Month: April 2024

   Experts from health systems, community, and public and private sectors will convene to build strategies and solutions for advancing Black health equity in South Florida. With an emphasis on Black men’s health, the Summit aims to provide practical tools for deconstructing the social and political determinants of health. These root causes of health disparities make structural racism and health equity among our Nation’s most challenging problems. National health policy expert and public health advocate Daniel Dawes will deliver the keynote address, as other State and local leaders map what each of us can do now to drive progress.

     NNPA NEWSWIRE – MAGA proponents peddle baseless claims of widespread voter fraud to justify voter suppression tactics that disproportionately target Black voters. From restrictive voter ID laws to purging voter rolls to limiting early voting hours, these measures are designed to silence the voices of marginalized communities and maintain the status quo of power and privilege.

     No one or nothing could have prepared me for October of 2018 when my father took his last breath on this Earth.  It felt like the entire world had crumbled in on me.  My leader, my mentor, my idol and my friend all-in-one had transitioned.  The empty feeling of being robbed of his presence brought about every imaginable emotion.  In the short term I was not good.  I was not good at all.

Isaac James Fant – 97   Funeral services were held April 20th  at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Ernest King officiating.   Buddy Newbold, Sr.…