Mosaic airs Sundays from January through April, now at 11:30 a.m. on WPBF 25 (our local ABC affiliate).
Bryan Stevenson on teaching history and the pursuit of justice
January 30, 2022
CBS News: By David Pogue Bryan Stevenson - His nonprofit, the Equal Justice Initiative, created a memorial to the 4,400 victims of lynchings in America. It's called the National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
Two Black Men Lynched in Palm Beach County will get Recognition a Century Later
September 10, 2021
South Florida Sun-Sentinel: By Lois K. Solomon Palm Beach County has decided it's time to accept its complicity in the murders of Henry Simmons and Samuel Nelson.
Board of County Commissioners Workshop
August 31, 2021
At the Board of County Commissioners workshop on August 31, 2021, Commissioner Gregg K. Weiss presented a proclamation in recognition of the Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Project Coalition.
WPTV News - FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast
August 30, 2021
Remembrance Project Coalition puts spotlight on 'Terror Lynchings' in Palm Beach County
