The Big Bend Minority Chamber and Florida A&M University partnered up to host the Women Business Council’s annual meeting, Saturday.   The Women’s Business Council is a segment of the Big Bend Minority Chamber that caters to women entrepreneurs. About 75 people gathered in the Meek-Eaton Black Archives Research Center […]

A Peace Core member speaks to attendees at Waterworks Bar and Grille. (Joshua Riggins/The Famuan) The Peace Corps Community of North Florida invited Tallahassee residents to join them at Waterworks Bar and Grille on Thursday night to mingle with Peace Corps Staff and members. National Peace Corps Association President, Glenn […]

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and city commissioners approved the policy “Ban the Box,” with a favorable vote of 3-2, at the City of Tallahassee City Commission meeting on Wednesday. The policy allowed felons an equal opportunity in employment by exempting questions regarding conviction histories from job applications. It also asks […]

Students for a Democratic Society at Florida State University held a meeting Wednesday night for the launch of a campaign to stop the demilitarization at FSU. The student organization demands that the police department to return the military equipment that has been purchased by the FSU Police Department. Military rifles […]

Dessert with Deans, an initiative spearheaded by Florida A&M University’s Student Government Association, held its first meeting with The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering It is the first school to participate in the Dessert with Deans program. It is also the first time that the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering had an […]

The C.C. Cunningham Career Center pushed for more students to attend the Career Expo on Wednesday. A Rutgers University study showed  nearly 50 percent of graduated over the last five years are unemployed or underemployed. Delores Dean, director of the Career Center at Florida A&M University, was elated about how […]

The 2nd annual Women Who Mean Business Community  Luncheon  was hosted by the Tallahassee Woman Magazine at the Four Points by Sheraton Jan. 28. The intimate two hour networking banquet allowed for guests to work the entire event. The scaled down event help benefit the women of the community by […]

It’s a bittersweet moment for Tallahassee residents as they wave goodbye to the dark-brown-wooden park signs that once stood in Tallahassee city parks. For more than 40 years, the signs with yellow writing identified the city parks of Tallahassee.  City officials have decided to replace these familiar signs with new […]

The City’s biggest effort to combat homelessness is almost complete. On Wednesday, three Tallahassee commissioners toured the nearly finished Comprehensive Emergency Services Center. The center can house up to 390 people at a time, but they are only expecting about 240 in the beginning. The center also includes living room […]