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Community Activist To Speak At Men’s Health Forum
College Offers One-Year Masters Degree Program In Non-Profit Management
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
The Men’s Group will host their monthly Health Forum on Friday, June 26th, begin- ning at 11 a.m. The forum will take place at the College Hill Church Of God In Christ, 6414 N. 30th Street, (corner of N. 30th Street and E. Diana).
This month, the keynote speaker for the forum is Dr. Carolyn Collins, registered and Licensed Clinical Nutri- tion Specialist. Dr. Collins served more than 34 years in her field while employed at Tampa General Hospital.
She has coordinated the Cardiac Transplant Nutrition Program from its inception, accumulating more than 30 years. While in her role at the hospital, Dr. Collins as- sumed the responsibility for developing and designing the nutrition protocols for spe- cialized diets for the Kidney, Liver, and Lung Transplant Program; and the Ventricular Assist Devices Program.
The purpose of the forum is bringing attention to the need of maintaining a healthy lifestyle by having timely medical attention. The Men’s Group is inviting both men and women to attend the event.
A Tampa native, Dr. Collins graduated from Blake High School. She con- tinued her education at St. Pe- tersburg Junior College, where she earned an Associ- ate degree. She continued her education at Florida A & M
DR. CAROLYN COLLINS, Clinical Nutrition Specialist Keynote Speaker
University, where she gradu- ated with a Bachelor of Sci- ence degree in Foods, Nutrition and Institutional Management. She also holds a Master of Public Administra- tion from Golden Gate Uni- versity, a Master in Food and Nutrition Science at Florida State University, a Master of Education course at Florida A & M University, and a Doctor- ate of Humane Letter.
Dr. Collins is married to Norris Collins and she is the mother of 2 sons and 4 grandchildren. She is a mem- ber of Mount Pleasant Mis- sionary Baptist Church.
The forum is free and open to the public. For addi- tional information about the forum contact David Snow, III, at (813) 493-5772, Coach Billy Reed, at (813) 744-4923, or Chester White, Jr., at (813) 327- 2804.
A local college will begin offering a one-year Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a Con- centration in Non-Profit Management in its fall term. Springfield College, Tampa Bay, received approval to offer the program from the State of Florida.
Springfield College is re- gionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Its MBA program is accredited by the International Assembly for
Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), which is the leading outcomes-based professional accrediting organization for business programs in student- centered colleges and univer- sities throughout the world.
Students attending Spring- field College enrolled in the MBA Non-Profit Manage-
ment program will attend classes one weekend a month, beginning on Friday and ending on Sunday, and complete their degrees in 12 months.
The institution of higher learning has served as an ed- ucational resource for more than 17 years. It offers bache- lor’s and master’s degrees in human services.
For information about Springfield Tampa Bay Cam- pus, visit www.springfieldcol- lege.edu/TampaBay.
‘Grandparents Bill’ Signed By Governor
On June 11th Governor Rick Scott signed a bill au- thored by State Represen- tative Darryl Rouson on Grandparents Rights.
The bill will allow grand- parents in certain specific sit- uations to petition the court for visitation to see their grandchildren.
“We respect the right of privacy of the parental unit,” said Rep. Rouson.
“Government should be very circumspect and there must be a compelling interest before it allows intrusion, and this bill does that. Today, we honor the warrior spirit of every parent who loses a child and seeks to have a relation-
REP. DARRYL ROUSON
ship with their grand- children.”
The bill was the result of the Michelle Parker case in Orlando where Ms. Parker, a mother of two, has been
missing for three years. Ms. Parker’s mother, Yvonne Stewart, wants to see her grandchildren, but was pre- vented from that because of Ms. Parker’s husband and Florida law.
“Grandchildren should have a good relationship with their grandparents,” said Rep. Rouson.
“Grandparents ought to be able to petition for visitation if they’re being unreasonably or unfairly denied. This bill will not help every grandpar- ent, but a certain set of grand- children will be able to experience the legacy, history and love of their grand- parents.”
Senate Democratic Leader Comments On End Special Session
As the 2015 special session came to a close on Friday, Sen- ate Democratic Leader Arthenia Joyner (D- Tampa) admonished the House GOP leadership for its “obedience to the few at the expense of the many,” and “blindness to the will of the people.”
“The hand we were dealt in negotiations with the leader- ship of the house has been anything but reasonable when it came to the good of the peo- ple,” she said.
Noting the House’s ongo- ing war with President Obama and his healthcare law, Leader Joyner outlined a number of stances taken by the House during the legisla- tive sessions directly opposed by a majority of Floridians, but skewed to the interests of the well connected.
“It is this ideology that stood in the way of affordable healthcare for the working people in this state. It is this ideology that refused to un- derstand that when the people voted for ‘land acquisition’ for environmental protection they meant ‘land acquisition’ for environmental protection,” she said.
ARTHENIA JOYNER Senate Democratic Leader
Instead, minor sales tax cuts on cable and cell phone services were touted as a win for the people, and, since the House refused to expand healthcare, state employees were once again shunned as state money was diverted to cover hospital charity care.
“These are the very people who make Florida work. The state employees who investi- gate and prosecute consumer fraud, insurance scams, food tainting, or protect our water, our crops, our wildlife; the ones who fight fires in our
forests and in our homes and businesses; the ones who take down fraudulent doctors or peddlers of addictive drugs; the ones who train and are first responders to disasters named ‘Andrew,’ ‘Charley’ and ‘Ivan;’ the ones who keep tabs on the predators among us, and the ones who prose- cute evil and defend the ac- cused,” she said.
The budget vote on the final day of the special session brought to an end a con- tentious confrontation be- tween the chambers which led to the House’s abrupt depar- ture last month without a spending agreement. The move was challenged by Leader Joyner and the Sen- ate Democrats before the state Supreme Court, which agreed that the hasty exit was uncon- stitutional.
In its feud with the Senate over healthcare expansion, the House Appropriations Chair- man summoned his members “to come to war,” defiantly de- claring the House was “not dancing.”
“Make no mistake,” chided Leader Joyner on Friday. “The House did dance, just not with the people.”
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