Pete Kennedy Tackles Love & Leadership in Best Selling Book

South Florida Caribbean NewsApril 30, 2021

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[MIRAMAR] – In his first book, When a Man Loves – A Lifestyle & Leadership Most Men Will Never Experience, bestselling author Pete Kennedy shares his journey into manhood. From a broken home to a community leader, striving to help other men acquire the leadership skills he never received.

Kennedy will launch his book with a special event on Saturday, May 29^th, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Miramar Regional Park, hosted by Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers.

The book follows Kennedy’s journey, as a youngster in the tenement yards of Kingston, his success as a high school footballer (soccer) to his new life overseas and how he adjusts to the new environment. During this journey, readers are guided on how to be leaders in their communities, as well as with family and friends. Through this book, Kennedy looks to build leaders, who use love as the standard to strengthen bonds and communities.

“I knew as a child that I was not being served,” stated Kennedy, who is the Founder and CEO of Educating Men & Youth How to Lead & Live (E.M.Y.L.L.). An organization that helps develop people in both their professional and personal lives. When a Man Loves is the captivating story about a young Jamaican man navigating the world without much-needed guidance. “This story is my journey navigating masculinity and all the traps it sets”, Kennedy states.

Recording artist Agent Sasco will be a Guest Speaker at the Book Launch on May 29

Book Launch Event Highlights

True to his style, Kennedy has moved away from the traditional book launch. He is planning an event that will be more of a leadership conference with a focus on entertainment. Popular Jamaican Dancehall entertainer and influencer, Agent Sasco will be one of the guest speakers. Along with Jamaica Consul General from Miami Oliver Mair, Dr. Allan Cunningham, Founder of the Jamaican Men of Florida, and Kenasha Paul, President of the Black Professionals Network in Miami.

Guests will be entertained by notable performers such as Nikki Blaze and life-long friends Iboochi and Yelah Blue among others.

Ticket Information

Tickets to experience this special evening of Leadership, Lifestyle and the Book Launch are on sale at www.peteakennedy.com. Patrons will be asked to follow all CDC / COVID-19 guidelines and protocols which will be in place. Proceeds from the book launch will benefit the Jamaican Men of Florida and I Am Fortis Inc. Both organizations of which Kennedy is a member.

Jamaican Men of Florida (JMOF) Organization Officially Launches

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SOUTH FLORIDA – The good Book says: “without a vision the people perish”. Sensing a need in the South Florida area for Jamaican men and men of Jamaican decent, to come together and be a system of support to each other and example to those to follow, Dr. Allan Cunningham, became the catalyst to the formation of the Jamaican Men of Florida (JMOF).

COVID-19 showed up around the same time of its inception; however, this in no way discouraged Dr. Cunningham, as a select few met, planned, coordinated, collaborated and inspired each other in moving forward full speed ahead with the formation of this non-profit organization.

Since March/April of this year, they have met monthly as a Board, with an inaugural general meeting and a subsequent general meeting since then.

For the first time since its inception the Board held its first in-person Board meeting, at the KRAVES Restaurant and Lounge in Sunrise Florida, on Wednesday September 16, 2020.

The energy and excitement that filled the room, as face-face connections were made, was uplifting and encouraging to say the least. As we greeted each other while maintaining the appropriate social distancing; our consciousness was punctuated and hearts and hopes were unified with the words penned by Mahatma Gandhi some decades earlier: “The best way to find oneself is to lose oneself in the service of others”.

The Board meeting preceded on time as intended with the standard agenda. The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Allan Cunningham, followed by the opening prayer by Dr. Jason-Anthony Prendergast. A welcome, opening remarks and rollcall followed. The acceptance of the minutes and the respective committee reports were the next items on the agenda, which was followed by the Treasurers report. The Board meeting concluded on time after brief a discussion on old and new businesses.

The anticipation of the evening was the “Press Conference” which served as a medium to launch the organization and induct into its body the five “Honorary Members”, who were nominated and voted on by the Board.

Board member and Chief Legal Counsel, Attorney Marlon Hill served as the evening’s emcee, providing a great balance of the sense of the urgency of now; great humor and wit; and the vital role the organization would play in this region, as he believes the individual members and the organization collectively, were called “for such a time and season, as this”.

Dr. Rupert Francis did the honor of introducing Consul General Oliver Muir, as the Honor Patron; Board Member, Kirk Lawrence introduced Honorary Board Member, Father Horace Ward, which was followed by the Board’s Executive Secretary, Vivian O. Walters, Jr., who introduced Broward County’s Mayor, Dale V.C. Holness, as the Organization’s Honorary Chair.

Each reciprocated with a timely and heartwarming response, which were all inspiring and encouraging to those in attendance.

Also, inducted as Honorary Members into the organization in absentia were, Miramar’s Mayor, Wayne Messam, presented by Board member Dr. Jason-Anthony Prendergast and the Honorable Dr. Basil Bryant, presented by Board Member Steven Thompson. Mayor Messam sent a pre-recorded video message, expressing his deep honor and humility, for such a recognition. The message was presented as part of the evening’s proceedings.

Emcee Attorney Marlon Hill concluded the evening’s event with an appeal to the members present to carry-on the mantle with a renewed vigor and commitment and an invitation to the viewers and listeners who meets the established criteria to be a part of this august body. He gave the charge for all to join as one, as the organization labor in this side of the vineyard, to make a difference in the lives of Jamaican Men of Florida and descendants of the same; meeting the charge ascribed us: “I Am My Brothers’ Keeper”.

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Jamaican Men of Florida (JMOF) Organization Officially Launches