Author: Carma Henry

Broward County’s 4th of July Weekend Guide!  – City of Lauderhill – Drone Light Show from 6 to 9 p.m., at Lauderhill Sports Park, 7500 W.…

Rev. Henry E. Green, III Commissioner District 3. Pamela Beasley. City of Fort Lauderdale Commissioner, Mayor Dean Trantails, Commissioner Robert McKenzie and Clarence Woods, CRA Manager and Fort Lauderdale City Manager Rickelle Williams.

       The Urban League of Broward County proudly congratulates Mariam Hariri, our Compliance Officer, on her recent graduation from the Leadership Broward program!

      She thought it may have been allergies, or maybe even a bad cold, but for the past two years, 52-year-old Kendra Jackson of Omaha, Nebraska, had been living with cold/flu-like symptoms in a constant runny nose. That is, until she discovered her runny nose was actually fluid from inside her brain.

       County Public Schools has appointed Michael Scott as Director and Compliance Officer of the Economic Development & Diversity Compliance (EDDC) Department.

   Who are these aliens living in America that the Republicans speak of with such disdain and contempt? Are they invaders from a foreign land? Are they creatures from another planet?   No. The aliens Republicans often vilify are human beings-men, women, and children-who may look, speak, or pray differently than what they consider “American.”

Being “Dad” to my daughter Amari, who was diagnosed with autism, changed everything. In the Black community, silence around disability comes at a cost. I’ve learned that fatherhood is leadership—and it’s time we speak up. Our kids need early support, inclusive policies, and visible, vocal fathers. Autism isn’t the tragedy—silence is.

       The signing of The Declaration of Independence had nothing to do with people of color as we were enslaved by some of those who signed the historic document.

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The Reverend Pauli Murray was a visionary legal scholar, civil rights activist, poet, and the first African American woman ordained as a priest in The Episcopal Church. A tireless advocate for racial and gender equality, her groundbreaking work laid the foundation for landmark civil rights legislation and continues to inspire movements for justice across the world.