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High School Voter Registration Held During ‘Heritage Classic’ Friday
The game with Middle- ton and Blake High Schools squaring off will be held at Middleton.
Since the youth are a ris- ing force at the ballot box, the CDC of Tampa is assisting with high school voter regis- tration.
Florida has fewer youth registered now than at this point in the previous midterm cycle.
As a result, the Corpora- tion to Develop Communities of Tampa has partnered with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Urban League of Hillsbor- ough County to host a High School Voter Registration Drive.
A conversation between the Urban League of Hills- borough County and the NAACP to discuss poor voter turnout for the past primary election, led to the need to get a plan of action.
Stanley G. Gray of the Urban League of Hillsbor- ough County (ULHC) wanted to formulate a plan that would get more African Americans to validate their right to vote and to register and participate in the voting process.
Gray said: “The NAACP and the ULHC will work with interested community part- ners, such as the sororities and fraternities of the Divine 9, the Community Develop- ment Corporation's youth program, Supervisor of Elec- tions and other organiza-
ERNEST CONEY, JR. ...President/CEO Corporation to Develop Communities
of Tampa
tions, as the list of willing participants keeps growing to get more African Americans registered to vote and, to check the status of their reg- istration.
“The primary goal is to get more African American par- ticipation in the voting process. A secondary goal is to show our community that African American organiza- tions can form a collaborative effort to achieve and support actions for goals that need to be achieved for the better- ment of Hillsborough County's African American community.”
The collaborative goal is to motivate young voters to participate in November’s midterm elections. “A part of civic education is to ensure that students are registered to vote and have the educa- tion they need in order to make informed decisions se- lecting candidates," said CDC of Tampa President and CEO, Ernest Coney, Jr. “It
may be that an issue like abortion, student loans, even inflation, and high gas prices affect young people far more than they affect older voters.
“Youth are a rising force at the ballot box and had his- toric voter turnout in 2018 and 2020. Yet too often they remain ignored by political campaigns and organizations who neglect or underinvest in youth outreach, or target only a fraction of youth. Every eligible voter should have a fair and equal oppor- tunity to register to vote and to cast their ballot. Millions of Americans miss the oppor- tunity to vote because they don’t know how to register, or they miss their state’s deadline.
The registration drive will be held Friday, September 16, 2022, around 5:30 p. m. – during the Heritage Classic featuring Middleton and Blake High Schools. The game is being held at Middle- ton High School, 4801 N. 22nd St., Tampa.
STANLEY G. GRAY ...Urban League of Hillsborough County
President Biden Report Card
Part 1
It seems most people have no idea what they want him to do, or don’t know anything President Biden has done except to lower the price of gasoline and given millions of Ameri- cans with student loan debt a $10,000 to $20,000 reduction on loans.
The significance of the student debt to our community is that, Black Americans account for 48% (3,360,000 students) of the PELL grants. The reduction for these loans will en- hance the economic status for many in the Black community.
Other Biden accomplishments in the field of education in- clude the historic allocation of $2.7 billion to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and additional funding for Tribal Colleges and other minority serving insti- tutions. Florida HBCUs will receive $156 million of the funds as follows: (FAMU $99,274,125 million, B-CU $33,041,940 million, Edward Waters $13,228,709 million and Florida Me- morial $40,641,947 million. An additional $40 million was allocated to other colleges and universities to help students survive the pandemic.
In the employment arena, 6 million new jobs were cre- ated and jobless claims dropped to 3.9% from 6.3%. The low- est in history since 1969, and unemployed Americans received an additional $300 per week. Wages increased by 2.4% and disposable income increased by 3%.
President Biden’s appointments have been surpassed in diversity by only President Bill Clinton. Of 42 federal judges’ appointments, 80% were women, and 53% were people of color. Asian Americans are disappointed that no Asians were appointed. Nevertheless, President Biden issued several ex- ecutive orders, one of which condemned racism, xenopho- bia, and intolerance against Asian-Americans, and one that reversed the Trump era ban on openly transgender members of the S. military.
In a future editorial, we will share Biden’s accomplish- ments in improving the environment, the economy and in- frastructure; raising the number of COVID-19 vaccinations by more than sixty percent and maintaining global relation- ships.
Occasionally, we hear folks say, “President Biden hasn’t done anything since he has been in office.” It’s our intention to point out some things that may have gotten omitted or un- noticed in the reports nationally about our president.
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