Author: Carma Henry

‘Test Your Bible Knowledge’

     As a Black woman and longtime physician, I am well aware personally and professionally of disparities in health care. To reduce inequalities and bridge the gap, I recently participated in a virtual forum hosted by The Broward County Library titled, “Break the Bias: Black Women’s Healthcare in Crisis” alongside other female physicians of color. Our goal was to shine a light on implicit biases and make lasting change, especially when it comes to those Black women who are pregnant or those young mothers who face daily challenges. 

     “I think that when you do that, you’re disclaiming all the things, the contributions that Black people have made to America,” he said.

      Florida A&M University (FAMU) Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Maurice Edington, Ph.D., has been elected chair of the State University System (SUS) Council of Academic Vice Presidents (CAVP).

      Although diversity is a driving force of innovation—especially within medicine—Black women remain underrepresented in the clinical research industry. Clark Atlanta University alumna Danielle Mitchell is on a mission to change the narrative around diversity within the field through her platform Black Women in Clinical Research.

     Hampton University has received significant backlash from its students and alumni after the school announced it would allow students impacted by the war in Ukraine to study at their campus for free. 

     On March 16, in a small auditorium at the Old Executive Office Building next door to The White House, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke on the plan. The allocations, coming from existing money from the Department of Education budget, comes to about $150,000 per school.

The final tally of 53-47 included GOP Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

     Hate is as much a part of our American experience as the struggle for equality that often provokes it. Justice, which has too often been far from blind, has failed too many victims of hate. But we have a beacon of light in dark times. President Biden has signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which came to his desk with the all too rare bipartisan support we need more of where justice and democracy are concerned. It also comes at a time when it could not be more critical to our democracy to take a unified stand against hate.

     When I accept the Centennial Leadership Award from the National Parks Conservation Association this Wednesday night at 7 p.m. (Livestreaming) it could mark a new day in the history of public lands conservation, maybe not for the reasons you think. There have been many other conservationists of color who have made a difference – think George Washington Carver who seeded a generation of conservationists at Tuskegee.