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23 Sep

MIAMI, Sept. 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Former and current Miami Heat players Alonzo Mourning and Wayne Ellington, who lost his own father to gun violence, launched Sandy Hook Promise's gun violence prevention programs in an unprecedented city-wide rollout to all Miami-Dade County middle and high schools today at John A. Ferguson High School. SHP Co-Founder and managing director Nicole Hockley, whose first grade son Dylan was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly four years ago, and MDCPS Superintendent Alberto Carvalho also spoke with students about the importance of these programs and violence prevention. Wayne Ellington addressed the senior high students, "Two years ago, in 2014, my father was taken from me. He was shot and killed in Philadelphia in...

12:27 / Mourning Family Foundation News / Zo News
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23 Sep

Bob Metelus, a local Haitian-American photographer, wants you to know the beautiful side of Haiti. Metelus, who was born in Miami, celebrated his 39th birthday Thursday (9/15) by unveiling a collection of photographs from his parents’ homeland, “Haiti: A Cry from a Forgotten Paradise” at Macaya Gallery in Wynwood. Among those on hand to celebrate his milestone and exhibit were Haitian-American fashion designer Fabrice Tardieu; longtime Kool & the Gang manager and former Miami radio DJ Mohamed Moretta; Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem; and former Miami Heat stars Alonzo Mourning and wife Tracy; and Dwyane Wade. The popular Haitian konpa band KLASS also was on hand but the party was shut down by Miami police —despite organizers insisting that they had all of...

12:12 / Mourning Family Foundation News
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23 Sep

Miami Heat fans haven’t forgotten about the on-court rivalry between Alonzo Mourning and Patrick Ewing. How could they? From 1997 to 2000, the Heat and Knicks met in either the first or second round of the playoffs and waged fierce battles that always went the distance to a winner-take-all final game. Mourning and Ewing were at the center of those classic playoff tussles. Sixteen years later, their teams are meeting in the playoffs again. Ewing, 53 and retired since 2003, is the associate head coach of the Charlotte Hornets. Mourning, 46 and retired since 2008, is the vice president for player programs with the Heat. That’s not the newsworthy part of all this. After all, the Heat swept Charlotte and Ewing from...

12:06 / Mourning Family Foundation News
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19 Sep

MIAMI, Sept. 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Former and current Miami Heat players Alonzo Mourning and Wayne Ellington, who lost his own father to gun violence, launched Sandy Hook Promise's gun violence prevention programs in an unprecedented city-wide rollout to all Miami-Dade County middle and high schools today at John A. Ferguson High School. SHP Co-Founder and managing director Nicole Hockley, whose first grade son Dylan was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly four years ago, and MDCPS Superintendent Alberto Carvalho also spoke with students about the importance of these programs and violence prevention. Wayne Ellington addressed the senior high students, "Two years ago, in 2014, my father was taken from me. He was shot and killed in Philadelphia in...

12:08 / Mourning Family Foundation News
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