Kinfay Moroti

Keisha Parker leads abortion rights supporters on Sunday through downtown Fort Myers.

Weekend protests underscore this historical moment: Photo Essay by Kinfay Moroti

Kinfay Moroti

Hundreds of abortion rights supporters protest on Friday outside the old Lee County Courthouse after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier in the day. The ruling means there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.

Photo Essay of Saturday's Juneteenth Community Festival in Fort Myers

Kinfay Moroti

Photographer Kinfay Moroti documented the local festival in Fort Myers.

The recent mass shootings moved more than 400 people to attend the March For Our Lives rally on Saturday in downtown Fort Myers. The event was one of hundreds held across the United States. Local students, teachers and parents spoke of the toll that gun violence is having on their lives. Activists and community leaders called for legislative change. A moment of silence was observed.

Mass shootings unite community in hurt and hope. The March For Our Lives in Fort Myers in pictures

Kinfay Moroti

Mass shootings unite community in hurt and hope. The March For Our Lives in Fort Myers in pictures

Confrontations set tone at Fort Myers abortion protest...

Kinfay Moroti

Confrontations set tone at Fort Myers abortion protest...

“I’m so happy to see you,” Candida Nunez tells Gabriel Muse, 1, recently at Harlem Heights Community Charter School in Fort Myers. Nunez, an infant and toddler teacher, has worked at Heights since 2005.

Selfless Sacrifice

Kinfay Moroti

Rivers and teachers have a lot in common. Strong, persistent, challenging, flexible, and calming. But, it's their ability to nourish that makes them essential. Especially, teachers. Especially, now.

1... "Oh no!" Barb MacLaine yells when seeing what was left of the mobile home she fled Sunday when a tornado struck. "I was in bed. It was horrifying," McLaine said. MacLaine and her husband, residents in the Century 21 Mobile Home Community in Fort Myers (Iona area), were among those that survived. However, Century 21, and other neighborhoods in the area suffered extensive damage.

Woman in bed survives tornado strike.

Kinfay Moroti

A tornado ripped through Southwest Florida early Sunday morning. Hundreds of homes were damaged and destroyed.

SWFL Young Men Learning to go Beyond Hope

Kinfay Moroti

A group of local young men are learning what's beyond hope. They are part of Pickup the Ball, a non-profit organization in Lee County that helps them find their way.

21 gold-colored shovels were used at the Margaritaville Resort's groundbreaking on Friday on Fort Myers Beach. More than 200 people attended the island themed event that featured live music and food. Construction of the 254-room resort begins Monday. The resort is scheduled to open in summer 2023.

Golden Shovels Clear the Way for a New Margaritaville Resort on Fort Myers Beach

Kinfay Moroti

Groundbreaking at Fort Myers Beach's new Margaritaville Resort may have been subdued by questionably cloudy skies and the threat of a tropical storm that never arrived, but optimism for a sunny tourism renaissance at Times Square had spirits high.

Felicia Watts shares personal stories of facing discrimination during a conversation on structural racism and implicit bias on Saturday at the Collaboratory in Fort Myers. The event was presented by the FutureMakers Coalition and explored attitudes and stereotypes that shape our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.

Photo Essay: A Conversation on Structural Racism and Implicit Bias

Mike Kiniry

A day-long conversation was held on Saturday, June 20 at the Collaboratory in Downtown Fort Myers.