Author: Carma Henry

   America’s efforts are threatened to not reach its zenith of enlightenment and greater moral compassion towards women’s reproductive rights. Unfortunately, this very threat is Justice’s Alito’s leaked draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade.

     The state legislature even rejected a local control option that would allow school districts to decide that Black and White students could attend schools together. But under the state’s massive resistance plan, public schools were closed to avoid complying with court orders to desegregate. Some county officials just shut down their public schools completely. The state even funded the establishment of private schools that were only open to White students. It took years, and more Supreme Court rulings in 1964 and 1968, for desegregation to take hold across the state.

  The vital key to advancing the economic status of African American communities and families is the support and the promotion of the success of Black-founded, managed, and owned businesses. We will not stand silent about this matter. Our businesses deserved to be respected, engaged, and empowered

     The Broward County Business and Professional Women’s Network, Inc. (BCBPWN) will host its 17th Annual Founders’ Day – Virtual Celebration on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at 3 p.m. This Year’s Founder’s Day celebrates 17 years of existence, “Moving Forward with a Purpose – Breaking Barriers.”

        If something happens to you, whether negative or positive, do you evaluate the intention of that energy? I remember growing up and getting in trouble for things that I wasn’t aware of. Yes I put the aluminum Easy Bake Oven pan in microwave when my oven wasn’t cooking for me. I was a child. I didn’t know what was going on when I saw the sparks flying in microwave after pressing Start. All I knew is that I saw food being cooked in the microwave prior, and I wanted to cook my cake. It looked like a great Plan B to me, but my mother didn’t think so. Needless to say, that experiment ended with an old-fashioned whooping.

     A husband and wife duo are the owners of the first Black-owned food truck at Walt Disney World, Travel Noire reports.

     For Floridians, mosquitoes are nothing new. In fact, since Florida temperatures are typically always above 50 degrees, mosquitoes are present in Florida year-round. We know one thing for certain, with the rainy and warmer season right around the corner, mosquitoes will be out in full swing.

“Hate always terrorizes. That’s the intention. As an African American woman who came of age during the Civil Rights era, I know at heart how hate works to harm some and paralyze or, at least, to immobilize others. But movement is life. It’s certainly the way forward if Democracy is to survive and its aspirational tenets of equality are to be actualized. This is why we must see hateful acts, and their progenitors, hate speech on all forms of media, as threats to our collective health, well-being and future existence.

— It was an unforgettable ride, packed with nonstop action and entertainment as Broward Education Foundation took flight with BrightStar Credit Union’s TOP FUN presented by Office Depot at Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort to raise funds for students and teachers in Broward County Public Schools.

In Loewe’s all-too-important job as director of African American media, she has ensured that the Black Press and other media of color have enjoyed unprecedented access to the White House and top administration and cabinet officials.