Author: Carma Henry

Navy Office of Community Outreach

     Yet, I have never felt as close to the memory of Stacy than I felt when I visited the monument to him at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice which was built by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama.

     The biggest inequality affected Black infants, who had more than twice the White infant mortality rate. In 2019, almost 3,600 more Black babies died before their first birthday.

     Marchers rallied in the nation’s capital and cities across the country, demanding passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the For the People Act, and for D.C. statehood.

Even after over 635,000 have died in the U.S. as a result of the coronavirus, some celebrities have continued to loudly protest against the advice of doctors and other medical professionals. Over 4.5 million around the world have died as a result of the pandemic.

   I was proud to work hard for the election of President Joe Biden. And I was proud to protest outside the Biden White House on Aug. 24. Along with other voting rights activists, including our co-organizers at the League of Women Voters, I called on President Biden to do more to protect voting rights under attack from Republican state legislators all across the country.

Afghan Deja Vu

   Americans watched in horror as Afghanistan’s Capitol Building and its government toppled with little or no resistance from Afghanistan’s U.S. trained military. But the real unseen nightmare forced upon Americans is the 20 years of senseless struggle, two trillion dollars wasted, and tens of thousands of casualties and deaths.

     Social anthropology suggests that human experiences have impacts on how people see and experience the world. Theory suggests that people in places that experience more lightning—like the south—see the magical flashing this way whereas people who experience more wildfires—like the west—see the glow as a fire. In my lifetime there have been dramatic increases in wildfires and thunderstorms. The world is changing, and we are losing so much in the process. Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs their population is shrinking. Like with so many species, habitat loss, pesticides, and other environmental factors threaten their survival.

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