This weekend, Judges Navarro, DePrimo, Schulman, Alspector, Weekes and Africk-Olefson participated in the Broward Health/3rd Annual Africk Family Foundation Spinathon for heart health!

Judge Stacey Schulman, along with her son, participated in the Kids In Distress Superhero 5k run last weekend. This was not their first time participating for the cause, and it will probably not be their last!

 

Judge Frink visited Embassy Creek Elementary school last Friday, to teach a 3rd grade art class as part of the Meet the Masters program.

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Judges from the Seminole Tribe of Florida visited the Central Courthouse at the end of January, observing court proceedings and sharing in lunch conversation with our circuit’s family judges and Chief Judge Tuter, further fostering the collaboration between the two entities in Tribal Court. Judge Jose Izquierdo oversees dependency cases involving children from the tribe, hearing them in both his courtroom and on the Seminole reservation. As the partnership continues to grow, the Seminole Judges wanted to visit to learn more about how the state courts are run. Later this month, the tribe’s Court Administration staff will visit the courthouse too.

Young men from Miramar High School visited the Central Courthouse at the end of January, as part of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project. The program pairs “at-risk” youth from ages 9-19 and pairs them with successful professional adult volunteers who provide advice, guidance and educational assistance.

During their half-day visit, the students observed bond court, speaking with presiding Judge Corey Amanda Cawthon during a break, shared one-on-one time with Gordon Weekes from the Public Defender’s Office, met Captain Ozzy Tianga from BSO Court Services, and sat it on Judge Marina Garcia-Wood’s criminal docket and Judge Elijah Williams’ juvenile delinquency docket.