Author: Carma Henry

Spurred to action by the mounting critical shortage of masks to protect South Florida’s first responders, the owners of Pompano Beach-based manufacturer Life Wear Technologies leveraged their supply chain connections and procured 3,000 additional masks to donate to South Florida’s first responders.

Filmmaker, actor, and playwright Tyler Perry is once again making headlines for helping those who are largely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Under the name “Atlanta Angel,” he reportedly paid for the groceries of all elderly shoppers at over 70 supermarkets in Atlanta and New Orleans.

Critically, as long as the loans go toward things like maintaining all employees’ salaries and keeping the lights on and the doors open, they will be forgiven in full, so essentially this is a gran. In other words, today, Black-owned small businesses; salons, restaurants, boutiques, you name it, there is guaranteed cash with no strings attached waiting for you, but you have to apply.

  “Xfinity is making thousands of hours of educational programming and resources available to our customers through Xfinity on Demand as we know how challenging it is for families right now who are suddenly home-schooling young children — many with both parents working, as well,” said Rebecca Heap, Comcast senior vice president of video and entertainment.

     Radical Muslim tribesmen killed four people on Tuesday including a Christian pastor and burned down a town’s only school during an attack in Central Nigeria.

     Zeroing in on the economic impacts of the crisis, people everywhere are struggling with competing needs in their lives. When living costs exceed available financial resources, tough times lead to tough decisions about how to feed families, keep a home to live in, ways to keep utilities working and a myriad of other day-to-day needs.

Bernie, Biden and Trump

     Major League Baseball would benefit from being the first sport to return to play since the pandemic swarmed the globe and claimed tens of thousands of lives. The league would also reap substantial dollars from network coverage and local television revenue. However, some teams’ TV deals are far more lucrative than others and, therefore, could be problematic when discussing revenue sharing.

     In a letter to Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees, Senator Darryl Rouson, (D) St. Petersburg said, “The impact of the coronavirus on African Americans in Florida, has yet to be revealed. Florida has been slow to act on this pandemic and I’m afraid Black people are suffering most.  If that’s the case, we need to take the proper steps, and utilize the necessary resources to remedy the problem. But, we need to know the what the data says.”

     Kennedy is the founder and President of Bullets4Life, a  501c3 Non-profit organization, which was established to educate the public and help families affected by gun violence.