Rich Alleyne

Publicist | Strategist | Lover of Art

Orlando | Miami | Caribbean

I help nonprofits + creatives amplify their message.

Rich Alleyne

Publicist | Strategist | Lover of Art

Orlando | Miami | Caribbean

I help nonprofits + creatives amplify their message.

WorldOrlando, Z Asian, TastyChomps to host fundraiser for refugees
Z Asian Vietnamese Kitchen and TastyChomps.com, WorldOrlando will be hosting an evening fundraiser on Oct. 17, featuring top-shelf food from this recently Michelin-selected venue, to support Afghan families in need.
Orlando Sentinel
Reimagining comic book superheroes through an Afrofuturist lens
What if instead of the Silver Surfer, there was a comic book character named the Electric Slider? He’s one of a cast of characters created by the art collaborative Black Kirby which reimagines comic book superheroes through the lenses of Afrofuturism, social justice and hip-hop. ‘Afrofuturism in the Visual Realm’ was curated by Julian Chambliss, professor of English at Michigan State University and Val Berryman Curator of History at the MSU museum.
WMFE 90.7 FM | NPR Affiliate
Zora Neale Hurston museum looks to future with Black Kirby exhibit
The Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts kicked off the 33rd annual Zora! Festival with the opening of “Afrofuturism in the Visual Realm.”. The exhibition features the work of Black Kirby, an artist duo that takes the work of comic book artist Jack Kirby, who co-created characters like the X-Men and the Hulk, and combines it with Afrofuturism, struggles for social justice and hip-hop.
Orlando Sentinel
Southern Poverty Law Center grants go to African American museums, including Zora Neale Hurston museum in Eatonville
The Southern Poverty Law Center announced grants Tuesday supporting five African American museums in the South, including the Zora Neale Hurston Museum of Fine Arts in Eatonville. The $50,000 grants from the SPLC, a nonprofit advocating for racial justice, also come with billboards advertising the museums. Tafeni English leads the SPLC’s Civil Rights Memorial Center. She says attempts are underway to rewrite history and attack voting rights.
WMFE 90.7 FM | NPR Affiliate
Eatonville’s Zora Neale Hurston museum gets $50K grant, I-4 billboard
Soon, a billboard will be visible along Interstate 4 pointing commuters to the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts in Eatonville. The billboard was paid for by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based civil rights organization, as part of a new grant program that awarded five Black museums and arts organizations in the Deep South $50,000 each.
Orlando Sentinel
Eatonville’s community computer lab to get facelift, add recording studio
When Leviticus Henderson was a child, the Excellence Without Excuses Community Computer Arts Lab and Learning Center (E-WE Lab) on East Kennedy Boulevard in Eatonville was his second home. He stopped by most days after school. The volunteers and staff, who always had snacks for all the kids, gave him extra help with his assignments when he needed it and opened him up to a world he wouldn’t otherwise know with invitations to the annual Zora Neale Hurston gala that let him meet icons like Maya Angelou and Richard Roundtree.
Orlando Sentinel
‘Whitest Law Schools Rankings’ researcher calls for end to ‘excess whiteness’ in law schools
Black law scholar calls for ‘elimination’ of ‘excess whiteness’ in law schools. On the heels of a new report called “The Whitest Law Schools Rankings” that lists law schools based on the color of skin of their student populations, some are calling for law schools to do more to diversify. “I think that we need to stop using standardized testing in the admission process,” she said in her video overview that accompanies her report, posted on her website Racism.org.
The College Fix
Be Less White, Law-School Edition
The “co-deans” of Case Western Reserve University School of Law recently emailed the student body to exult in the fact that their school ranked 144th out of 200 law schools for “whiteness.”. That is, Case Western Law School is “less white” than 143 other law schools in the country. The school proudly notes that “we have the ‘least white’ student body of all of the other law schools in Ohio,” except one.
National Review
Ahead of the Curve | The Whitest Law Schools
This week, I’m breaking down a new report on “The Whitest Law Schools,” which aims to demonstrate which law schools are bringing in diverse first-year classes, and which are falling short. The report, prepared by University of Dayton professor emerita Vernellia R. Randall.
Law.com
Law School Deans Respond To ‘Whiteness’ Ranking, Acknowledge Student Body Is Still Too White
Earlier this week, a new report ranking the whitest law schools in America was released, where some law schools were called out for their “inappropriate,” “excess” whiteness during a time when diversity and inclusion should be given special consideration. At least two law school deans are taking their school’s place on this ranking quite seriously, and they reached out to students to let them know.
AboveTheLaw.com
The Whitest Law Schools In America (2021)
Year in and year out, we watch law school after law school pay lip service to their commitment to diversity in the legal profession, with promises to recruit and retain more underrepresented minority (i.e., racially/ethnically diverse) students. Despite these continued assurances, and despite the fact that many schools have made great efforts to improve the diversity of their incoming classes, there is still much more to be done.
AboveTheLaw.com
Florida scrambles to launch new vote-by-mail method for visually impaired
“Voting by secret ballot is essential to integrity of the electoral process,” said Richard Alleyne, public policy manager for Lighthouse Central Florida, which serves people who are visually impaired. “It allows voters to cast their ballot without fear or intimidation.”
Orlando Sentinel
Community Impact Heroes: How this CEO is tripling his visually-impaired workforce to help the unemployed
Editor's Note: This is part of a series of articles about Central Florida's Community Impact Heroes — businesspeople making a difference in the areas of education, health care, transportation and affordable housing. Do you know someone who should be recognized? Email Managing Editor Susan Lundine at slundine@bizjournals.com and let us know about them and what they're doing to make the region a better place to live for everyone.
Orlando Business Journal
Central Florida Disability Advocates Navigate The Pandemic
Coping with the coronavirus pandemic, with home schooling, isolation and health concerns, is stressful for the abled- but what kind of resources are out there for the disabled in this crisis?
90.7 WMFE | NPR affiliate
Visually Impaired Workers Help Unemployed File Claims
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — As some people in Central Florida wait for their unemployment claims to be processed, the huge number of calls to the state agency is overflowing into a non-profit in Orlando.
Spectrum News 13
Orlando’s Lighthouse Works enlisted to aid state’s overwhelmed unemployment system
A 9-year-old Orlando company created to give visually impaired workers a shot at decent jobs is being tapped to help rescue Florida’s overwhelmed unemployment application system — and the company is now feverishly hiring. “We needed people yesterday,” said Kyle Johnson, president and CEO of Lighthouse Works, a $5.5-million-a-year enterprise that’s looking to beef up its customer call center operation with both sighted and visually impaired workers.
Orlando Sentinel

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Rich Alleyne

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Public education campaigns

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Social justice

Disability rights

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Highly successful communications and public information professional with a 20+ year track record of success in conceiving, developing, and executing upon effective communications and publicity strategies.

Member of the national Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and local Orlando, FL chapter.

Recipient of the Karen Plunkett Memorial Scholarship for certification in Leadership Practice at the Rollins College Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership.

Work reflected here was written/ghost-written, and/or placed by me.

Effective in reaching global populations at all levels.
Excels in impacting and growing educated communities, engaging audiences in non-profit causes, and energizing membership bases and stakeholders to take action.