Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

     Major life events and turbulent situations can inspire change. It can also inspire groups to be formed. Groups like the Black Panther Party or NWA are just minor examples of a long list of advocates. In 2018, artist Jai Tahlea Allen-Ible created The Uproar Project to marry her passion for the arts, social activism, and community service. We had the opportunity to catch up with the founder to discuss the organization and the origin.

     The Women of Veteran’s Affairs, also known as WOVA, held their first annual Wreath and Flag Placement Ceremony on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2021, at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Fort Lauderdale. The event was blessed with beautiful weather and many former military personnel and supporters in attendance. 

      Republicans in a desperate attempt to regain the presidency as well as control of the Senate and House have decided that Democracy is no longer their cup of tea. Rather, they’re behaving as raging power-hungry lunatics. Their lunacy poses a greater threat to our Democracy than COVID-19. Scientists developed a vaccine for COVID-19 in less than two years. However, there’s a powerful antidote that can limit the affects Republicans’ anti-democracy ideology. Unfortunately, it takes quite a while before it takes effect.

     We need to protect young girls, and kittens, from pedophiles and others that would harm and molest them.

   I imagine Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott would hate if their dogs or cats were treated the way animals on factory farms are. The reality is there isn’t much difference between the furry companions we love and the livestock we slaughter. That’s why our legislators should support increased federal funding for cultivated-meat research.