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

Recently, Cheerios Cereal teamed up with Walmart to host a friendly Pop-a-shot competition at the store (3200 NW 79th S.t, Miami, Fla., 33147) to raise awareness and funds for the Overtown Youth Center.

You may remember R & B singer Joe Simon’s hit “Power of Love” in 1973.   The title of that song has true meaning to Dr. Malcolm and Mrs. Emma Black.

“Had there been no May 17, 1954 (the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown V. Board of Education), I’m not sure there would have been a Little Rock. I’m not sure there would have been a Martin Luther King Jr., or Rosa Parks, had it not been for May 17, 1954. It created an environment for us to push, for us to pull,” Lewis said.

    Yet, studies show that nearly 25 percent of U.S. married couples met at work. It’s no secret that work is where most single people spend a great deal of their time, and we are in an era where people have been conditioned to prioritize their career advancement. Whether you work in corporate America or own a small business, most of my peers are making a conscious decision to establish themselves professionally before thinking too seriously about being in a committed relationship.