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

Crystal Banks    Funeral services was held June 1st in Johnstown, Penn.   Amari Noele Dreakford – 16-years-old Funeral service was held June 1st at James C.…

Tershania Renee James  Funeral service was held June 1st   at McWhite’s Funeral Home. Willie Le Kelley Funeral service was held June 1st  at McWhite’s Funeral…

   Florida A&M University (FAMU) mourns the loss of Eddie Jackson, president of the 220 Quarterback Club  and one of the most ardent supporters of his alma mater. Jackson, who served as director of Communications and vice president of University Relations under then President Frederick S. Humphries, Sr., Ph.D., died Monday, June 3. He was 86.

     As a faculty member at Bethune-Cookman University, I saw that shift in real time. Around the same time students started coming back to campus in November 2021, there was a clear uptick in mental health crisis events. Some were struggling with financial instability or anxiety about school or athletics, others were coping with loneliness and uncertainty – but they all needed, and deserved, our support.