Author: Carma Henry

The Caretake

     Happy Black History Month to my Westside Gazette family! Let the final days of this twenty-eight (28) day celebration of Black Heritage be the energy you keep all 2021 (20WON). Choose to expand your thoughts, impact your community and make history. Oh, and read Expansion on the Frontier. I have so many golden nuggets to share with you as we face our own personal frontiers together.

     This Black History Month, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward celebrates the impact our mentoring relationships have created for thousands of Black children in our community since opening our doors in 1972.

     Congratulation on your Happy 50th. God Bless the Westside Gazette Newspaper. May you continue to shine a light on people of color throughout South Florida for many years to come.   

The historic 56th Annual Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee has released its official schedule of activities for the virtual event taking place March 5-7, 2021. While the event typically takes place in Selma, Alabama, all of this year’s activities will be broadcast virtually, making it a truly global event that will be seen around the world. The star-studded lineup is a fitting way to share the commemoration of equity and justice with the world.

     “MDC has a longstanding tradition of identifying and meeting the needs of the local community, while also blazing a trail as a national model,” said MDC President Madeline Pumariega. “The Rising Black Scholars program is a perfect example, as it aims to close the gap in graduation rates and create new opportunities for underserved students.”

  The family of former NFL star Vincent Jackson donated his brain as part of an effort to determine whether he suffered from CTE, also known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to The New York Times.

18-year old Leslie Adindu, a Nigerian native who is currently a homeless high school student from Forth Worth, Texas, has been recruited to play college football. He was able to achieve that feat despite all his challenges.

     Fresh off the success of the film One Night in Miami, actress and director Regina King is working on bringing the story of another trailblazer to the silver screen. According to Variety, she is creating a film about pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm.

Former NYPD officer Ray Wood was, “tasked with ensuring that Malcolm X’s security detail was arrested days prior to the assassination, guaranteeing Malcolm X didn’t have door security while at the Audubon Ballroom, where he was killed on Feb. 21, 1965,” says Attorney Benjamin Crump during a press conference at the former at the old Audubon, the site where Malcolm X was assassinated. The venue has since been renamed The Shabazz Center.