Author: Carma Henry

      House Bill 1 will give law enforcement and prosecutors tools to prevent violence and property distraction during protests. The bill is sponsored by representative Fernandez and other representatives. The bill will also impose felony penalties on protesters, who will be denied bail and detain them until trial. 

     This year session is completely different for legislative members and lobbyists due to the COVID-19 virus that is sweeping the nation. For lobbyists, it is harder to get issues across to legislators due to not having in person contact with certain legislators and their staff. But Williams has a trick for that, “when we have new Legislators, new legislative aides, and staffers it’s extremely critical to know them because they will be the ones getting the information to the members for the certain bills that I am advocating for,” Williams said.

CALHOUN Funeral services for the late Gary Eddie Calhoun – 66 were held October 30th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Brother Bon M. Boyd…

AKINS Funeral services for the Bobbie J. Akins – 74 were held October 30th at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. ARTHUS Funeral services for the late Tyron…

FREEMAN Funeral services for the late Cynthia Moore Freeman – 52 were held October 30th at Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church.

Portia Williams, a health teacher at Deerfield Beach High School, is on a mission. She is sharing her breast cancer story in hopes of encouraging women, particularly Black women, to make an appointment for a mammogram.

     Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Congressman Charlie Crist pledged to bring equal justice to Florida’s judicial system as he traveled to communities throughout the state.  “We have to deal with the reality that our system is not fair and just; that our system treats different people, differently,” according to Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell. Worrell joined Crist, Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill, former gubernatorial candidate Chris King and criminal justice reform advocates in presenting ways to repair a broken court system.

Moderna reported that its two-dose vaccine generated virus-neutralizing antibodies in children, and safety was comparable to what was previously seen in clinical trials of adolescents and adults.

     “We will be ready to get shots in arms,” President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 response coordinator, Jeff Zients, said on Oct. 20 during a White House briefing on the plan, which includes supporting vaccination by primary care doctors and in pharmacies and schools.

     Protestors congregate outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday to support Kyrie Irving’s decision to remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 despite the local regulations that forbid unvaccinated players from participating in home games. The Nets stated previously in this month that Irving would not be allowed to play this season because of his vaccination status. Though Irving may not play a single game, he still could be able to make up to 19 million dollars.