09/28/2010: Gulf Coast Business Review story

09/01/2010: Davie, Florida: Meeting of the Full Council, Broward College Central Campus

05/27/2010: ORLANDO- Mr. Richard Davison serves as the Chairman of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys. He was appointed in 2009 to the Council by Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Walter A. McNeil. Currently, he is the Deputy Secretary within the Florida Department of Corrections.

02/24/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys today announced that the Council has released its annual report for 2008. The report covers the topics addressed by the Council’s five subcommittees on improving economic outcomes, improving educational outcomes, improving health status, legislative review, criminal justice, and improving foster care and family issues.

07/08/2008: FT. LAUDERDALE - Caribbean-American Attorney Levi Williams is a partner with the law firm of Fertig and Gramling, in Ft. Lauderdale. In addition to his extensive law practice, Levi is actively involved in the South Florida community having served on boards such as the Urban League of Broward County, and Broward Community College Board of Trustees.

06/20/2008: TALLAHASSEE, FL - Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today addressed the attendees of the 23rd Annual Conference on Preventing Crime in the Black Community at the conference’s opening session in Tampa.

03/12/2008: TALLAHASSEE - He is Florida's ultimate conservative, a small-framed, earnest family man who campaigned on fighting terrorism, pedophiles and child pornographers. So when Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum inherited oversight of a committee studying problems facing African-American males, Democrat Frederica Wilson shuddered.

02/26/2008: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys has chosen its new Chair and set its goals for 2008. Christopher Norwood, last year’s Vice Chair, was nominated by Secretary of Juvenile Justice Frank Peterman and subsequently elected the new Chair for the Council. Dr. Anthony McCoy was elected Vice Chair. In addition to its existing committees, the Council also created a Criminal Justice committee to add to its mission.

02/17/2008: Black males in Florida are more likely to fail or fall behind in school, be subject to discipline and drop out than other students. Those who drop out, and even those who get only a high school diploma, face a greater chance of going to prison. It's facts like these that stir organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union to decry the so-called "school to prison pipeline" as a crisis in education.

01/18/2008: Gov. Charlie Crist and the state Legislature this week received a blueprint to help build a firmer foundation for black males in Florida. The architectural plans, drawn up by the Council on the Status of Black Men and Boys, outlines more than 50 recommendations that group members hope will reverse the social ills plaguing black men and boys in the Sunshine State.