If by chance you have not caught wind of or visited first hand one of Florida’s finest establishments, allow me to introduce you. “The Enzian Theatre,” indulges adults via cinematic cool, an on-site-upscale “Eden Bar” and gourmet food that makes popcorn seem soooooo yesterday, read my feature on the 30th Anniversary of ENZIAN and the 2015 Florida Film Festival just published in the March/April 2015 issue of Orlando Arts Magazine.
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Link to full profile on Senator Anthony “Tony” Hill
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Mickey Mouse welcomes 9 high school students from Florida Thursday, March 21, to Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. during the 12th annual Disney Dreamers Academy. The event, taking place March 21-24, 2019 at Walt Disney World Resort, is a career-inspiration program for distinguished high school students from across the U.S. (Todd Anderson, photographer)
LAKE BUENA VISTA – The genesis of their dreams are humble: a coal miner’s son from Welch, W. Va., who slept in his car for three years; an intern who drove cross-country in her Volkswagen Rabbit to work for the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico and a high school dropout who changed the trajectory of film and theme parks with a rough sketch of a mouse.
Respectively, they are now a trifecta of success – daytime Emmy Award-winning comedian and talk show host Steve Harvey; Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter and film and animation icon Walt Disney, whose eponymous Walt Disney World resort hosted the Disney Dreamers Academy with Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine March 21-24 at Lake Buena Vista.
Harvey has served as a signature host of the program for 12 consecutive years. Applicants responded to essay questions about their personal stories and dreams, and 100 providential students were selected to attend along with a parent or guardian.
Known as “Disney Dreamers,” they each received an all-expenses-paid trip and an opportunity to gather a lifetime of dreams.
Since its 2007 inception, the inclusive program has catapulted the dreams of more than 1,200 students from across the nation by exposing them to a career-discovery journey that inspires them to discover new career opportunities, pursue their dreams, and interact with participating celebrities and motivational speakers.
Steve Harvey inspires students Friday, March 22, 2019, during Disney Dreamers Academy at Epcot in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The 12th annual Disney Dreamers Academy, taking place March 21-24, 2019 is a career-inspiration program for distinguished high school students from across the U.S. (Todd Anderson, photographer)
“My hope is these Disney Dreamers realize there are no limits to what they can achieve,” said Steve Harvey. “All the amazing people they had the chance to hear from this weekend had to start somewhere, and I am excited to see where the dreams of these 100 students take them. That is why I enjoy partnering with Disney on this program every year.”
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Protest, petitions and the imagery of one man shackled in chains led a two-week outcry by African Americans in Northeast Florida to preserve American Beach in Nassau, County.
The 40-acre beach was founded in 1935 by A.L. Lewis, Florida’s first Black millionaire who provided opportunities for employees of his Afro-American Life Insurance Company to own beachfront property and experience “Recreation and Relaxation Without Humiliation.”
An archived photo image of American Beach in the late 1930’s highlights the origins of beach camping pre-segregation.
Following widespread media coverage, the recent activity culminated with a Nov. 18 meeting of the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners where key representatives showed up to be heard.
At stake is an ordinance that would eradicate an 85-year tradition of overnight beach camping, an American Beach activity indulged by many African Americans who still covet local memories of social grandeur when segregation prohibited Blacks from swimming in the same Atlantic Ocean that brought them to American soil. Continue Reading »
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