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West Palm Beach Achievers award winners see hard work on equality ahead
May 3, 2012 - The Palm Beach Post

More than a decade after the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial debuted on Flagler Drive in Currie Park, Edith C. Bush and Samuel Bruce McDonald still marvel at its symbolism. Read more

Awards Program Honors South Florida's High Achievers
April 19, 2012 - South Florida Times online

JMFE, SET and JM Lexus honored five deserving individuals at the 2012 African-American Achieversawards. TJMF mentioned. Read more

Achievers announce 20th year honorees
April 6, 2012 - South Florida Times online

They were selected by an independent panel of community leaders from Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, which also included former honorees. Read more

African-American leaders to be honored at April event
March 21, 2012 - Orlando Sentinel

Bush, a retired educator and executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Coordinating Committee in West Palm Beach, carries those lessons from her childhood in Alabama with her today, as she organizes cultural activities, art exhibits and musical program for the youth. Bush is one of this year's JM Family African American Achievers, who will be honored on April 11 at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale. The five honorees were selected from a pool of 350 nominees. Read more

JM Family, Southeast Toyota and JM Lexus Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of African-American Achievers and Announce the 2012 Honorees
March 15, 2011

Colin Brown, president and CEO of JM Family Enterprises, Inc., has announced the 2012 African-American Achievers. The four recipients will be honored for their contributions to South Florida at the 20th annual African-American Achievers awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 11, at 6:15 p.m. at the Broward County Convention Center. This year's Jerome Edmund Gray Youth Achiever award, presented by The Jim Moran Foundation, will also be announced at the event. Read more

2012 Call for Nominations
November 8, 2011

Nominations are now being accepted for the 20th annual African-American Achievers awards, presented by JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors and JM Lexus. Nomination applications. Read more

2011 Post Event Release
April 14, 2011

Deerfield Beach, Fla. � Six exceptional individuals -- a passionate performing arts instructor, a firefighter with a global reach, business leaders building communities, an educator overcoming adversity and a high school senior with a bright future -- were recognized at the African-American Achievers awards ceremony on April 6. Read more

African American Achievers Awards honors local leaders
Miami Herald - May 20, 2011

Six local leaders were honored recently at the 19th Annual African American Achievers Awards. "It is so important to say 'thank you' and to recognize people achieving extraordinary things," said Colin Brown, president and CEO of JM Family Enterprises, during the April 6 celebration attended by nearly 1,000 guests at the Broward County Convention Center. Read more

Scene & Be Seen
Sun Sentinel - May 18, 2011

19th annual "African-American Achievers Awards" presented by JM Family Enterprises, Southeast Toyota Distributors and JM Lexus, hosted more than 1,000 guests; Palm Beach Gardens High School senior receives four-year scholarship to FSU. Read more

High Achievers
South Florida Times - April 27, 2011

Inspiration for greatness can come from anywhere, including a television program about a child with Tourette Syndrome. The disease, which causes the affected person to uncontrollably and repeatedly move or blurt out inappropriate speech, inspired Victoria Fleury to begin paving a career path to becoming a neurobiologist. Read more

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