Author: Carma Henry

       At the start of this school year, many students didn’t have the opportunity to go back to school with all their peers. Thankfully, my school was able to allow the students back, but only at half capacity.

Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Bernardo Sanderson, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, applies safety wire to a hold back bar in the hydraulic shop of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, as well as the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Are you a family in need or know of a parent that has fallen on hard times? The Salvation Army of Broward County is now accepting online family applications for participation in its Angel Tree Program, the nonprofit organization’s signature holiday initiative that provides gifts to underserved children ages 10 and under.

     Financially challenged parents looking to brighten their children’s holidays may visit The Salvation Army of Broward County’s website at www.salvationarmyflorida.org/fortlauderdale through October 18 (or until capacity is met).

Caleb Anderson, a 12-year old gifted boy from Georgia, has already finished his first year in college and has just started his second year. He is majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Chattahoochee Technical College.

     Launching in October 2020, the Timothy T. Williams, Jr. Foundation for Wrongful Convictions (TTWFWC) is making history by providing attorneys, experts, and criminal investigators with grant funding that embraces their prevailing industry rates to work as teams on state and federal wrongful conviction cases nationwide. In response to the national crisis of wrongful convictions, TTWFWC sets itself apart by funding the exoneration process from beginning to end. TTWFWC will also provide continuing education and professional development workshops to the next generation of expert witnesses, criminal investigators, and attorneys.

       Donald Trump supposedly had a game plan going into Tuesday night’s debate, including using a Black woman in the audience as a prop, but — in classic form — he failed to execute it miserably when he instead resorted to racist antics in between his frequent lies and interruptions of Joe Biden.

Lisa Forrest has made history as the newest Battalion Chief to be promoted in the Philadelphia Fire Department. She is the first African American woman to ever occupy this position.

Coronavirus Report: October 5, 2020

Effective immediately, Broward Health has updated its visitor policy, allowing patients one visitor over the age of 18 each day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. The revised policy follows all the safety measures the healthcare system continues to implement to help limit the spread of COVID-19 in our community and ensure the well-being of our patients and caregivers.

African Americans who are recognized as an Afro-descendant Tribe by the Inter-American System have requested an emergency order of “Precautionary Measures” to manage the Coronavirus of their Tribal members. The request was filed in the Inter-American Commission by Chief Justice Mustafa Ansari, an international lawyer and member of the International Bar, who is representing the Afro-Descendant Nation Confederated US, a tribe of over 160,000 registered citizens and 44 million unregistered citizens.