BY ADRIANNE RICHARDSON schoolscenemia@gmail.com The American Dream was just a fairy tale to Pethrona Sims. Every day, she and her four children would come home to their apartment in the heart of Liberty City and come face-to-face with shootings, gang violence and sometimes death. “I didn’t want my boys...
Students generally spend their days off from school in front of a television or glued to their computer screens, but thanks to the Overtown Youth Center, families in the community got a day to become immersed in the arts instead. The OYC hosted its first Enrichment...
Alonzo Mourning, Grammy-nominated recording artist Jonathan McReynolds, Season 8 Finalist of the voice Koryn Hawthorn, activist/author Kevin Powell and Florida Memorial President Dr. Roslyn Artist serving as panelist for Zo’s Youth Summit Groove. By Arri & Byler Henry, Generation Next Over 400 high school students from across...
Staff Report MIAMI – Last week, the Talent4Change Foundation launched its ‘Buzz It Forward’ campaign by debuting its signature initiative, The Buzz Boxx, during Art Basel week. The Buzz Boxx is a container-based barbershop designed to be placed at various locations that offers grooming and mentoring to...
Warren Henry Auto Group presented a check for $25,000 to the Overtown Youth Center on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Basketball legend Alonzo Mourning accepted the donation on behalf of his youth empowerment organization. Since partnering with the former Miami Heat star and his charities, Warren Henry...
MIAMI (WSVN) - Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning was on hand to give out Thanksgiving turkeys to 500 families, Tuesday morning. Mourning and volunteers began Tuesday morning at a Southwest Miami-Dade Publix where they loaded up Thanksgiving meals, and then traveled to the Overtown Youth Center...
Los hermanos Jojo y Jeante Rivero con su madre María Rivero muestran el lunes los alimentos distribuidos por Kiwanis Club en la escuela Phillis Wheatley Elementary School. C.M. GUERRERO. cmguerrero@elnuevoherald.com El agradecer a Dios por una buena cosecha, renueva los sentimientos de solidaridad y a partir...
MIAMI (WSVN) - A generous donation was made, Wednesday, to a South Florida community. Warren Henry Auto Group donated $25,000 to the Overtown Youth Center. “I like to feel like we’ve created a vehicle here where individuals can connect themselves to our brand and continue to...
Special to South Florida Times MIAMI – During her visit to the Overtown Youth Center on Oct. 11, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton spoke to the assembled students about the importance of a college education. She shared her intention, if elected, to provide free college at...
.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%} Fidgety students awaited their big visitor Tuesday evening inside the cheerfully painted walls of the Overtown Youth Center. “Hello, everybody,” Hillary Clinton greeted them as she walked in. She was met with a few gasps. It was a day before Florida’s extended deadline for...
We’re not going to “nonprofit” our way out of poverty, housing unaffordability and economic injustice. Historic discrimination and structural inequality have laid the groundwork for multiple life-sucking neighborhood factors that black children face every day: Poverty, crime, unemployment, unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care and limited...
Alonzo Mourning is used to a workout, but he didn’t think his latest victory would take nine years. “I believed in this and I knew this community needed it more than ever,” said Mourning, as Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and other government, civic and business leaders...
The United Way of Miami-Dade opened the doors to their Eden Place at the Overtown Youth Center in Miami, Saturday. More than 200 people came out to the opening event where they enjoyed food, fun and entertainment. Former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning was on hand to...
MEDIA CONTACT: Isheka N. Harrison Tel: 305-349-1204 ext. 232 Email: isheka.harrison@overtownyouth.org Miami – (August 22, 2016) – If you’re a budding entrepreneur who lives or works in Overtown, Wynwood or Allapattah, rapper Lupe Fiasco and Google executive DiAnn Eisnor might be looking for you. Through their Neighborhood Start...
This summer Warren Henry Auto Group is teaming up with Basketball Hall-of-Famer Alonzo Mourning to end the cycle of poverty in Miami's Overtown neighborhood, one child at a time. From July 1 to August 31, Warren Henry will donate $33 for every vehicle sold or leased...
MIAMI, Fla. – There will be a Philadelphia Big 5 flavor at the second annual Hoophall Miami Invitational as Temple will play DePaul while La Salle will battle Georgetown at AmericanAirlines Arena on Dec. 10. Presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the Hoophall Miami Invitational...
Blaise Pronesti, who organized the volunteer effort at Miami Country Day School, sorts through school supplies. Roberto Koltun rkoltun@elnuevoherald.com It’s the end of the school year and that means lots of school supplies, books and backpacks have to find a home. Thanks to an entrepreneurial Miami Country Day student,...
Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Students from the Overtown Youth Center faced off against City of Miami Police officers in a charity basketball game. The game was organized by the police department Saturday with the intent of helping create a better relationship between the city’s youth and officers...
MIAMI (WSVN) — Some lucky middle school students finished their day with a fun fitness session, Thursday. Barry’s Bootcamp instructor Kellie Sikorski taught 80 students from the Overtown Youth Center. "It’s really to teach them how to use their own body," said Sikorski. "You don’t need a gym....
Alonzo Mourning, Tracy Wilson Mourning, Cynthia Marin, & Wayne Boich Wayne & Cynthia Boich opened their beautiful waterfront home in Miami Beach to host charity dinner benefiting for the Mourning Family Foundation along with founders Alonzo Mourning and wife Tracy Wilson Mourning, Mark Fisher, Stuart Miller and Gonzalo...
MIAMI - Founded in 2003 by former Miami Heat superstar Alonzo Mourning and his wife Tracey Wilson Mourning, along with real estate developer Martin Z. Marguiles, the Overtown Youth Center is a safe haven for the children who live in the area. The center has graduated...
