One Orlando Alliance honored
On July 15th, Orange County Mayor Theresa Jacobs honored the One Orlando Alliance with the 2017 Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award, the first time the county gave the award to a group.
The One Orlando Alliance is made up of over 40 local service organizations, including Watermark, and serves as a vital support system to strengthen the community in the wake of the Pulse tragedy.
After the award ceremony, Mayor Jacobs had the alliance members stay and presented each one with a commemorative Pulse coin. Jennifer Foster, co-convener of the Alliance, thanked Mayor Jacobs for the recognition as well as showing grace, strength and leadership over the past year.
She added: “Mayor Jacobs proved elected officials have the capacity to change and have an open heart to understand the issues facing the LGBTQ community.”
Atlanta fan goes too far
In the spirit of competitive sports, banter between rival teams is expected, but one Atlanta United fan doesn’t really understand that concept as he posted an insensitive comment on Facebook.
The comment was screenshot and posted in a tweet by Ruckus, an independent Orlando City supporters club, July 19. The comment read “think of [the upcoming game between Atlanta and Orlando] as Pulse part 2.”
Although he didn’t see it, Orlando City head coach, Jason Kreis, responded to the comment, saying “There’s a line; there should always be a line. At the end of the day, this is a sport. This is not life or death. This is not war. So we need to treat it that way.”
Unfortunately, Orlando City loss to Atlanta in their match July 21.
Outloud Orlando gets a new host
Since the sudden passing of Outloud Orlando’s David “Justice” Zedonek back in October 2016, Rob Ward has stepped up as a temporary host. Ward, who was often a guest of the show, hosted the show for nine months, even though his original plan was only to do it for six months.
Ward took over as host to honor his friend Zedonek and to make sure that his legacy would carry on in the show. Ward even continued to use the exact same intro and outro that Zedonek used.
Ward recently announced that he was finally ready to pass the hosting duties on, and he picked his co-host, Lady Berri Matthews, to do it. Matthews will have complete control of the show and its direction. Ward will co-host periodically and will still conduct interviews with a lot of their guests.
Ward says that Zedonek’s family was very supportive of the show and happy to see that it was continuing.
You can listen to Outloud Orlando on 91.5FM WPRK Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m., or on their new site at OutloudOrlandoLive.com. The website will also feature past shows which you can listen to.
