Author: Carma Henry

       Recently, our Community Justice youth put that belief into action by partnering with Nehemiah Ministry to help rehabilitate local homes. Rolling up their sleeves and working side by side, our youth gained hands-on experience while contributing to the revitalization of neighborhoods across Broward County.

       As I continue to grow, I realize that many of the ways I try to pour into others come from places within myself that long for the same things: reassurance, consistency, encouragement, understanding, and simply feeling emotionally seen.

       September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, an important reminder that behind every statistic is a person, a family and a community. It is also an opportunity to make sure Broward County residents know one critical message: You Matter. Your Life Matters.

       With the Atlantic on track to potentially set a new record for the latest first hurricane of the season, Florida Power & Light Company’s (FPL) meteorology team says the quiet start should not lead Floridians to lower their guard.

Jerry Greenfield quit a year ago this week, saying the company had been silenced. Now he and Ben are asking for our help.

       America entered the twenty-first century carrying an ideological disease it never completely cured. Critics argue that among a segment of staunch white conservative Republicans exists a fear that an increasingly multiracial democracy—and the political empowerment of Black Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ Americans, and other historically marginalized groups—threatens a social order historically dominated by white Americans.

Good Morning is perhaps Trump’s only daily truth…. maybe

     Yet that scenario is unfolding right now, and the battleground is the World Cup tournament – soon to begin in cities around the U.S. To understand the dynamics of the situation, consider the concept of state terror, i.e. a regime’s efforts to instill fear as a means of dividing and disempowering a people, thereby tightening its grip on power.

       Cognitive dissonance, the mental distress felt by people who hold two or more conflicting beliefs simultaneously, offers some insight. People naturally desire harmony in their lives. Those who celebrated Trump’s candidacy in the 2020 election were angered when the results were tallied. Their beliefs did not align with the facts.

     There has been rapid growth in college sports. Increased scholarships, television deals and new conference alignments have all been a part of it. Now let’s add the possibility of players signing professional football contracts and then returning to play in college.