Author: Carma Henry

     Celebrating The Life of Lawrence A. Hargrove, Jr., September 17, 1928 – June 7, 2022, Saturday June 18, 2022 1 p.m., McWhite Funeral Home, 3501 W Broward Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312, Rev. Dr. J.R. Thicklin, Officiating “You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.” Frederick Douglass

BENJAMIN Funeral services for the Willis Troydell Benjamin – 47 were held June 11th at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Branden A. Jones, Sr. officiating…

BENNETT Funeral services for the Louise Gray Bennett – 86 were held June 11th at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. DAVIS Funeral services for the late Ollie…

PATTERSON Funeral services for the late Jessie Mae Brihm-Patterson – 85 were held June 11th at New Covenant Deliverance Cathedral with Pastor Ray officiating. SAULSBY Funeral…

I know a lot of people are skeptical about Congress. Sometimes that cynicism is well earned. But the bipartisan House select committee investigating the plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election is doing essential good work. All of us should pay attention to the public hearings the committee is holding this month.

       With sadness and with heavy heart I pin the essay regarding screening the film “lady of the heaven” on June 3rd, which happened to be the 33rd death anniversary of the Imam Khomeini.

     The organization’s new initiative, led by Runcie, is a “School Safety Cohort.” Six school districts pay $166,667 each to a company, formed last year by two Broward school administrators, to review safety plans and track for compliance, records show. The school districts are being reimbursed by Chiefs for Change, which is funded by private donors.

      Fort Lauderdale City Hall, built in 1966, is well past its prime, city officials say. But on Tuesday, commissioners said they’re no longer interested in a joint government complex with Broward County. Instead, Fort Lauderdale will build a new City Hall on its own. Susannah Bryan/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/TNS

It’s interesting to see political candidates at every level of government acknowledge that the votes of Black and Brown citizens alike are often the deciding factor in which candidates win in the majority of elections today. From kissing cute mocha-colored babies and young children on their foreheads to hugging and swooning up against beautiful chocolate-complexioned senior citizens for a quick campaign photo opportunity, nonminority candidates seemingly know how to disillusion and sway the interest of such voters, even if that candidate has done nothing whatsoever for the minority community and has no intention of doing so.

The North Broward County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated has its beginning in 1990 when three friends, Dorothy Ruffin, Margaret Roseburr and Gloria Butler (who has since moved away from the area) voiced their concerns about issues affecting the Northern Broward community.