Author: Carma Henry

Florida A&M (FAMU) football is coming off one of their most historic seasons after finishing 12-1 for the second time in program history, winning their 16th HBCU National Championship and entering the season ranked 20th in Lindy’s Sports preseason ranking.

   I wanted to keep you in the loop with my efforts in helping Hurricane Beryl victims   across the Caribbean. Recently, we convened a meeting with Caribbean Women elected officials in Broward. We discussed Broward County’s efforts to support our Caribbean neighbors affected by Hurricane Beryl. As a proud daughter of Jamaica,     I am committed to working with the Caribbean community to provide aid and assistance to those affected.

       Chaos! The Republican Party policies related to gun safety and access almost got their nominee killed – yet they pulled out their old gaslighting play book and found a way to blame Joe Biden knowing full well the perpetrator was a republican. It was the Republican nominee and his surrogates’ aggressive rhetoric that infused vitriol into our politics lighting. the match that fuels mental instability. Joe Biden could have piled on with negativity; instead he called to make sure he was alright. quickly denounced the act that nearly took the man’s life and asked the same from the country. Those acts of kindness and humanity were repaid with name calling and ugly politics. It’s a special kind of man that couldn’t even recognize or graciously accept the decency of Joe Biden’s out reached hand. Instead, he held up his fist while being lifted and consoled by a female Secret Service Officer his party loves to denigrate and quickly returned to escalating the incendiary rhetoric. Even more egregious, blasphemously touting his escape from death as divine intervention. What a human being! Whether you are a democrat or a republican, decent human beings – and there are decent republicans – reject this kind of ugliness.

       On Thursday, July 18, 2024, Rodney Baltimore,  HOT 105 Radio personality, served as the master of ceremony at the Redeeming Word Christian Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where a candidate’s forum was held, providing an opportunity for voters to hear from candidates vying for Broward County’s constitutional offices and judicial candidates for circuit and county courts.

       The community came together for a special event paying tribute to the late Congressman John Lewis and highlighting the significance of Black votes in shaping our future. The candlelight memorial and fish fry took place on July 17th at Burrows Electric Co. in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

        In an ironic twist of fate, Black women have been at the vanguard for reparations. Heroines like Jenny Slew were on the forefront of our fight. According to Women History Blog.com, “Jenny Slew is believed to have been the first person held as a slave to be granted freedom through trial by jury…” She was born about 1719 as the child of a free white Woman and a Black slave. She lived her life as a free woman until 1762 when she was taken and enslaved by John Whipple Jr.”

       Adding to this uncertainty, the Florida Board of Governors (FBOG) has threatened to eliminate several key programs at FAMU, including the law, nursing, and pharmacy schools. During a recent committee meeting, Vice Chair Alan Levine expressed his discontent by stating, “I’m prepared to vote to take these programs away if we can’t do it the right way” (Tallahassee Democrat, June 28, 2024). These words are alarming and remind us of a troubling past when FAMU’s law school was defunded and repurposed to Florida State University (FSU). Now, discussions suggest a similar fate could befall the law school again, this time repurposed to the University of Central Florida (UCF).

Joe Biden’s decision to end his presidential campaign and endorse Kamala Harris could make American Jewish history: If Harris is nominated and wins, her husband Doug Emhoff would be the first Jewish spouse in the White House.

       ImagineCare LLC filed the lawsuit last week in Leon County circuit court after it was told it was “out of the running” for a contract, the lawsuit said. The multi-year contracts involve tens of billions of dollars, as about 3.14 million people received care through the Medicaid managed-care system as of May.

   The countdown to the  Paris 2024 Olympics has officially begun and Team USA’s Black athletes are poised to deliver electrifying performances and make history!