Articles by Carma Henry

About Carma Henry
Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861
National News

ONEUNITED BANK ANNOUNCES 10th ANNIVERSARY “I GOT BANK” NATIONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY CONTEST FOR YOUTH

April 8, 2020 Carma Henry 0

In celebration of National Financial Literacy Month, OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest black-owned bank, is proud to announce its 10th Annual “I Got Bank!”  National Financial Literacy Contest where ten children will win a $1,000 savings account.  To support families who are home schooling their children due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Bank is offering a free “I Got Bank” E-Book. […]

National News

COVID-19: Black Churches Employ Innovation to Worship During a Pandemic 

April 8, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Now, weeks later, many Black churches are using conference calls, Facebook Live, Instagram, YouTube and other video conferencing technologies to hold services. A serious complicating factor for all churches is the inability to pass the collection plate. The revenue collected every Sunday pays salaries and the mortgage at many Black churches. Online fundraising has become an answer but for many churches, in-person cash donations are more effective. […]

Business

Wells Fargo Announces Aid for Customers and Communities Impacted by COVID-19

April 8, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Wells Fargo is working on a daily basis to put measures in place to sup-port the needs of customers impacted by COVID-19 in the most effective ways possible. Wells Fargo is sus-pending residential property foreclosure sales, evictions and involuntary automobile repossessions. The company also is offering fee waivers, payment deferrals and other expanded assistance for credit card, auto, mortgage, small business and personal lending customers who contact the company. […]

Local News

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony provides details on BSO’s policies and supplies of personal protective equipment

April 8, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Today, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony provided details on what the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) is doing to ensure the safety of its personnel and the public it serves. Regarding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Sheriff Tony explained that all deputies have PPE and if they require any extra PPE during a shift, it is provided accordingly. BSO dispatchers are asking a series of questions to identify possible COVID-19 cases before BSO arrives on the scene. That information is relayed to first responders so that they can use the appropriate PPE gear for the call. Additionally, BSO’s civilian staffers are working from home when practical and possible. All employees are screened prior to entering any BSO facility, and work areas are being cleaned on an enhanced schedule. […]

Opinions

Who Gets the Ventilators?

April 8, 2020 Carma Henry 0

     We must not forget the many ways that Black bodies were used for medical experiments, from the use of Black women’s genitalia to develop gynecology through the Tuskegee syphilis studies that lasted from 1932 through 1972. Black people’s lives have too often been white people’s experiments. It is not paranoid, but merely cautious, to wonder who will get the ventilators, and whose needs will be sidelined. Now the words “Black Lives Matter” take on a more pointed meaning. […]

National News

EARL GRAVES SR., FOUNDER OF BLACK ENTERPRISE, PASSES AWAY AT 85

April 8, 2020 Carma Henry 0

     Black Enterprise Founder and Publisher Earl G. Graves, Sr., the quintessential entrepreneur who created a vehicle of information and advocacy that has inspired four generations of African Americans to build wealth through entrepreneurship, career advancement and money management, has died. According to his son, Black Enterprise CEO Earl “Butch” Graves Jr., he passed away quietly at 9:22 p.m. on April 6, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Graves was 85. […]