Author: Carma Henry

Homegoing Services for Minister Cassandra  Hankerson

‘Test Your Bible Knowledge’

     Black adults who participate consistently in religious activities or harbor deep spiritual beliefs are deep spiritual beliefs are more likely to score higher in indicators connected to good heart health than those who don’t, according to a recent study.

Senator Perry Thurston and Pastor Branden Jones congratulate Terry Randall on his 50th Kappa Alpha Psi Anniversary. 

In the wake of South Florida experiencing the largest year-over-year rent increases in the state at 57.2%, the Hallandale Beach Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) Board of Directors voted unanimously on Tuesday, August 24, 2022, to approve the Rent Stabilization Program. The Program allocates $1 Million in rental assistance for qualifying tenants living within the CRA boundaries who earn low to moderate average median incomes and have had their rent increase by 20% or more.

He was elected as the only Black commissioner of Florida City while still a second-year law student at the University of Miami in 1976. I, Alonzo Hardy, firmly believe that he is the longest serving Black elected official in Florida history.

      History has largely overlooked the trailblazers who were the first Black men to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps, the Montford Point Marines, named after the segregated section of Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where they trained. On Aug. 26, on the 80th anniversary of when the first Montford Point Marines set foot on the Marine base, ABC Owned Television Stations debuted the trailer of “Our America: Mission Montford Point.”

In further dedication to advancing women’s health, Broward Health Medical Center is now offering a minimally invasive procedure called Acessa® ProVu to treat uterine fibroids. Fibroids are noncancerous growths in the uterus composed of muscle and connective tissue from the wall of the uterus.

*Coronavirus cases continue to fall across the US.

During the Friday press conference at Hard Rock Stadium, Coach Deion “Prime Time” Sanders and his players, Shedeur Sanders and Devanta  Davis, each spoke about dominating the Orange Blossom Classic  against FAMU in every phase of the game, not in a haughty, braggadocios way but by exuding supreme confidence in the talent, preparation and character developed by the JSU Tigers throughout  fall camp. However, based on the Rattler’s performance against Power 5 opponent  North Carolina of ACC affiliation, in spite of the compliance and ineligible player issues, and last year’s closely fought battle (JSU 7- FAMU 6), the odds of a dominant performance by either team seemed completely far fetched. Surely, the talent gap could not have widened that much in a year. Boy, was I mistaken, misled or misinformed, and I’ll bet you 10-1 odds that I was not alone in my assessment.