From the beautiful crab state of Maryland, Erica Butler was always destined for success. Growing up as the only child, she had time to tap into all clubs and activities such as Girl Scouts of USA, the biblical group AWANA, swimming, dance and music which led to her to attend a performing arts school, Thomas G. Pullen. "One of the most pivotal moments in my life was studying abroad," Erica said. Through the People to People program, Erica was a student ambassador to Australia for a month. Erica said her experience in middle school tapped into her creativity and gave her the desire and skill to attend Eleanor Roosevelt High School, recognized as a Silver Medal School in 2008. There, she was in the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) program, which provided her with a passion to work in the media field. She was heavily involved with student television station at Roosevelt as well as the Debate Club, National Association for Black Engineers and student government. During her high school tenure, she was actively involved with the Washington Association of the National Association of Black Journalists for two years. She holds many positions on campus including, Precinct Supervisor for the Electoral Commission, Chair of Communications for the Sophomore and Junior Class Cabinet, News Editor for The Famuan and more. So far, she has landed internships with Congressman Albert Wynn D-MD on Capitol Hill, the U.S.Department of Education and CBS in New York. She aspires to be a news producer, writer and a philanthropist.



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In addition to sit-ins by FAMU students,
there was one sit-in (March 12?) where ["white"] Florida State University students also sat-in, and got arrested along with black FAMU students.
Multi-racial sit-ins were rare in 1960, in the South.
For details please see your archives for March 1960;
and those of FLORIDA FLAMBEAU, which was then the FSU student newspaper.
John Mullin,
forner FSU student,
early Sixties
P.S. At the risk of being called a sexist pig, I must state that, judging by the beauty of the females on the Famuain staff, it is obvious to me that I chose the wrong school at which to matriculate.
That Your family have turned their back to you, I do understand, and I'm very sure you now shall feel what You have done to so many other people in the past, also me and my family.Regards,MichaelPS: Keep up the fight Marcel, I hope your sister and mother supports you.
Marcel told me yesterday that he does not care to sue me because he wants to please his Mom from whom I am separated since 2001 and which only intention is to freeze the assets that I made after the separation. Marcel Katz has filed 14 law suits against me in Panama for FRAUD, EMBEZELMENT , FORGERY to please his MOM.
Marcel is a selfish person who is always looking for fights all the time, he believes that he is the right one and that the other peoples are the wrong ones.
Marcel would do anything for MONEY and as you see he is ready to put his father in JAIL for money.
I want to place an official complaint against MARCEL KATZ , I am asking you to review his case, in order to make sure that you are not letting someone free that in fact is dangereous for the society.
Please feel free to contact me at any time, let me know if I have to go to Talahassee to testify against him , I a doing to him the same thing as he is doing to me in Panama .
I have asked MARCEL to withdraw from the 14 cases ( law suits ) against me and he is refusing !
Kind regards
Reynald H katz
Passport 710847812
REYNALDKATZ@GMAIL.COM