Author: Carma Henry

     Church out is an old slang expression that we use to use when things got rough and it was about to go down (stuff was about to hit the fan).

Broward County School Board decides: Runcie stays

How is Florida addressing the needs of its lowest-performing schools under Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)? Last year, an independent non-profit education advocacy organization called the Collaborative for Student Success set out to find out.

The Miami International Film Festival (MIFF) brought filmmakers from across the country to South Florida. The first week of March was full of screenings and panels with aspiring and professional talent.

The discovery of the remains of the ‘Sugar Land 95’ victims, the majority of whom are believed to be former slaves who were a part of the state of Texas’ controversial and inhumane convict-leasing system, could have been unearthed well before the contractor found the remains if people chose to listen to community activist and historian Reginald Moore from the beginning. (Photo: DefenderNetwork.com)

In a joint effort to get students involved with the Children Services Council’s 2019 Broward AWARE! Protecting OUR Children campaign: Growing the Voices of Our Future, the Westside Gazette will engage youth in a photovoice (photojournalism) project.  The youth will tell their stories through the written word and through the lens of cameras they will operate as  photojournalists focusing on but not limited to the Broward AWARE campaign.

     An African lady has become the first Black woman to get a doctorate degree in aerospace engineering.

     Faye Richards of Tamarac began to slowly notice that something was happening with her mother, Ruth. The 83-year-old was starting to ask where the kitchen was. However, she was standing in the kitchen inside the home she had lived in for 30 years. The home where she had raised her family, and in the kitchen where she made breakfast, lunch and dinner for her five children for years.

Talent competition showcases youth performing arts in all of Miami-Dade

     Congratulations to Roderick “Rocky” Gillis, athletic director at Broward County Public Schools (BCPS), for being recognized as a Certified Athletic Administrator by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). He is now one of a very elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism.