Happy Friday. Some positive news to end the week.
Last night, I attended an awards ceremony at Holland & Knight. This time, the awards were not being handed out to lawyers or judges. The room was filled with middle school kids, ages 12-14.
The event was part of the "Do the Write Thing" violence prevention program, which invites middle school students to write essays, poems, songs, or stories about the impact of violence on their lives and to offer solutions for reducing it.
During the ceremony, Miami-Dade County Public Defender Carlos Martinez talked about the positive impact the program has had on the community and on himself personally (Martinez volunteers to review the submissions).
Kudos to Holland & Knight, and especially to attorney Eduardo A. Ramos. Ramos has run the program in Miami since 2010, a clear labor of love and service to our community.
And, yes, I had a good reason to be there. My daughter, Vera, was one of the finalists! Alas, she didn’t win, so there’s no free trip to Washington D.C. in my future. But I could not have been prouder.
Eduardo A. Ramos and Carlos Martinez
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