Author: Carma Henry

It’s a juggling act being Black in America

   New Mount Olive Baptist Church has Vacation Bible School (VBS) every summer; however, this year VBS will be held virtually for the safety of students and parents.

  Lillie Mae Allen Fye always wanted to find a way to give back to her beloved Dillard High School.  She was a proud member of the Class of 1950, the last class to complete high school at the site which now houses Walker Elementary and the Old Dillard Museum.  Lillie passed away August 3, 2020, but on May 27, 2021 a scholarship will be awarded in her memory. 

     As the country continues to open up, more parents are going back to work, and there’s even more of a need for summer camp programs and staff to run them. This summer, the YMCA will be offering more camp programs than ever to meet this increased need, as well as address the academic achievement slide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the next two weeks, the YMCA of South Florida is hiring 150 staff in Broward and Miami-Dade counties to run its summer camp programs.

     Last week, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who sits on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, announced more than $700 million in federal funds for college and universities in South Florida.

“Dealing With Racism In Our Schools”  

Coronavirus Report: May 17, 2021

     The NAACP has commissioned proprietary re-search, which will be featured and updated bi-monthly, taking a consistent pulse of Black America’s status and progress as we collectively progress toward full recovery. African Americans surveyed have expressed ongoing concerns about the vaccines, the rise of COVID-19 variants, public adherence to guidelines, jobs availability, safely returning to work and other factors affecting their daily lives. The key learnings from this exclusive polling will serve to fill in the information gaps, and further strengthen our communities as they build back given the expressed need for reliable updates on the factors impacting their daily lives over the coming year.

     Supporting Black-owned businesses helps provide much-needed stability to business owners that have been hard hit by the pandemic. And you’re laying a foundation to continue to support Black businesses long after the crisis is over.

     Today, if Jesus were teaching about ungodly treatment of the elderly, his example could be a 90- year- old member of Tabernacle Baptist Church member in Augusta, Georgia.