Author: Carma Henry

One act of generosity can create a ripple effect, opening doors to opportunities that can transform a girl’s life and strengthen her future. On Friday, Aug. 28,2026 Girl Power Rocks (GPR) will join nonprofits and supporters across the country for Give 8/28, a national giving day dedicated to increasing support and visibility for Black-led and Black-benefiting nonprofit

     For Black America, this shifting financial burden brings a new level of financial stress, worsened by the cumulative effects of life-long wealth inequality.  

Disabled people like me rely on our neighbors to make day-to-day life possible. The high cost of housing threatens these relationships.

   It wasn’t until recently I realized getting old and ugly has some significant perks. When I was young, I never thought of it this way, but I am starting to realize it now. It makes me smile to see the perks I’m discovering.

 When Nobody Wants to Give Up the Chair, Who Is Listening to the People?

Florida Memorial University President William McCormick is pushing back against a recent report questioning the long-term financial viability of South Florida’s only historically Black university, declaring that FMU will answer its critics not through retaliation, but through measurable results.

       After returning to Fort Lauderdale, she and her sisters attended the Old Dillard School. She loved playing basketball and singing with the Chorus.  In 1955, history was made by her performance to sing on the PBS Channel accompanied by her chorus teacher Mrs. Rhoda Snead. Because of her academics acumen – Class of 1955 – she was chosen as Salutatorian.

       The battle over the future of Broward College President and CEO Torey Alston has moved beyond the boardroom and into the courts, as Alston pushes back against an effort to remove him from the leadership of one of South Florida’s largest institutions of higher education.

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