Author: Carma Henry

     “In fact, API has had a program for over a decade, which brings a minority and underrepresented communities together to talk about, jobs and initiatives within the oil and gas sector,” Sommers responded. “It’s an important priority of both the API board of directors and the API team in Washington. We’ll continue to grow those alliances over time because we know, based on the studies that we have done in this space, we expect that 50 percent of the jobs in oil and gas in the next 20 years are going to be filled by women and minorities.”

     “It is important to recognize the International Decade for People of African Descent as an international corrective to combat the systematic indoctrination of the lie of African inferiority,” Dr. Cokley remarked. Passing H.R. 40 would count as the most significant legislative achievement to impact the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, Cokley opined.

     Nearly 34 years after arriving at Florida A&M University (FAMU) with only $20 in his pocket, corporate executive Jemal Gibson has been elected to a second term as FAMU Foundation Board of Directors chair.  

The West Palm Beach Police Athletic League (PAL) has welcomed Katrina Long-Robinson as the new Chair of its Board of Directors. Long-Robinson comes to PAL with a long resume of civic-oriented roles and a family tie to the nonprofit organization. Her father-in-law and former West Palm Beach City Commissioner, the Honorable Isaac “Ike” Robinson, played a critical part in helping PAL secure its headquarters in downtown West Palm Beach.

Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years

HOUSE Funeral services for the late Allen Norman Richard House, Sr. – 30 were held March 27 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Elder Michael…

BEAUCHAMP Funeral services for the late Marie Jacqueline Beauchamp – 74 were held March 27 at Divine Hope Restoration Ministries International, Miami Gardens. BRANNON Funeral services…

GRANT Funeral services for the late Carlis W. Grant – 77 were held were held March 27 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. POLYNICE Funeral…

Spring break: maybe it’s time for spring cleaning

     On Monday, Vice President Harris spoke at the Feeding Northeast Florida, a food pantry, stressing the need for the relief package to help poor families of which almost 50 million people rely on.