Author: 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

     Because of increased parent engagement, an education freedom movement is sweeping the nation that has the potential to have a significant positive impact on children and communities. The global pandemic forced parents to engage in local education policies more intentionally than we have seen in over half a century.

      Tarneisha Peters has joined the Florida-based Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Black Business Investment Fund (BBIF) as Regional Director – West Florida. In her role she is responsible for developing BBIF’s West Florida region, building partner relationships with banks, foundations, and other not-for-profit organizations. She serves as the in-market lead, extending BBIF’s core service of providing loans and financial technical assistance services to a target of BIPOC and underserved small businesses and communities.

Elizabeth’s legacy isn’t necessarily complicated, but filled with enough ambiguity, action, and inaction, that it might be easy to understand why people of color might view her different that the adoring throng mourning outside of Buckingham Palace. The longest-reigning British monarch’s history on race will forever exist as part of her legacy.

     This partnership is an ongoing commitment to address low resource marginalized students who are in need of financial support to attend college. NCRF’s program Black College Expo™ highlights (HBCUs) and their rich history and commitment of educating Black students since 1837 due to Black people not allowed to attend college.