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Miami New Times / September 2, 2021
EDITORIAL: John Lewis May Be Smiling but Should We?
The Washington Informer / Editorial Board / August 25, 2021
Teacher Abe Coleman, who mentored students at Liberty City school, dies of COVID at 55
Miami Herald / Howard Cohen / September 4, 2021
Abe Coleman, a longtime Holmes Elementary teacher and mentor to thousands of young men in Miami - "one of the best that the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project ever had" - died Wednesday, Sept. 1, after being hospitalized with COVID-19.
13 unvaccinated Miami school workers were killed by COVID-19 in recent weeks
The New York Post / Jesse O'Neil / September 7, 2021
More than a dozen unvaccinated employees at Florida's largest school district have died from COVID-19 in the past three weeks, according to a report.
13 Miami-area school staffers have died of covid-19 this school year
MSN News / Kim Bellware / September 7, 2021
Miami-Dade County Public Schools are reporting at least 13 employee deaths from covid-19 since mid-August, a tally that forecasts what could be a grim autumn for Florida educators.
Spokeswoman Jaquelyn Calzadilla told The Washington Post in an email that the district is aware of 13 deaths of employees since Aug. 16 but that the figure is based on what families report.
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Liberty City teacher who died of COVID-19: 'He was irreplaceable'
Local 10 News / Terrell Forney / September 8, 2021
MIAMI - Rep. Frederica Wilson and a group of students met on Wednesday in Miami to honor the memory of a beloved 55-year-old teacher from Liberty City.
Frederica Wilson Brings Back the Quality Higher Education Act"
Florida Daily / Kevin Derby / September 9, 2021
At the end of last month, U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the U.S. House Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, brought back the "Quality Higher Education Act."