Author: Carma Henry

YWCA of Palm Beach County announces Shea S. Spencer as new Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Spencer comes to YWCA with over 15 years of nonprofit experience including fundraising and community engagement. For many years, Shea has served her local community and worked to drive support for programs and services surrounding homelessness, food insecurity, education, health, job readiness, entrepreneurship, disadvantaged youth, and low-income initiatives.

The shooting, which left Blake in a hospital’s intensive care unit, is not the first-time police officers in Kenosha, a town with a population of approximately 100,000, were publicly called out for excessive use of force. In 2004, an officer of the Kenosha Police Department shot and killed 21-year-old Michael Bell outside the home he shared with his mom and sister. According to an NPR report from 2014, a police officer had followed Bell to the house after he observed Bell’s driving.

      The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which barred states from considering a voter’s sex in determining eligibility, is commonly credited with expanding the right to vote to women, but the amendment didn’t actually guarantee all women the right to vote. Although the amendment, which was ratified 100 years ago Tuesday, eased the obstacles some women faced at the ballot box, Black women still faced legal barriers.

     In her historic speech accepting the vice-presidential nomination for the Democratic party, Sen. Kamala Harris introduced her family — among them her beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, “The Divine Nine” and others from historically Black colleges and universities.

     Get information on food banks in Broward County and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A number of non-profit organizations, churches and charities operate across the region and provide free food to the low income and needy. Some pantries near you also provide clients with additional services, such as Meals on Wheels for senior citizens or the disabled.

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