Author: Carma Henry

     Enter Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet), an organization seeking to end racism in ballet companies and curriculums and celebrate the vast contributions made to the art form by Black and brown artists. Its 2022 MoBBallet Symposium M.I.A. (Motivation, Innovation, Activation) recently brought students and renowned Black dancers from around the globe together to create a safe space where they not only learned about dance and dance history – they learned about their own history.

Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been removed from duty and are facing state and federal investigations, officials confirmed Monday, after bystander video captured at least two of them punching and kneeing a suspect during an arrest.

     Through the Sports Hall of Fame, the Muck City Project intends to chronicle the story of its many players and inspire courage, dedication, fair play, integrity, and excellence. The Executive Advisory Committee select seven awardees each year using a point ranking system and votes submitted by residents.

     The MENT.O.R.S. Foundation established an organization and awards event to honor the legacies of past and future Black quarterbacks who played at the interscholastic, collegiate, and professional levels. The organization will be designated with the name Quarter Phi Back, aka QPhiB, Awards. It will take on a presence like that of a fraternal organization.

CBS4 invites local high school football fans to nominate a local player for the CBS4 Nat Moore Trophy at NatMooreTrophy.com.

     The Quarter Phi Back Awards created by The MENT.O.R.S. Foundation, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) released its inaugural “watch list” of quarterbacks for the 2022 season. The organization will monitor and track the performances of quarterbacks in four different levels to determine which player will be nominated for the Annual BIP Memorial Trophy. Originally set to recognize the most outstanding quarterback from a HBCU, it will now include the top Black quarterback in high school to receive the award at the interscholastic levels throughout the United States.

“I am the first generation to go to college, and it’s a great feeling. Where I’m from, many people don’t go to college. My grandfather grew up on a farm and stopped going to school in the second grade, so the background I’ve come from is just like, ‘wow, I’m actually here in college doing this.’

 The more than 106,000-square foot building, a masterpiece by any architectural standard, sits on 30 acres that overlooks the PGA’s sprawling campus at 1916 PGA Parkway in the town of Frisco.

New coronavirus cases have fallen 20% across the US in the last two weeks

   Reorganizing a company as large as BCPS can have its challenges, but Super Cartwright just makes it look so grossly unfair. I was disappointed, but not at all surprised to learn that a correction had to be made to the Spanish version of the Referendum. Ballots have been printed and early voting has begun, yet someone at Broward Schools (of course, not Cartwright as she has a history of pointing the finger of blame to someone else) failed to ensure the language was correct on the ballot; therefore, a correction has been created. But, how will voters be informed?