Religion

In Memoriam: Louisiana Legacy

  Carrie Wells Ponds, CNA, educator, and co-founder of The Drum, died July 9, 2022, in her home surrounded by her husband of 60 years, Eddie Ponds, and daughters Michelle and Sharon. Mrs. Ponds was born February 10, 1941, in Ponchatoula to the late Louis Wells and Charlotte Wells Jefferson. She was educated in the Tangipahoa Parish School System and graduated from Greenville Park High in 1960.  […]

Opinions

A Letter to the Church — Are you living in vain?

As I witness you celebrating the overturning of Roe v. Wade, I want to challenge you. I want you to really consider the way you are currently supporting women and children in your congregation. I hope that you will also embrace the young women who are single mothers without judgment and that your church has a ministry that caters to their needs offering both financial and emotional support beyond just the spiritual. […]

Local News

One call can save a life – it’s her mission

     The man speaking had reached the end of his rope. He had been about to commit suicide. Fortunately, he had answered a call from the AHF line, Janice had kept him talking while she called 911, then she had stayed on the line with him until help arrived. Since her call to him months before there had been so many other people; desperate, depressed, sick, suicidal people that she had talked “off a ledge” mentally or physically, that she didn’t remember him immediately. But knowing that this man was alive because of her phone call, cemented her purpose in working for the Aids Healthcare Foundation. […]