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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

In light of U.S. Appeals Court ruling against President Trump's use of Twitter and Blocking people, when can we expect Broward School Board to publicly say when it'll conform to the spirit and letter of the law? Don't hold your breath!


Above and below, July 13, 2010 photo by me, looking south at the Broward County Schools HQ, 600 S.E. Third Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

In 2016, quite out-of-the-blue, I received an interesting Tweet from someone I'd never met or ever heard of before, Angela Greben, a San Jose, California resident. Among other things, Angela really hates government agencies and officials who seem to not think twice about violating norms (or even laws) about public records and transparency and what the public is entitled to expect in the way of access to public information. 

Her tweet caused quite a ripple after I wrote about it and what I thought it represented.
Though I've never spoken about it before, despite all the dozens of prior blog posts I'd written here about the feckless School Board, her tweet, and actually seeing that list of Blocked people, with my name on top of it, caused me to receive lots of email from concerned people all over Broward County, South Florida and points north and west whom I'd never heard from before.
People who shared my own misgivings about the bad conduct of the scandal-plagued and mis-behaving Broward County School Board.

That is to say, the Broward School Board as a collective entity, as well as it ragtag collection of constituent members and superintendents, and their army of supporters and flacks.

For you newcomers, take a look at this post from earlier in the year:
Culture of Corruption & Incompetency by Feckless Broward School Board, General Counsel Barbara J. Myrick & Supt. Robert Runcie in a Nutshell.
re The special Grand Jury impaneled by the Florida Supreme Court via Gov. Ron DeSantis investigating feckless Broward County Schools & its School Board: 
Broward education activists & taxpayers want you to make sure that Broward Schools General Counsel Barbara J. Myrick is one of first persons grilled. 
She has a LOT to publicly account for, as does nearly every School Board member
https://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/p/broward-school-board-supt.html

Yes, the whole cast of charcters at Broward Schools have been a frequent and popular target of my fact-filled blog posts and fact-based Twitter barbs ever since I started the blog twelve years ago, and then, finally got a Twitter acount under the nom-de-guerre @hbbtruth. 

Yes, as in Hallandale Beach Blog + Truth, because that's what this blog is all about in the end. 
Revealing the truth so that the public knows what is reality and what is, you know, Fake News.

To my own eternal regret and embarrassment, I was rather late to the Twitter party, especially given my ENFP personality, who I am in the scheme of things locally in this part of southeast Broward and the sheer volume of history I know as well as the number of knowledgeable and influential people I know who know even more than I do, including about the Broward School system's history, track record, and its various roster of players over the years, who've shared what they know with me.
People like Charlotte Greenbarg, for instance.

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
- Winston Churchill

So, as to that part above about having "enemies"... For those of you who are newcomers to the blog, I've been writing fact-filled, analytical blog posts about the serial corruption, incompetency and fecklessness by the Broward School Board on a whole array of issues for the past twelve years.

And, I've also written about them with regularity as well on my popular South Florida Twitter handle, @hbbtruth, since October of 2013, often buttressing some other person's good point with facts, or, necessarily throwing some cold water on someone via cold hard facts who wants us to believe something that can't be believed by anyone who knows anything about common sense or human behavior.

Trust me, there's a good reason that so many activists, personalities, elected officials and members of the South Florida or Florida press corps that you know and trust are Following me on Twitter and reading my latest post on this blog, which can net anywhere between 15,000 and 90,000 page views a month, depending upon the subjects du jour and the time of year, with, not surprisingly, "the season," October thru April being highest readership numbers for the blog.

 That means not just accepting whole what is written in South Florida newspapers or on websites or seen on TV, but of my actually going to meetings all over Broward County -and especially in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach- and meeting other concerned and curious Broward citizens and taxpayers who wonder about the same things I do: ethics, accountability, public oversight, conflicts-of-interest and power plays by certain parties and groups within the Broward education Establishment and the people who support it in the Broward business community, who make lots of money on the school system as contractors and vendors for projects needed and wasteful.

So, I have seen first-hand the incriminating reports and the damning photos and the files that have been so much in the news since 2007 surrounding the culture of corruption.

 As you might imagine, that sort of consistent public questioning of elected officials and administrators and a willingness to publicly challenge people personally to substantiate and back up what they say leads to lots of things.

On the one hand, it means that many people throughout Broward who make education one of their chief concerns -regular citizens, public officials as well as many local print/TV reporters and columnists- know from personal experience that when I say something, that I not only know of what I speak, but can also personally produce the incriminating evidence, or, know the very people who can produce it so that the public finds out the truth.

That sort of effort over a dozen years also creates all sort of friction with people who are supposed to be working FOR the public, including numerous past and current elected Broward School Board members, administrators and their staffs, who do NOT like seeing the truth being publicly discussed in a logical and reasonable way.
And even worse, discussed in print where anyone can see the facts and not have to accept their own particular spin on things.

 So that kind of effort is why I was on the Top Ten list of people whom the Broward School system has been BLOCKING on Twitter since 2016, as the Angela Greben tweet above makes clear.
Yes, I wear they're BLOCKING of me like a gold medal, and proudly so.


















Yesterday we all learned that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit had finally ruled in a case that has been featured dozens of times in U.S. news media over the past few years, issuing a unanimous opinion that President Trump has been violating the U.S. Constitution by blocking Twitter users who criticize or mock him.

Plaintiffs Buckwalter, Cohen, Figueroa, Gu, Neely, Papp, and Pappas (“Individual Plaintiffs”) are social media users who were blocked from accessing and interacting with the Twitter account of President Donald J. Trump because they expressed views he disliked.  The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is an organization alleging a right to hear the speech that the Individual Plaintiffs would have expressed had they not been blocked.  The Plaintiffs sued President Trump along with certain White House officials, contending that the blocking violated the First Amendment.  The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Buchwald, J.) found that the “interactive space” in the account is a public forum and that the exclusion from that space was unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.  We agree, and, accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.

that he engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination by utilizing Twitter’s “blocking” function to limit certain users’ access to his social media account, which is otherwise open to the public at large, because he disagrees with their speech.  We hold that he engaged in such discrimination and, consequently, affirm the judgment below

The ruling leaves open lots of other interesting questions, like whether this will also apply to other federal, state and local elected officials, governments or agencies?

Read the court's opinion for yourself:







So in thinking about all of this yesterday, I knew that someone needed to ask a reasonable question to someone at the Broward School Board about its past history of Blocking concerned Residents like me on Twitter, given that South Florida's news media has not exactly jumped on this sort of story to the extent that I and many other civic activists believe they should have.

So, I thought of whom the most reasonable person was on the School Board whom I could ask.
That was an easy call.

It certainly isn't the feckless, foul-mouthed and Runcie-supporter who represents Hollywood and Hallandale Beach, Ann Murray, long a target of public criticism here on my blog and on my Twitter handle DOZENS of times when she has repeatedly and publicly engaged in misdirection and misrepresented both herself and her long track record of inaction, inadequacy and logrolling. 
https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%40hbbtruth%2C%20%23annmurray&src=typd

Because of the demographics of this part of Broward, our area should have an outstanding person on the School Board representing us. Someone who is known for their savviness, public demeanor, scrupulous ethics, their reliable, hardworking nature, and their willingness to admit when they are wrong and adjust their thinking to new facts and new realities.
None of which are qualities that have ever been associated with Ann Murray.
We could do SO MUCH better than Ann Murray, who was narrowly re-elected last November.


Given what I wrote about her last Friday on the blog and had earlier tweeted about her, it clearly wasn't going to be Dr. Roslind Osgood, now was it?

Mystery solved at Broward School Board! The Doctor did it! New York Times revealed that Broward County School Board member Rosalind Osgood used her African-American college sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, as a conduit to mobilize supporters of Supt. Robert W. Runcie at BCSB meetings earlier this year debating Runcie's future
https://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2019/07/mystery-solved-at-broward-school-board.html



In the end, I decided I'd use Twitter to ask School Board member Lori Alhadeff, someone who actually led the charge in March to make Supt. Runcie publicly accountable, to his one of his bosses, even though many of the School Board members defer to him so much on policy issues and decisions at meetings that you can well be forgiven for thinking that they work for him, not the other way around.
But not her.

 What Lori Alhdaeff wants doesn't seem like too much to ask for: she wants the truth, positive results and to end the reign of the faceless School bureaucrats who seemingly can never be held to account publicly, no matter how bad things get and have already gotten.
That's something and someone worth supporting, especially under the horrific and unique circumstances that led her to running for the School Board last year.
Her pain is real and omnipresent.




I'll keep you advised on what I hear about this, since we all know that unless they are pushed or shoved, there are far too many members of the South Florida press corps who simply are NOT going to see this issue for what it truly is.
A sign that for many people in government in South Florida, i.e the Broward School Board and the Supt. Runcie, there are rules for some people and special rules for special people.
And they think they are special people.

 No, the law has to apply to everyone if it is going to be both respected and followed.
No special rules for special people.
Period.



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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

So proud of two of my newer friends, Morgan Knowles and Cat Uden, for their selfless, enthusiastic and imaginative efforts to keep Broward residents' eyes on the #Environment and natural beauty that sometimes gets taken for granted in South Florida; @mo_seas_, @flipflops365

So proud of two of my newer friends, Morgan Knowles and Cat Uden, for their selfless, enthusiastic and imaginative efforts to keep Broward residents' eyes on the #Environment and natural beauty that sometimes gets taken for granted in South Florida; @mo_seas_, @flipflops365



* Updated: January 31st, 2019

I'm so pleased and proud to see that as 2019 continues apace that two newer friends of mine are continuing to make such a big and positive difference in keeping Broward County residents' eyes clearly on the prize -the environment and natural beauty we all sometimes take for granted in South Florida, via their selfless, enthusiastic and imaginative efforts.

In fact, one of them, Catherine "Cat" Uden was on the front page -and above the fold- on the first edition of the year's South Florida Sun-Sentinel. 







And even appeared in Cahoots!


"Cat" is a very impressive and savvy woman and former school teacher, the latter being a fact that completely makes sense the more time you spend around her. She is a born teacher in the best sense of the phrase.
I first met her earlier in 2018 at a City of Hollywood City Commission meeting. There, sitting directly right behind her in the chamber, my friend, Hollywood civic activist and Friends of Hollywood president Patty Antrican introduced us and mentioned some things about each other to one another that made the three of us wonder how Cat and I had never met before.

 Well, me being me, as the City Commission continued talking about an issue we were not closely following as we waited for Cat's topic of discussion to come up and get up in front of a microphone, we chatted non-stop, and in the months since I met her, she has continued to show her great leadership and dedication to the local community by standing up and being counted when it comes to some very important environmental and recreational efforts in #HollywoodFL, #Broward and #SoFL.

And it's no surprise at all that she's pals with my personal mermaid friend and fellow #SUP aficionado, Morgan Knowles, whose always-fascinating Instagram photos and videos of her on a Stand Up Paddleboard, especially while cleaning up local waterways or while interacting with marine animals or plants, are a definite MUST-FOLLOW!  








Making waves and taking names 👊🏽🌊 • Check out how you can make a change below! Repost and 📸 from the incredible @olapicreative 🌊🙌🏽💙 • We caught up with #wavemaker @mo_seas_ in our last #conversationsbywater Facebook Livestream who had some great insight into how to beat the plastics race. .⠀ In our conversation, she brought up a great point, that we don't all need a degree in Marine Biology to do something to improve the health of our beaches and ocean. In her experience, Morgan points out that, "if you go and pick up something off the beach, somebody's going to see you. Either it’s going to spark some positive morality in them to want to do the same thing, they'll come and talk to you or pretend to ignore you (and feel guilty). And that's the best thing you can do, is invite people to come and talk to you and educate them even just a little bit. And that tiny little seed you just planted in their brain can become something that has a chance to change their lifestyle."⠀ .⠀ It's all about the ripple effect! www.facebook.com/olapicreative⠀ .⠀ #bethechange #oceanoptimism #waterwoman #waterwarrior #barnaclebabes #bluemind #moseas #olapiinspired #olapicreative #waterportraits #saveourseas #oceaninspired #oceanlifestyle #seachange #moseas #plasticsymptoms #rippleeffect #sustainablelifestyle

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I'd first met Morgan in 2017 with her twin sister at a Florida state legislative update meeting in Hallandale Beach at the HB Cultural Center that was surprisingly crowded for a summer night with residents from both Hollywood and Hallandale Beach.

 My plan that night had been to grill Florida State senator Gary Farmer and state Representatives Shevrin Jones and Joe Geller about some legislative matters that they probably hoped to ignore completely, or give short shrift, one of them being the sorry state of ethics locally, and Rep. Jones' vote against the state's Sunshine's Laws, which had been the object of a withering Sun-Sentinel editorial taking him to task, seemed like low-hanging fruit for someone like me used to having connect-the-dots for newbies.




https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-editorial-sunshine-law-20170503-story.html
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/florida-politics-blog/fl-reg-sunshine-report-card-20170620-story.html

 Naturally, I'd also planned on video-recording the proceedings, good and bad, and posting excerpts here on the blog for everyone to see, and then post the whole thing to my YouTube page.

 But Rep. Jones was a no-show at the meeting in Hallandale Beach, with Sen. Farmer claiming that he was sick. The truth emerged weeks later that Jones had actually been in West Park at the time, his home base, pressing the flesh and schmoozing, avoiding hard questions from me about his curious vote against transparency, which as regular readers of this blog know, is par for the course for him.

 So instead of giving the umpteenth version of a speech I've given in Hallandale Beach many times over the preceding 15 years about local and state elected officials giving citizens short shrift on the ethics front, and deciding that they had special rules, with Jones a no-show, I spent the night videotaping the meeting and just listening. 
And then, just when I was thinking of bouncing and leaving early to get a late dinner, I instead became genuinely dazzled by Morgan's knowledge and boundless enthusiasm. 
She is pure energy and an absolute delight to be with! 

 I can say that with some authority since we were among less than a handful of people left in the room, talking as everyone left and the room got ready to have its lights switched off by an employee standing at the light switch.
Yes, a familiar situation I have been in many times, as many of you veteran readers of the blog know quite well from personal experience.

 And, like me, Morgan loves Iceland, and was actually there in 2017, with me being very envious!
Unless something very unexpected comes up, I plan on being in Iceland at some point in 2019, most likely on an Icelandair Stopover on the way back from a vist to Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo, to make-up for a great trip I was supposed to take a year ago at this time that was postponed.












Iceland. A place that warms you yet freezes you. Fills you with wonder and mystery. It's beauty is undestribable, but it's harsh exterior and treachery is physically palpable from a distance. 🔥❄️🌋💦🐑💨⛰🗺 • I have been so captured by this place I have indirectly relieved myself from the need to post.😍 • Overcoming fears and boundaries replaced the want to aimlessly scroll.👊🏽 • My "dumbstruck awe" moments replaced my drive to check likes & followers.🙌🏽 • My deminishing energy reserves after a long day of ice climbing or glacial kayaking distanced myself from the worlds chaos.👌🏽 • It's been a real mind exploder FOR SURE.🌋🌊 • More moments to come. Soaking it allllll in before I go nuts on the internet machine.✌🏽😳📸 • THANK YOU @beyondthemaptravel for making this trip the most epic adventure of a life time. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.🗺 • 📸: @beakaykay #Moseas #beyondthemap #livelifebeyond #btmdoesICELAND #gluggafoss #nofiltersneedediniceland #iceland #icelandicwaterfalls #waterfalls #dontgochasingwaterfalls #btmtravel #iceland #chasingice #glaciers #hiking #exploring #iceclimbing #glacialkayaking #wander #wanderlust #adventure #epic

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Here's a great video of Morgan last year with Paola Espitia of Ola'pi Creative in one of her firm's Wavemakers series of videos, talking about the marine debris epidemic.









We caught up with #wavemaker @mo_seas_ in our last #conversationsbywater Facebook Livestream who had some great insight into how to beat the plastics race. Catch the replay in the <LINK IN BIO>⠀ .⠀ In our conversation, she brought up a great point, that we don't all need a degree in Marine Biology to do something to improve the health of our beaches and ocean. In her experience, Morgan points out that, "if you go and pick up something off the beach, somebody's going to see you and either its going to spark some positive morality in them to want to do the same thing or they'll come and talk to you. And that's the best thing you can do, is invite people to come and talk to you and educate them even just a little bit. And that tiny little seed you just planted in their brain can become something that has a chance to change their lifestyle."⠀ .⠀ It's all about the ripple effect! Today's #conversationsbywater guest, Bryan Galvin of @plasticsymptoms is walking the talk to save Florida's beaches. Catch our Facebook LIVE 11/14 at 3pm EST/12 pm PST over at www.facebook.com/olapicreative⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #bethechange #oceanoptimism #waterwoman #waterwarrior #barnaclebabes #bluemind #moseas #olapiinspired #olapicreative #waterportraits #saveourseas #oceaninspired #oceanlifestyle #plasticsymptoms #surfriderfoundation #rippleeffect #sustainablelifestyle
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https://youtu.be/12BBKAZEi3A
More info about the video and the series: https://www.facebook.com/events/345501432688327/?active_tab=about


 Morgan and Catherine's devotion and passion for driving social change has led them to engage in several initiatives focusing on sustainable environmental practices and development, positive societal behavior changes, and in general, empowering residents -especially students- to act as changemakers in their local communities.
Every time I see one of them, given the longstanding apathy that is ever-present in South Florida, including this part of broward County, I think, "Wow, we could only use about 1000 more people just like them."
They're both 'keepers'!

 And, Morgan and Cat, like me, are always interested in discussing working/collaborative relationships and partnerships with other stakeholders/firms/groups to help push for more positive changes in the South Florida area on the many issues we care so deeply about, so keep that in mind if you are someone who is a problem-solver who can add something to the equation.
We all have an interest in seeing the creation of better and more innovative programs across multi-stakeholder groups to scale social innovation and create positive system change.











Saturdays are for good #supcleanup 🤙🏽💙 • @beakaykay and I paddled about 2 miles up into the New River from #BillKeithPreserve and boy was it a glorious day exploring. • Tide was on its way out, current was rippin, there was a nice breeze but holy mackerel Andy, there a lot of garbage and people NOT following the “no wake zones”. • They’re all smiling, waving and blowing by while we’re contorting ourselves trying to balance through tsunami wakes while picking up debris in a heavy current. Bro #slowtheFdown • You’re going to murder a manatee and I’m going to be so pissed... #nowakemeansnowake #endrant 🤬 • Anyway...what are you up to the rest of this beautiful Saturday? Hope your day is fabulous 🌈🌊💙 • • • #optoutside #supcleanup #dickstixSUP #bluemind #saturdaze #standuppaddle #sup #take3forthesea #take4sea2shore #2minutebeachclean #moseas #moseascleanseas #cleanup #newriver #rivermonsters #plastic #foamfree #6packrings #plasticfree #styrofoam #plasticbottles #plasticbags #foamclamshells #corks #straws #paddle

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SEPTEMBER 25 2017 
Meet Catherine Uden, Surfrider Activist and Coastal Defender 
by Ty Smith
http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/meet-catherine-uden-surfrider-activist-and-coastal-defender

 Some of you in the Hollywood and Hallandale Beach area may've first become aware of Cat when she was on the cover of the August 2018 issue of the Hollywood Gazette, at bottom,












What a cool way to begin 2019- front page! 😃🤙🏾 I’m sure many of you can relate to the connection you feel with the water, whether it be stand up paddling, surfing, scuba, free dive, or just being near the ocean. I hope that more people become connected with the water and feel the need to protect and enjoy the ocean. 🌊 I’m happy to begin 2019 fighting for the right to access our beautiful ocean, and I plan to work hard to protect it. Happy New Year! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊😎 #savetheoceansdamnit #protectandenjoy @sunsentinel @oceana @oceana_florida @surfrider @surfriderbroward #surfriderbroward #oceanaflorida #surfriderfoundation #hollywoodbeach #teamuden #liveauthentic #wahine #thefutureiswahine #happynewyear #protectwhatyoulove #sup #paddle #standuppaddle #sunsentinel #broward #southflorida #longlivethebeach #beachaccess #forceofnature #standuppaddlingisnotacrime
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Thank you @sunsentinel 🌊🌊🌊 I believe that @surfriderbroward chapter is very close to changing the harsh restrictions enforced on Hollywood Beach. Currently, 89% of the beach is inaccessible to surfers, kayakers, stand up paddlers, stand up surfers, etc. We are looking forward to more freedom! 🤙🏾 Thanks to everyone who is part of our campaign.😎 @surfrider @susannah_bryan @cityofhollywoodfl @bogasup @samatamag @standuppaddlemagazine @hollywoodgazette #hollywoodbeach #protectandenjoy #wahine #thefutureiswahine @virusintl @electric_women #hollywood #hollywoodfl #sunsentinel #broward #teamuden #southflorida #forceofnature #beachaccess #surfriderbroward #surfriderfoundation #standuppaddlingisnotacrime #bogasup #bogaboards #meetmeatthebeach #happyplace @surfrider #mygym #getupstandup
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I'm very happy to see that a very impressive woman I met earlier this year at a City of #HollywoodFL City Commission meeting, someone who's doing some very important #environmental work in #Broward and #SoFL, getting some much deserved attention: Catherine "Cat" Uden. She's on the cover of the new August issue of @hollywoodgazette Cat's fabulous #Instagram page, @flipflops365, includes some amazing photos and videos of her on her #Paddleboard, often with her friends, interacting with the inviting blue and green water and amazing variety of nature that's here that draws so many people to this part of #Florida, and why so many people I know here are #SUP people. This attention befits someone who is such an important voice for positive change in #SouthFlorida, at both @oceana and @surfriderbroward. Cat is currently serving as the Chair of #Broward's Surfrider chapter.

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Very happy to be the reason why ocean conservation issues are getting so much attention in the current edition of the Hollywood Gazette. Thanks so much to Robin Drulard and Hollywood Gazette for giving me a cover story! 🤙🏾😊 Sometimes people will ask me why I spend so much time volunteering for ocean conservation causes, and as an ocean and beach lover, I think “Why WOULDN’T I?” And don’t we all need the ocean? 🦈🐬🐠🐟🐙🐋👙@hollywoodgazette @oceana @surfrider @surfriderbroward #ocean #oceanconservation #moreoceanlessplastic #defendourcoasts #drillingiskilling #protectwhatyoulove #cleanwaterhealthybeaches #protectandenjoy #longlivethebeach #theoceanismyfavorite #ilovetheocean #surfrider #surfriderfoundation #oceana #oceanaflorida #florida #floridaoceana #hollywood @floridashollywood #broward #southflorida #lovefl #blocktheblast #teamuden #oceanfriendlyrestaurants #cleanyourbeach #oceanminded #beoceanminded @oceana_bze @oceana_canada @oceana_chile @oceana_socal @electric @electric_women #opticsofohm @bronwenjewelry @marchfortheocean @the_meec

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SEPTEMBER 25 2017 
Meet Catherine Uden, Surfrider Activist and Coastal Defender 
by Ty Smith

 http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/meet-catherine-uden-surfrider-activist-and-coastal-defender
Cat's fabulous #Instagram page, @flipflops365, includes some amazing photos and videos of her on her #Paddleboard, often with her friends, interacting with the inviting blue and green water and amazing variety of nature that's here that draws so many people to this part of #Florida, and why so many people I know here are #SUP people. This attention befits someone who is such an important voice for positive change in #SouthFlorida, at both @oceana and @surfriderbroward. 
Cat is currently serving as the Chair of #Broward's Surfrider chapter.

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Here are the Social Media links that Morgan and Cat are VERY ACTIVE on to let everyone know just what they are up to and what's what from their Point of View.
You ought to start FOLLOWING them and get involved with their activities before that band wagon gets too crowded!

 Morgan especially loves doing live streaming of events, so if you can't get to something that she'll be at, check and see if she'll be streaming it.
I could do about 1,001 podcasts with Morgan without ever breaking a sweat and never run out of things to listen to her talk about. THAT is how fascinating she is! 

 Morgan Knowles
Just a little about her from her YeaFrog -Youth Environmental Alliance- bio page:
Passionate about the oceans and finding ways to conserve, protect, clean and educate about their vital role in survival of this planet, Morgan has dedicated her life to understand the complex yet captivating questions of the sea from a very young age. Her professional career began with a B.S. in Marine Sciences at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania with field work in Wallops Island Marine Consortium, followed by a M.S. in Marine Biology concentrating on coral reef ecology, restoration and marine debris. Her research interests include but are surely not limited to: coral reef ecology, tropical reef fish, restoration, marine debris and environmental education & outreach. Her love for the sea has allowed for over 350+ logged dives (~200 being scientific) and had the extraordinary opportunity to work in many marine related biological projects here in South Florida including: Reef Fish Visual Census Research Assistant, Outreach & Media Coordinator, Sea Turtle Specialist, Marine Benthic Dive Technician, Coral Restoration Assistant, Marine Science Educator and her own research on marine debris .Her most recent volunteer work (2 years) in submerged and shoreline marine debris removal efforts on Southeast Florida coral reefs and beaches. As well as using social media for outreach and education on the importance of our seas, and all organisms within it. She also has a knack for teaching as she has been a Snowboard Instructor, American Red Cross Emergency Response Instructor, lifeguard in Training Instructor, Camp Educator, and Marine Biology Educator. With this wide variety of skills in her tool box, she is willing to accept any challenge thrown her way on fin at a time.

 Twitter: M.S. Marine Biologist. Educator Mermaid. Surfer. Diver. Dog lover. Musician. Twin. Creative Being
@mo_seas_, https://twitter.com/mo_seas_
Instagram: Morgan Knowles, M.S., mawrgun https://www.instagram.com/mo_seas_/
Marine biologist🔬🐠🧜🏼‍♀️Ocean Warrior ⚔️🦀🌎Diver🐙🦈Dog Whisperer🐕👯 PlanetLoveLife ♻️ SurfriderBroward 🌊 BarnacleBabe🐡 YEA🐸
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 Catherine "Cat" Uden
Twitter: @UdenCatherine, https://twitter.com/UdenCatherine
Instagram: flipflops365 https://www.instagram.com/flipflops365/
Cat- BOGA Ambassador, SUP Gladiator Race Fins Team, Mom, Surfrider Broward, Oceana, dreaming of O’ahu, views are my own, #teamuden
South Florida Campaign Organizer for Oceana, Twitter @oceana https://twitter.com/oceana

 More about Cat's activities with Oceana here:
https://oceana.org/about-oceana/people-partners/oceana-staff/catherine-uden
Catherine believes strongly in a quote by David Suzuki, "unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it." 

 See also, yet another embarassing story about something in Hallandale Beach:













Dave

 Hallandale Beach Blog: http://www.hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/ 
Snapchat: SoBeHoosier

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