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

      The National Bar Association, the nation’s oldest and largest association of Black lawyers and judges, has promoted equal justice under the law for almost a century. We have engaged in some of history’s fiercest civil rights battles, and we remain unafraid to go wherever the fight for justice calls – even if it means confronting the bitter state of affairs across the South.

 The updated guidance comes days after the State Department warned Americans to reconsider travel to Israel and not to travel to the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict. The department has since issued an advisory warning Americans not to travel to nearby Lebanon “due to the unpredictable security situation related to rocket, missile, and artillery ex-changes between Israel and [Hezbollah] or other armed militant factions.”

The evening went pretty much the way guests expected despite some disturbing news. It was still a celebration Friday Night as guests paid homage to Rainbow PUSH Founder, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., and shared stories after Rainbow PUSH Board Chair Tricia “CK” Hoffler announced that the long-time civil right’s leader would not be attending because he had been admitted into the hospital.

     Public Schools throughout America have struggled with the tasks of narrowing the achievement gap primarily between white and Black students. Unfortunately, research shows that the achievement gap for Black students exists before they begin school. Consequently, narrowing the achievement gap begins at home.

   The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most accepted standard for children’s rights. These rights include: the right to health, education, family life, play and recreation, an adequate standard of living and to be protected from abuse and harm.

   Peace or war? Murder or compassion? The hell in Israel and Palestine these last few weeks is the planet’s latest focal point of self-annihilation, which always begins with the dehumanization of enemies. And as Fox points out, this can lead to . . . holocaust: “the unthinkable becomes acceptable when we deny people their humanity.”