In recognition of Black History Month this year, the Seventeenth Circuit and the Broward County Bar Association hosted a Celebration of Broward’s Black Mayors on Friday, February 21, 2020. The honorees included Mayor Dale V. Holness, Broward County; Mayor Hazelle Rogers, City of Lauderdale Lakes; Mayor Ken Thurston, City of Lauderhill; Mayor Wayne Messam, City of Miramar; Mayor Ashira Mohammed, City of Pembroke Park; and Mayor Reverend Eric Jones, Jr., City of West Park.
Retired Judge Ilona Holmes served as event moderator, with Chief Judge Jack Tuter offering welcome remarks and event chairperson, Judge Michael A. Robinson, giving the closing remarks.
