Author: Carma Henry

Coronavirus Report October 29, 2020

     “Early detection saves lives,” said Dionisio Osorio, regional manager of radiology and rehab at Broward Health. “At Broward Health, our Women’s Services Program provides personalized care for women and offers innovative diagnostics that enable our physicians and clinicians to better detect early stage breast cancer and plan a course of individualized treatment.”

It Sure Seems Like Black Folks Are Fueling The Record Number Of Early Voters

The number of African American millennials working on the Biden Harris presidential campaign is striking.  And for the first time, they are in power positions and making decisions that will greatly influence the outcome of the election. 

Opportunities to serve

With the effects of Covid-19 looming, it is important that we become more innovative with our campaigning efforts. Every Saturday in October, we are “Riding with Biden!” For the past 4 Saturdays, we have convened at various locations in the Central Broward area to form the caravan and proceed to ride through neighborhoods to show support for Biden-Harris 2020.

Reportedly, through various written and verbal communications, the Green County Commission had informed Sheriff Jonathan Benison that his additional employees, supported by bingo funds, would be laid-off unless the Sheriff provided the necessary payroll payments at the beginning of each quarter of 2020-2021, as well as reimburse the county the back pay due for the same employees.

Sergeant Harold Preston, a Houston police officer, was sadly shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex on the south side of the city. The 65-year old police officer was only two weeks away from his retirement.

Tracey Brown, a social studies teacher in Florida, is under investigation after being captured on video saying that she “has much right as anybody else to dislike Blacks” during an online class with her students.

     On September 1, 2020, the City of Fort Lauderdale Commission, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board of Commissioners approved a $640,000 Development Incentive Program Loan to Mount Hermon Housing, LTD. for the development of Mount Hermon Apartments. The CRA’s Development Incentive Program Loan is contingent upon the award of a 9% tax credit from the Florida Housing Finance Corporation.