Florida and Miami-Dade County: Politicians Appear to Ignore COVID-19 Rise

April 11, 2021 Leave a comment

Florida is one of 4 states with the highest infection rates. Miam-Dade County has largest number of among Florida Counties. Hospitalizations are starting to go back up. Vaccinations are increasing but not like many other states.

What are Governor DeSantis and Mayor Levine Cava doing. They are doing the worst that they could do–opening up, opposing masking (DeSantis), sending bad signals to the population by eliminating the last remaining curfew.

They are abandoning the people for political and economic advantages, advantages that are harvested with increasing illness and deaths.

STATE OF FLORIDA

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Filed under Coral Gables, COVID-19, Florida

Editorial board withdraws Coral Gables mayor recommendation | Miami Herald

April 9, 2021 Leave a comment

We recommend Commissioner Pat Keon for mayor. Keon is a two-term commission member, first elected in 2013.

Editorial board withdraws Coral Gables mayor recommendation | Miami Herald

Filed under Coral Gables, Election

I guess only a Cuban American can say this

April 8, 2021 Leave a comment

They use conservatism as an excuse for refusing to even consider that something is rotten in a nation that continues to allow its police officers to kill unarmed Black men, women and teenagers, and use excessive force disproportionately against them. It’s not just simply “conservative” politics to lambaste the Catholic school where they send their daughters for being inclusive and using terms like “systemic racism” and “social justice” under the cloak of casting these words as “Marxism.”

It’s racism.

Republican Cuban Americans slam Carrollton’s race education | Miami Herald

Racist comments and practices are mostly expressed in private, but here stated quite clearly for the South Florida community: there are pervasive institutional practices of racism against African-Americans in the US, Florida and Coral Gables.

There is public acquiescence with such institutional (called systemic, too) racism in Coral Gables and other towns.

Filed under Coral Gables, Race

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity Statement

April 7, 2021 Leave a comment

Many of us find that this is an excellent statement and guidepost for education that recognizes the need to resolve deep-seated problems of profound racism and white supremacy practices in the US.

Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity Statement Carrollton’s commitment to diversity and inclusion emanates from our aspirations as a Sacred Heart School fully committed to the Goals and Criteria.

Recognizing the innate dignity of each person, as created in the image and likeness of God, we:  

Commit ourselves to building a community in which each individual in our community feels welcome and safe. Expect everyone to treat all community members with dignity and respect, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and sexual orientation.  

Commit to educating the entire community to a critical consciousness about systemic injustice and inequality.  

Intend to form ourselves to personal responsibility to promote tolerance and denounce discrimination of any kind.   

Continue to equip our students, faculty and staff with the necessary tools for effective dialogue and decision making that upholds the value of solidarity with the entire human family.

Adopted August 2, 2020, by the Carrollton Board of Trustees The Goals and Criteria outlines the essential principles and values of Sacred Heart education.

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic, Independent school for girls grades PreK-12 Social Justice, Inclusion and Diversity Statement

Filed under Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County, Politics

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