Author: Carma Henry

Representative Dotie Joseph, Democratic candidate for State House District 108, recently announced the launching of her 2020 re-election campaign. Representative Joseph re-presents one of the most culturally and economically diverse districts in the state. House District 108 also happens to be one of bluest districts – Democrats accounting for 68% of registered voters and every top-of-the-ticket Democratic candidate since 2010 has earned over 85% of the general election vote. Representative Joseph was first elected in 2018, after defeating two opponents in the Democratic primary election and handily winning the general election with 91.7% of the vote. 

Pastor, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

   “Higher education had not done a good job of looking at our past, or the sociodynamics of the country, the cultural dynamics, in an honest and diverse way,” Millner told The Skanner. “It had been committed to a very Eurocentric view of both the past and the present, and the assumption that it would be the same in the future. And so, what even a small Black Studies department was able to do was to begin to change the intellectual and academic environment on a university campus in ways that were pretty remarkable and unpredictable.”

Ahead of the first day of oral arguments in the Supreme Court case Comcast Corp. V. National Association of African American-Owned Media (NAAOM), Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) led her colleagues in introducing a resolution that affirms the vital role that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 – particularly Section 1981 of the Act – has played in prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity when making and enforcing business contracts.

     For “Relax,” she introduces an alter-ego, “Suga’ Love,” an afro-wearing Foxy Brown-like character whose looks underscore the fad-happy decade of the 1970s. “I’m a ’90s baby, but at heart, I’m like a child of the ’70s. That era of music heavily influences me,” she notes.

“This world of work is most effective when the individuals contributing to and leading this evolution represent the diversity of our communities and the richness of multiple perspectives. We are excited to work with our anchor partners to intentionally focus on girls and students of color, as we move to provide equity and access and de-mystify STEM,” she stated.

     On Friday, Nov. 15, Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumna T.B. Darks, author of “The Fluffy Adventures of Fromo: A Sticky Situation” (2019) and “Wash Day” (2018), will visit the FAMU Developmental Research School Media Center to share stories of reading, writing, and the creative process with students in grades 2-6.

     Florida A&M University (FAMU) junior biology student Aaliyah Brown had the opportunity to be immersed in an innovative, professional development healthcare program this past summer at the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute (BHLI).

Which would you prefer―nuclear war or climate catastrophe?

     Veterans For Peace, an organization that speaks truth to war like nobody else, is attempting to reclaim Armistice Day, the Nov. 11 holiday that was flipped on its head 65 years ago when it was renamed Veterans Day — and became a celebration not of the end of war but of its perpetuity.