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

     Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States. While women typically won’t develop breast cancer until the latter stages of life, some patients under 45 years old show signs of breast cancer. Even teenagers can develop breast cancer symptoms, but how common is this?

     Several countries around the world have reported the worst fires in decades. Wildfires have firefighters battling fires which they cannot control, and many families are forced to evacuate their neighborhoods with no solution in sight. 2023 is one of the hottest years on record and climate change is impacting the weather.

     Besides having difficulty wrapping my head around how much money was spent – and how much was lost – in a cause many reputable political scientists have characterized as “American Adventurism in Afghanistan,” I became angry at the members of Congress who refuse to spend any tax dollars at all to help African Americans in our own country recover from the damage caused by centuries of slavery, racial abuse, and intentional neglect.

Pompano Beach Arts is proud to announce the headlining acts for Jazz Fest Pompano Beach 2024. Grammy® Award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis, one of the most iconic jazz musicians of our time, leads a stellar lineup of internationally renowned artists including Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, David Sanchez, and Najee.

     Now completed, The Souls at Sea Quilt will be donated during the on-land portion of the ceremony at 1 p.m., Saturday, August 19, 2023, at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD. USC members and their guests will then take to their sailboats and the waters to conduct the second portion, an on-water ancestral libation and remembrance ceremony.

Dorian Smith, MSW, MBA, and Michael Watson, MBA, have joined the leadership team of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County as Vice President of Development and Vice President of Programs, respectively. These new positions reflect the growth and impact of the nonprofit’s mission to ignite the power and promise of youth by establishing professionally supported mentoring relationships.