Author: Carma Henry

The 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project held its Police and Youth Conference with the Miami Heat and Dedication 2 Community at Kaseya Center, home of the Miami HEAT.

       Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Florida selected Broward County volunteer mentors Brian McGrath and Samara Minichiello as Big Brother and Big Sister of the Year for the state of Florida. McGrath and Minichiello, who were chosen from more than 10,000 mentors at 11 agencies across the state, are now in contention for the National Big of the Year awarded by Big Brother Big Sisters of America.  The national honor will be announced in April.

       Medically Unnecessary is a four-part series examining how children with complex medical needs are faring after losing Medicaid coverage and being pushed onto state-run health insurance not designed for their needs. Part One of a four part series

       The nation is experiencing protest reaction to Elon Musk and billionaire takeover of government, firing federal workers, and demolishing federal departments and agencies—all to fund a massive 6 trillion-dollar tax cut giveaway to the richest people on the planet. Musk, the largest shareholder of Tesla gave Donald Trump $288 million in the 2024 election. President Donald Trump rewarded Musk with his running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE is engaged in destroying federal programs that have served Americans for the past 80 years.

       The Trump administration’s efforts to rewrite American history under the guise of fighting a mythical “anti-white” racism took a dangerous turn this week as the White House issued an executive order effectively gutting the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA).

   His realization sent shivers down my spine. Growing up in Germany, I read Friedrich by Hans-Peter Richter, a novel about two boys in Hitler’s Germany—one Jewish, the other not. Their innocent childhood is shattered as persecution tightens.

       For decades, 14(c) has allowed employers to pay disabled individuals subminimum wages, sometimes just pennies per hour, under the outdated assumption that they are less productive. This policy was created in the 1930s when employment options for disabled people were nearly nonexistent. But times have changed. We now know that individuals with disabilities are capable, valuable workers who deserve fair pay.

     A child shouldn’t have to worry about being bullied and shouldn’t ever let the bad influence of a bully change who they are. No child should be a victim of cruel behavior. Therefore, bullying others does not prove anything by making someone a victim of bad circumstances. However, bullying someone won’t make life easier and it sure won’t fix the problems that a bully is affected by. Periodically Nancy, a second-grade student was being harassed and often threatened by a boy older than herself, he made fun of her and constantly spread rumors. After a few weeks of being bullied Nancy was fed up and reported it to her parents and the principal at her school. Tommy was very unhappy and wanted to take his frustration out on anyone he encountered in his classroom.

     Many people take the stand that violence should never be used to combat violence, believing it only breeds more violence, and as some believe, corrupts the moral center of a liberation movement. However, history has endlessly chronicled that the ruling class only wakes up to how they exploit the working class when the threat of violence is on the table. Those who find this idea abhorrent feel free to sit this one out. For those still with me, as the young folks say—L.F.G!

     She was among an estimated 900 protesters who turned out at Rocky Mountain National Park on March 1 to protest the Trump administration’s mass firings of National Park Service staff last month, conducted through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) headed by Elon Musk. Those 900 were among thousands of Americans who joined protests across the country that day at hundreds of national parks and monuments that day.