Miami Gardens, Fla. - Kendrick Meek today issued the following statement regarding the announcement of Florida's seasonally adjusted March unemployment rate rose to 12.3% from the February rate of 12.2%:
"Today's news reminds us that much more wor ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2010 at 9:50AM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding President Obama's speech on NASA's future in Cape Canaveral today:
"Canceling Constellation's manned shuttle program means Florida will lose out i ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 2:44PM
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Benjamin L. Hooks, who as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for 16 years championed minorities in an increasingly conservative political era, died at his home in Memphis. ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 1:05PM
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Miami Gardens, FL - Kendrick Meek today released the following statement praising Florida's teachers and students for bringing public pressure on Governor Crist to veto SB 6, an unprecedented assault on Florida's teachers:
"Nothing is more powerfu ...
Posted Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 11:25AM
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Dear Friend,
Are you on Facebook and Twitter? Kendrick Meek is, and so are thousands of his supporters. Will you join us today?
The pace of this campaign is picking up and our Facebook page and Twitter feed are the best ways to get up-to-the-mi ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 11:44AM
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http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-04-11/story/democart-meek-not-shy-campaigning-locally-us-senate-seat
The plan: Tug at blue collars to win over red voters.
If Kendrick Meek, a Democratic congressman from Miami, can pull that off in Jacks ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 11:39AM
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/10/1573624/kendrick-meek-the-regular-guy.html
ORLANDO -- In a pool hall lit by Budweiser lamps and big-screen TVs, U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek and a few union leaders from the nearby Lockheed Martin plant ...
Posted Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 11:31AM
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http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/04/kendrick-meek-tells-crist-to-veto-teacher-bill-.html
Add Gov. Charlie Crist's potential rival in the U.S. Senate race to the long list of people lobbying him on Senate Bill 6.
Democratic contender Kendrick ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 12:18PM
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When Della Miles was a student at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, everyone new she would be a brighter star one day having been selected Miss PVAMU and 4th Runner-up to Miss Texas/America 1984.
Well, Della's star is shining bright in German ...
Posted Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 10:45PM
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Prairie View, Texas: -- The Dallas Hilton Anatole Hotel was the scene for the 2010 Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) Regional Expo which attracted some 900 students from 60 university from across the country. The Prairie View A&M University SIFE Te ...
Posted Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 5:12PM
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The Give God the Glory! nine-book series by multiple-award winning and best-selling Christian author, Kevin Wayne Johnson, continues to expand around the world. Johnson enthusiastically embraces God's Word, not only for his life, but presents it in s ...
Posted Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 1:58PM
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The Florida Division of Elections today confirmed that Kendrick Meek's U.S. Senate campaign gathered enough valid petitions to be placed on the 2010 ballot, officially making Kendrick the first statewide candidate in Florida history to qualify for th ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 4:41PM
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Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to speak to your community.
I'm traveling all across the state getting to know Floridians and telling them about my story. I can't talk to everyone personally, though, and since I'm running for U.S. Senate ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 1:24PM
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Live Oak, Fla. - U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek held an economic roundtable with North Florida business owners and professionals today to discuss the state of the local economy. At the meeting, Kendrick also discussed his plans for bringing jobs ...
Posted Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 10:42AM
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The BSI team will be away on travel and will continue daily features on April 19th. However, we'd love to see who you might feature while we're away. Feel free to share information on our wall about Black Scholars you admire! We look forward to read ...
Posted Tuesday, April 6th 2010 at 9:24PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Charles E. Young, the 23rd President of Allen University.
http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/04/hbcu-presidents-dr-charles-e-young-allen-university/ ...
Posted Tuesday, April 6th 2010 at 2:59PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. David Harold Blackwell. He is a renowned mathematician /statistician and author as well as the 1st African-American to be inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. Read his story, he's an amazing s ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2010 at 3:10PM
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/commentary/fl-outlook-haitipolicyneeds0meek-20100405,0,1030037.story
Originally printed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
by Kendrick Meek
After returning home to Florida from Haiti in the aftermath o ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2010 at 12:52PM
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Kendrick Meek today released the following statement regarding the economy adding 162,000 new jobs last month.
"Today's long overdue news is the clearest indication yet that we're on the road from recession to recovery. Florida is facing the wors ...
Posted Monday, April 5th 2010 at 10:22AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Mark Anthony Neal. He is professor, author, and commentator.
http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/04/mark-anthony-neal-professor-author-and-social-commentator/ ...
Posted Friday, April 2nd 2010 at 11:01AM
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http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/03/kendrick-meek-takes-time-for-haiti.html
The Miami Democrat -- who represents more Haitian Americans than any other member of Congress -- will be at the UN today for today's Haiti donor conferenc ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 5:43PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Samuel A. Floyd, Jr, a music educator and scholar. He founded the Journal and the Center for Black Music Research (CBMR). They uncover a vast history of Black music and composures, internationally. Va ...
Posted Thursday, April 1st 2010 at 9:30AM
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We just got word that the political newspaper, The Hill, has moved Kendrick's race into the "Toss-up" category. That means they have noticed our recent momentum and think Kendrick's chances of winning have increased. With less than seven hours to go ...
Posted Wednesday, March 31st 2010 at 6:34PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Lawrence Clark, an Assistant Professor and Math Education Researcher in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has an interesting research perspective. Check him out!
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Posted Wednesday, March 31st 2010 at 9:19AM
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