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‘United For The Fight’ Cancer Walk Planned
State Rep. Ed Narain Accepts ‘Minimum Wage Challenge’
On October 3rd, members of the community are invited to participate in the Annual “United For The Fight Cancer Walk.” The event will take place beginning at 8 a.m., at 9503 Princess Palm Avenue, in Tampa.
The 2k walk is being spon- sored by Dr. Traci Lynn, of Traci Lynn Cares.
The mission of the organi- zation is to “Pass the MIC: Motivate, Inspire, & Change Lives.”
Since 2013, Traci Lynn Cares has successfully raised over $120,000 for the Ameri- can Cancer Society, and we will continue to raise funds on the local, state and national
TRACI LYNN
level.
To register for the event
visit the website at www.tracilynncares.com/reg- istration. To make a donation visit the website at www.go- fundme.com/tracilynncares.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Last week, two elected of- ficials held a press conference to draw attend to minimum wage. Senator Dwight Bullard (D-Miami) is sponsoring Bill 6 in the Sen- ate and Rep. Victor Torres (D-Orlando) is sponsoring bill 109 in the House to in- crease minimum wage from $8.05 an hour to $15 an hour.
During a press conference last week, a challenge was is- sued for legislators to live on minimum wage for a week. The challenge begins on Monday, September 28th.
So far, seventeen elected officials have accepted “The Minimum Wage Challenge.” Both Senator Bullard and Rep. Torres have accepted the challenge. And, so has Rep. Ed Narain, (D- Tampa).
Rep, Narain said, “I don’t believe anyone should
STATE REP. ED NARAIN ... Accepted the Challenge
work full time and live in poverty. It is important that everyone understands the struggle people are in, espe- cially homecare and childcare workers. Sadly, childcare workers are watching other people’s children and can’t afford to send their own to daycare.
“Hopefully, this challenge will draw the attention needed to increase the mini-
mum wage in the State of Florida.”
The challenge will kick off with a press conference Mon- day in Tampa, Orlando, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale. The legislators will be joined by community activists, em- ployees earning minimum wage, and others united in the fight to increase mini- mum wage to $15.
During the 5-day period, participants must live on minimum wage and docu- ment their experiences on so- cial media showing the hard choices that they’re forced to make each day.
Senator Jeffrey Clemens and Representa- tives Jose Rodriguez, Amanda Murphy, John Cortes, Bobby Dubois, Kristen Jacobs, Dwight Dudley, Barbara Watson, Sharon Pritchett, Darryl Rousson, Evan Jenne, Cynthia Stafford, David Kerner, and Alan Williams have also accepted the challenge.
FYI
Howard W. Blake Class Of 1971 Meeting Planned
The Howard W. Blake High School Class of 1971 will meet at the home of Mrs. Harriett Watkins on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 2 p. m.
For additional information, call (813) 453-5909 or (813) 480- 6375.
FYI
Black Heritage Festival Hosts Workshop This Weekend
The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival will hold a free workshop on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The workshop will take place at the Entrepreneur Collabora- tive Center (ECC) 2101 E. Palm Avenue, from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.
This is the final work- shop in the summer series is entitled, “Commercial and Small Business Lending.”
Presenters slated to ap- pear at the workshop in- cludes: KeyurPatel,Chief Financial Officer for Syner- gistic Funding; Lionel Shipman, CEO of Shipman Consulting, and Drew Hoist, Vice President, Small Business Relationship Man- ager, Greater Tampa Bay Re- gion TD Bank.
The doors will open at 11:15 A.M. Free parking is across the street in the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Of- fice parking lot.
For additional informa- tion about the workshop or future workshops, visit the Black Heritage Festival web- site at www.TampaBlack- Heritage.org.
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