Calendar of Events
for the National SCLC in the State of Florida and other Groups
Happy New Year
Tack Action
Write to the Deptartment of Justice and The Office of the Governor of Florida and request that they do an independent investigation on the cases of Derrick Humbert, Victor Steen and Tia Marie Ritch.
Click the name below to send an email
William Nolan (DOJ)
Shane Strum (FL)
Rob Wheeler (FL)
News
Members picket SCLC conference
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Picketed by Members
Ousted civil rights officials suspected of diverting more than $500,000.
Trammell may have diverted at least $569,000 from SCLC.
THE NEW NATIONAL SCLC IS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
Community Forum Flyer (PDF)
Link 2 (PDF)
Hoteliers protest higher highway sign fees.—1/19/2010
AAHOA wins compromise with DOT
Summary with the Governor Charlie Crist Chief of Staff (PDF)
Price gouging or cost of business?—www.wtsp.com, 11/24
Statement of State Attorney, Mr. Eddin on the Victor Steen death—11/18 (PDF)
Request for Independent Investigation of Death of Victor Steen—11/17 (PDF)
SCLC Asks For Inquiry Of Death In Jail—News4jax.com, 11/13
Current Press Release—Tia Ritch Death Issues (PDF)
Press Release—Meeting with Govenor Crist (PDF)
Civil rights group wants Taser ban, calls abuse "electrocution without prosecution—
Listen to the interview starting at the 22:41 time
Bernice King elected president of SCLC—CNN.com
National civil rights group says enough is enough; wants Crist to ban Tasers—The Daily Loaf (blogs.creativeloafing.com)
Joe King
ESCAMBIA COUNTY - An Escambia County teacher, accusing of hitting a student, is expected back in the classroom soon. Dec. 15, 2009—www.weartv.com
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY - The trial of Escambia County teacher, Joe King, began Dec. 15, 2009—www.weartv.com
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Victor Steen
1991-2009
Born in Pensacola, FL
He lived with his mother,
Cassandra Steen.
Tia Marie Ritch
Tia Marie Soloma Ritch, 21, of Starke died suddenly Friday, July 3, 2009. Born in Gainesville, she was the daughter of Jerry Eugene and Laura Hampton Ritch and lived in the area most of her life. she was a nanny and member of Faith Bible Church in Sanderson where she also worked on the youth staff.
Derrick Humbert
Derrick Humbert leaves behind a mother, Eula Humbert and four brothers and ten sisters, and his father preceding him with death.
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Poor People's Campaign
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference hopes to mobilize 50,000 people in the Mississippi Delta this summer in a campaign to draw attention to the poverty of a region where some Americans still live in homes with dirt floors and brown water flows from their faucets.
N-word Is Problem In Schools
A white teacher in North Escambia County has been disciplined for using racial slurs in an email that referred to a black custodian as “the n” and “Miss Maid”. Meanwhile, the Pensacola Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference says that the use of the “N”-word is a problem in Escambia schools.
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