Author: Carma Henry

THOMAS Funeral services for the late Mary Lee McGee-Thomas – 70  were held November 14  at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Rev. Eric Brown officiating.…

JENKINS Funeral services for the late Samuel P. Jenkins, Jr. – 87 were held November13 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. RICHARDS Funeral services for the late…

DANIELS Funeral services for the late Juanita N. Daniels – 76 were held November 14 at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center.

Internationally Recognized and Award-Winning Surgeon, Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews launched a new campaign to educate the global community of the benefits of daily intake of Vitamin D.  Dr. Matthews has revolutionized the use of “high-dose” vitamin D in the frontline treatment of coronavirus and other diseases of chronic illnesses such as traumatic brain injuries, heart attacks, strokes, concussions, ventilator associated pneumonias, sepsis, ARDS, and infections. A former Mayo Clinic trained fellow and Senior Associate Consultant (SAC), former  professor of clinical surgery, and a former director of surgical critical care and trauma surgery, Dr. Matthews is no stranger to saving critical lives with cutting edge vitamin D research.

The Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC) will host the 35th Annual Business Expo – the largest minority business event in Florida – online November 18-19. Under the theme Ready! Set! Grow!, the conference will focus on helping minority-owned businesses develop and expand through education, networking, and opportunities to connect with corporations and government agencies.

     My dear brothers and sisters who are not willing to get on the bus of convenience. God has given each one of us a role to play and it doesn’t matter if it’s a supporting role or a role to be out front. No matter what role it is God gave it to us. God doesn’t make any mistakes. Brothers and sisters, let’s play our role to the best of the abilities that God has given us, and if we do that it will work out just like it is supposed to.

     In Washington, DC, cars honked horns driving up and down Connecticut Avenue and around the White House. A large crowd assembled at Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street as close to Lafayette Park as they could get near The White House. Streets around The White House were fenced off creating a large perimeter around the streets that would allow people to get clear video and still photos of the building. 

     Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that nearly 300,000 more people in the United States died from late January to early October this year than the average number of people who died in recent years.  Just two-thirds of those deaths were counted as Covid-19 fatalities, highlighting how the official U.S. death count — now standing at about 233,000 — is not fully inclusive.

Let’s Give Stacey Abrams Her Flowers Now

     It is with profound sadness that we bring awareness to the transition of yet another one of our community leaders, Margaret Haynie Birch who was called to her everlasting comfort of home in God’s Kingdom on Monday, November 2, 2020 .