Author: Carma Henry

     Climate change and environmental destruction will prevail if money prevails as the god that national leaders (and almost all the rest of us) worship, or don’t know how not to worship.  Part of indigenous wisdom is not being under the control of this civilized force.  What would a world without money — or a world that saw and understood money differently — look like?

     The myth of redemptive violence is everywhere, a unifying force that keeps gun sales healthy and military contractor’s wealthy.  Real violence is everywhere as well, both intentional and accidental, but it’s fragmented and isolated, a sudden moment that shouldn’t have happened, needn’t happened — a human soul is ripped from her loved ones.  Such moments bring only shock and grief.

“RODGERS & ROGAN ARE JABRONIS” 

Apart of Famu’s Homecoming epic return the community in Frenchtown welcomed R&B superstar Anthony Hamilton. Anthony Hamilton is best known for his song Charlean, point of it All and countless others hit songs.

The special session that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called is a week away. The special session was called to deal with mask policies, vaccine requirements and other COVID-related issues in Florida. He announced this  last October. The governor has said businesses mandating vaccines should lose COVID protections passed last year.

     Since the beginning of time, young people have been at the forefront of making a difference. In 2021 they are continuing to do just that. The Tallahassee Dream Defenders recently held a rally about House Bill 1. Over 300 young people were on the zoom to hear what the bill stands for and what they can do to stop the bill from passing. The event started with a series of questions to the audience to see how informed they were with the bill. 

On June 18, 2019 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 7066 into effect. HB 7066 prohibits returning citizens from voting unless they pay off all legal financial obligations from their time served.

The excitement is rising in the Tallahassee Frenchtown community. Frenchtown is Tallahassee’s best-known black neighborhood. The first Frenchtown Rising took place on September 10th this was the first Frenchtown Rising since having to cancel last year due to Covid-19.

In February Florida’s Governor vowed to make sure that people who needed the vaccine, receive the vaccine for a better Florida. On, February 12, Floridians were granted access to additional COVID-19 vaccines at 755 pharmacy locations across 52 out 62 counties.

     After having conversations with several of the candidates and listening to all of the candidates at one time or another it has led me to believe that some of them have forgotten that they were Black. You don’t need to guess, you don’t have to get angry at me you don’t need to do any of that, what you do have to do is to remember that you are Black. Being Black there are certain things that you must NOT do. Do I need to remind you of what you must NOT do-THAT IS NOT TO FORGET THAT YOU ARE BLACK.