Author: Carma Henry

Recently Comcast awarded $47,750 in college scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year to 18 Broward County high school seniors as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program. These students are among 90 from across Florida who are receiving a total of $236,000 in Leaders and Achievers scholarships this year.

On a recent visit to Miami, Pamela Henry, Editor of the Westside Gazette Newspaper in Broward County, visited  Brothers and Sisters Soul Food to have a taste of their souse which is supposed to be the “best”

     The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – or NCMEC – said the number of reports of missing children made to law enforcement in the United States now totals more than 424,000.

      Florida A&M University (FAMU) President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., signed an agreement with the University of Haifa that will expand study abroad options for FAMU students.

     “We’re focusing on what we define as ‘full repair,’” he told The Final Call. “A lot of people don’t have a clear idea of what reparations is especially in light of all the presidential candidates’ talk that is steadily being generated around reparations. N’COBRA understands that reparations means full repair of our people.”

The Board of the YWCA of Palm Beach County, Inc., (YWCA) is excited to announce that, after a six (6) month search, they have unanimously approved the hiring of Kathleen N. Spears, Ph.D., of Indianapolis, to be the new Chief Executive Officer. “Dr. Spears comes to us with a wealth of nonprofit executive experience with an emphasis on health, women and children’s issues,” stated President, Kalinthia Dillard.

     Jackson’s family has absolutely no idea what exactly happened to him. Interestingly, apparently neither does the Burleson County Sheriff’s Department. Well…at least that is the narrative they have been providing everyone who has been seeking answers about the key details surrounding Jackson, especially his family and their attorneys.

     Earlier Monday morning, the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office positively made the identi-fication of the remains as belonging to little Maleah, although no cause or manner of death has been determined as of yet.

     “It’s impossible to understand the modern world without a grasp of the transatlantic slave trade. The business of buying and selling human beings shaped economic, social and political institutions; established racial and geographic hierarchies; and entrenched wealth disparities,” Nelson said in a news release.

     What is problematic is that the P.O.T.U.S. views might not evolve with the nation’s view!  We need a maximum age limit!