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Aspiring Fashion Designer Lavette Jones
Sixteen year old, Lavette Jones is an aspiring fashion designer with a desire to give back to the community. Lavette is part of the...
Daryl Johnson
Oct 6, 20201 min read


Researchers Launch New Tool to Measure Success in Prosecutors’ Offices
Today, criminologists from Florida International University and Loyola University at Chicago, with support from the John D. and Catherine...
Daryl Johnson
Oct 6, 20202 min read


Tampa Bay Tammy Celebrates
Pre-covid I had big plans to celebrate this milestone birthday. Hats off to my husband for attempting to get it done anyway in such a...

tampabaytammy
Sep 25, 20201 min read


Real Legislative Change Matters
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg died. It was my fervent prayer that she live beyond January 21st 2021. Her death increased the likelihood that...
Daryl Johnson
Sep 24, 20204 min read


Rev. John “Smoke” Warren Takes Ministry To Next Level
Rev John Warren is an Alpha man in every sense of the word. Standing 6ft 7inches, he is tall dark and strong with a deep powerful voice...
Daryl Johnson
Sep 24, 20202 min read


Tampa City Council Resolves to Restrict Single-Use Plastics and Styrofoam
Tampa, Florida (September 3, 2020)--The Tampa City Council unanimously passed a resolution today supporting the restriction of single-use...
Daryl Johnson
Sep 3, 20201 min read


A CIVIL RIGHTS VOICE FROM THE PAST
By: Ron Carver I was naive until I wasn’t. Just eighteen, on the day after I graduated from high school, I drove from Boston to Atlanta,...
Daryl Johnson
Aug 17, 20202 min read


30 Reasons to Vote
By: David Warr 1. You are voting to stop the dismantling of the State Dept, and the governmental agencies that employ our middle class...
Daryl Johnson
Aug 13, 20202 min read


Vice President Harris
A bold move was made by democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden on August 11, selecting California Attorney General, Kamala Harris as...
Daryl Johnson
Aug 13, 20202 min read


The Power of the Passport
How the 14th Amendment Guaranteed African Americans U.S. Citizenship and the Right to Travel Abroad “All persons born or naturalized in...
Daryl Johnson
Jul 28, 20205 min read


Winning With Solar In The Sunshine State
I’ve been living in the Sunshine State for 30 plus years. The operative word is sunshine. Being north of the equator, we get so much sun...
Daryl Johnson
Jul 17, 20203 min read


The Perfect Post COVID-19 Investment
By: Ray Woods As a child my father often spent his limited time away from work playing board games with his family. One of his favorite...
Daryl Johnson
Jul 17, 20202 min read


Floyds’ Flashbacks: Keep the Faith
By: Floyd Smith Before there was any idea of COVID-19, there was I, Floyd Jerome Smith, one year ago, June 18, 2019, entering into the...
Daryl Johnson
Jul 11, 20202 min read


The World is Watching
An open letter to the Tampa Bay Community - by: Roland Daniels Dear Tampa Bay Community, Since the Tampa Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha...
Daryl Johnson
Jul 2, 20203 min read


Back Home
When I graduated from college, I had but one mission: to avoid going back home to live with my parents. If I could accomplish that one...

Kindall "Sunshine" Hayes
Jun 19, 20204 min read


FROM THE TREE TO THE KNEE
"Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit...
Daryl Johnson
Jun 19, 20203 min read


Silent Assassins: America Under the Knee of Two Viruses
By: Ray Woods On May 25th, 2020 while our nation was still engulfed in the aftermath of having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and its...
Daryl Johnson
Jun 19, 20203 min read


Nu Air Airconditioning Inc.
If you live in Florida, it is likely that someday you will need a repair man for your air conditioning. That day came for the Johnson...
Daryl Johnson
Jun 14, 20201 min read


A Taste of Armageddon
I’ve been monitoring for this whole past week, the many reactions, peaceful and thoughtful, as well as those that are troubling and...
Daryl Johnson
Jun 4, 20202 min read


Voting Rights Getting Closer for Felons
TAMPA, FL (June 1, 2020) — Ten Hillsborough County residents who have served their time but can’t afford to pay old fines and court costs...
Daryl Johnson
Jun 2, 20203 min read







