Penny Dickerson

Murders over Money: Bethune Cookman Tragedy

Murders over money Tragedy leaves gunman, two Bethune-Cookman students dead Penny Dickerson | 9/23/2015, 2 p.m. “Murders Over Money” Miami Times Online DAYTONA BEACH — Money meant everything to York Zed Bodden. Human life meant nothing. The convicted felon from Miami had dollar signs etched on his chest when Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers […]

LeVar Burton talks  “Roots & Digital Rainbows”

LeVar Burton talks “Roots & Digital Rainbows”

October 1, 2015 Filed under ENTERTAINMENT, METRO Posted by editor LeVar Burton speaks exclusively to the Florida Courier in advance of his November appearance at Rollins College in Winter Park. BY PENNY DICKERSON FLORIDA COURIER LeVar Burton is best remembered in the archives of American culture for his debut  in the 1977 mini-series “Roots.” In […]

Fist pound to a Haitian poet

Enzo Silon Surin’s new collection is a voice to save Black boys. Penny Dickerson Apr 29, 2020 Updated Apr 30, 2020 “Young black boys suffer a great deal from PTSD and consequent mood disorders as a result of the type of violence they are exposed to. Instead, what we mostly get is a perspective that portrays such […]

‘Hamilton’ is digital and free!

‘Hamilton’ is digital and free for classrooms during COVID-19 EduHam is the online companion to the Broadway hit Penny Dickerson, managing editor Apr 29, 2020 ; Updated May 3, 2020 1 of 2 Austin Scott and Carvens Lissaint performing for the ‘Hamilton’ National Tour. Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus.  Chaundre Hall Broomfield; Ruben J. Carbajal; Bryson Bruce […]

POISED TO ‘SOAR’

Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho virtually leads Miami-Dade County Public Schools during COVID-19 pandemic Penny Dickerson, managing editor Apr 29, 2020; Updated May 2, 2020 “This pandemic has not shutdown the school system. We continue to make strides and have provided more than 1.6 million meals. M-DCPS has distributed more than 112,000 digital devices to students, including laptops, […]

Penny Dickerson awarded GSA Fellowship 2017

For Immediate Release November 11, 2016 Contact: Todd Kluss tkluss@geron.org (202) 587-2839 America’s Top Reporters on Aging Chosen for Fellowship ProgramThe Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and New America Media (NAM) have selected 16 distinguished reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program, now in its seventh year. They represent a […]