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    Accomplishments
    • Increased the number of Black jurors on criminal and civic juries

    • Established the Florida Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence

    • Created the first nonviolence management institution of its kind in the State of Florida

    • Established the first Miami-Dade County Teen Court

    • Developed an alternative education program --Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy: Leadership School -- based on the philosophy of Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    • Created the North Dade Community Development Federal Credit Union

    • Provided assistance to the first Black-owned Denny's Restaurant in the Southeastern United States

    • Fostered several youth business-owners in South Dade

    • Funded housing developments in West Perrine

    • Created the MMAP Housing Empowerment Program that encompasses a down payment assistance program, pre- and post- counseling project and a housing development initiative

    • Coordinated the annual Boss-For-A-Day event for public high school students to shadow a professional in a desired industry for a day

    • Positioned the agency as a resource center for news media and thousands of Black residents concerned with the socioeconomic state of Miami-Dade County Black community

    • Organized hundreds of community forums and workshops in heightening awareness of critical socioeconomic issues

    • Awarded millions of dollars to small businesses and community-based organizations

    • Hosted the largest and longest-running conference on local Black issues
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