Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

After Mae Jo Fulton’s 100th Birthday some of her family members went to the Social Security Office and found out a mistake was made with the birth day dated May 12, 1918, which was incorrect. Her correct birthday is May 12, 1917 which makes her now 103 years old. Happy 103rd Birthday!!!

The NAACP, the nation’s foremost social justice organization, has launched a campaign entitled #WeAreDoneDying, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare system and the country at large. From COVID-19 to running while Black in America, the abuse faced by people of color, particularly African Americans is devastating.

“Declaring financial exigency basically acknowledges that a college cannot meet its contractual obligations and allows it to take unusual cost-saving steps, like firing tenured faculty members,” according to a 2011 article from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

We have heard the frustration of senseless killings for years. Our anger seems to taper off following each tragedy, only to ignite again when we hear about a new one. These killings are happening so often that many have become immune to them. We must not accept these egregious senseless acts anymore. PERIOD!!! NO MORE!!!!