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Texas family calls for arrest of cop who fatally shot an unarmed Black man during a mental health emergency

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The family of a man shot and killed by a Texas police officer during a mental health check is calling for the officer’s arrest. Patrick Warren Sr.’s son said his family had called for help on Sunday because Warren was having a mental health emergency. 

Ring doorbell footage shows Killeen Police Officer Reynaldo Contreras knocking on Warren’s door, a surprise to his family who had requested help from a mental health professional. The family said they had called for help the day before, and a mental health professional arrived with no issue. 

“They never told us that one wasn’t available. They just sent out a Killeen police officer,” Warren’s son, Patrick Warren Jr., told CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca. 

Warren Jr. said Contreras’s demeanor toward his family was hostile, so they asked him to leave. But moments later, he returned and knocked.

Warren Sr. answered and stepped outside with his hands in the air. His son said he noticed a red dot shining on the door.

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PBS Screening The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

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PREMIERING THIS FEBRUARY

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Hutchins

Tampa Family Health Centers is Hiring

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Tampa Family Health Centers – Full-Time & Part-Time Bilingual Patient Care Specialists

Please Send Resume to [email protected]

To Apply

or Visit TampaFamilyHC.com to Apply Online

Super Bowl LV NFL “Green Week” Events: Coral Reef Restoration, near Miami

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NFL Green is working with Force Blue special operations military veterans, the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and The Florida Aquarium to continue restoring a section of Florida’s endangered coral reef by planting corals that are resilient in the face of a changing climate. On January 28 and 29 Force Blue divers will join UM scientists to monitor coral health and plant more than 150 elkhorn corals at the site. The planting of so many elkhorn corals, a threatened species, is rare and will exponentially add to the genetic diversity of the reef, which is nearing completion.

Super Bowl Lv Nfl “Green Week” Events: Fruit Tree Orchard Planting

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Nearly 50 assorted fruit trees will be planted near the Mango Recreation Center, creating an orchard that will provide nutritional snacks and educational opportunities for the children who use the center. The center provides after school programs and offers gardening, nature-based programming and education about nutrition in addition to team building programs that stress fun and sportsmanship. Community volunteers will join staff from Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful and Hillsborough County Parks to plant the fruit tree orchard.

Super Bowl LV “Green Week” Event: Reed Park Community Garden and Compost Center Build

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The Environmental Education Center sits on the eastern shore of the Hillsborough River and is part of the South Seminole Heights Neighborhood. Community volunteers will work with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful to install two hydroponic grow towers, build and plant garden beds and a pollinator garden. They will also plant fruit trees and install a community compost area. The gardens and compost area will then be used by neighbors, volunteers and students as they participate in hands-on activities and learn how to grow fresh, healthy food and learn about nutrition and healthy eating.

Super Bowl LV “Green Week” Event: Dive 55 Marine Debris Clean Up

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Retired special operations military veterans from Force Blue are teaming up with NFL Green, Pepsi Stronger Together, and the Super Bowl LV Host Committee to tackle ocean debris. The project called Dive 55 will bring together 55 divers to retrieve marine debris and discarded fishing gear from the waters near Spanish Rocks Reef in Anna Maria, Florida.

About 640,000 tons of fishing gear is lost in our oceans each year creating a danger for marine life. 92% of animal encounters with debris can be lethal. The marine debris that is retrieved will be sorted for repurposing or proper disposal. Some of the items will be turned into artwork by Hillsborough county students, then displayed at The Florida Aquarium to help build awareness about marine debris.

This unique project is a Super Bowl first and brings together diverse partners including The Florida Aquarium, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Fish and Wildlife, Pepsi Valor, Tervis, NAUI, Ocean Conservancy, University of Miami and Frost Science Center.

Roe v Wade Anniversary Visibility Event

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Join our annual sign-waving to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v Wade decision.
This year we will be spaced 6 feet apart and face coverings are required.
We gather at the corner of Central Avenue and 3rd Street.
Bring signs, if you can. Otherwise, we will have extras.
Keep abortion legal!

Feeding Tampa Bay Feb.12

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Feeding Tampa Bay mobile food pantry.

Feeding Tampa Bay

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Mobile food pantry, feeding the community event.

 

Biden rescinds 1776 commission via executive order

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to schools applying a more accurate history curriculum around slavery in the US, Biden’s transition team announced Wednesday.

The commission had been formed as an apparent counter to The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning project aimed at teaching American students about slavery that Trump, speaking last fall, had called “toxic propaganda.” The announcement comes just two days after the commission issued an inflammatory report on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and just hours before Biden will take over from Trump, whose time in office was marked by racist statements and actions.

In its report released Monday, the commission asserted that “the Civil Rights Movement was almost immediately turned to programs that ran counter to the lofty ideals of the founders,” specifically criticizing affirmative action policies and arguing that identity politics are “the opposite of King’s hope that his children would ‘live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.’ “

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Pinellas County Urban League 2020 Annual Meeting

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For the Pinellas County Urban Leagues 2020 Annual Meeting we will be reviewing:

Health Initiatives
Housing
COVID-19/Racial Justice
Annual Report
New Board Members

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