Our Initiative

Our Communities For All Ages Team:

• Mr. Murvin Wright - Chair - Retired Broward County School Board employee, local resident of the Palms of Hallandale Beach community.
• Ms. Jurea Allen - Vice Chair - Broward County School Board, Guidance Counselor, local resident.
• Mrs. Cheryl Smith-Thomas, Secretary - Charge Nurse representing Aventura Hosptial. Raised in Palms of Hallandale Beach, family local business owners.
• Mr. Aldo LaRussa - Treasurer- Crime Watch Representative, Operations Manager for private company, local Hallandale Beach resident.
• Ms. Clara Brown, Resident, life-long community advocate, retired medical worker.
• Mr. Tim Burton, Eagle's Wings Development Center, President, currently work as computer specialist for Memorial Healthcare System.
• Mrs Kimberly Russell, Hallandale Beach Chamber of Commerce, local business owner, local resident of Hallandale Beach.
• Mr. Kenyun Langston, U S Attorney's Office, Miami Florida.
• Ms. Katrice Johnson, Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, local resident.
• Dr. Alvin Jackson, CRA Director, City of Hallandale Beach
• Cap. Stuart Shook, Hallandale Beach Police Department
• Ms. Sherea Atkins, Team Leader - Intergenerational Resident Leadership Academy, Paralegal, local resident.
• Ms. Sandy Atkins, Team Leader - Community Events, Broward County Social Worker, Friendship Baptist Church representative.
• Mrs. Shaundra Hick, Team Leader - Foster Park Building Project, Eagle's Wings Development Center's Social Worker, local resident.
• Ms. Dawn Fuller, Team Leader - Community Policing - Broward County School Teacher, former resident of Palms Community.
• Mr. Tim Florence, Team Leader - Economic Empowerment.

Our Iniative is a prototype of our previous Palms of Hallandale Beach Weed and Seed with four main councils which executes the community services: 

1. Intergenerational Resident Leadership Academy, is a grassroots leadership training based on the curruculum written by Mrs Corita Brown, of CFAA.  This currulum is combined with local successful leaders who will facilitate a one day orientation session, then once per week for eight weeks.  Participants are teen agers, middle age, and seniors all working together to learn skills and become motivated to serve the community.

2. Community Policing is a group of residents combined with the local police department to conduct community forums to deal with issues related to police and residents.  This council's main goal is to build positive relationships between the residents and the Hallandale Beach Police Department.

3. Community Event Council is a group of residents who are charged with presenting exciting and inovative educational, cultural and motivitational activities for residents of all ages to enjoy.  Events include, Hope For The Holiday, Men Who Cook, Back To School Giveaways, MLK Celebrations, and many others.

4. Economic Empowerment Council works closely with the CRA department at the City of Hallandale Beach to ensure local inclusion in redevelopment in the community.  Conduct local clean up, house painting for the elderly and recommendating activities for job creation.