Author: Carma Henry

        In other words, what you’ve been told was an epic battle between major political parties and interests was really a political pillow fight between political lovers in a leaky waterbed!

The Critics’ Awards Program, or Cappies for short, celebrated the best of high school theater and theater criticism at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, where the program was launched more than two decades ago.

      Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a gas station owner with calls to channel their righteous anger into collective support and political action.

     Kenneth Bond, 44, and Kelly Gilliss, 43, participated in the Second Chance College Program, which offers post-secondary education to incarcerated students through federal funding.

Carrying out a new law, a joint panel of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine is slated next week to discuss rules about treatments for transgender minors and adults. The Joint Rules and Legislative Committee of the medical boards will meet Thursday in Tampa. The Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis this month approved a law (SB 254) that bars doctors from providing treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.

      In a soft-spoken voice, 11-year-old Aderrien Murry told ABC’s Good Morning America the heart-wrenching details of the night he nearly lost his life by the hands of a police officer. The boy was shot and injured by a responding officer after dialing 911 for help.

The Orange Blossom Classic Committee organized the kick-off press conference to also announce a strategic alliance with the Recording Academy Black Music Collective. “It’s my absolute pleasure to announce that the Recording Academy Black Music Collective and the Orange Blossom Classic have formed an alliance to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their bands”, explained via video, Recording Academy Black Music Collective Chair, Rico Love. “Our first initiative is to celebrate HBCU bands during Black Music Month, highlighting their talent and cultural significance. Our goal is to amplify their voices and promote their achievements. We are excited to collaborate with the Orange Blossom Classic Committee on this exciting project”.

A high school graduate from Oklahoma is suing the district where she previously attended school because she claims administrators there forbade her from wearing a holy eagle plume on her graduation hat. The case, which was filed last week in Tulsa County by attorneys for the student, Lena’ Black, against Broken Arrow Public Schools and two district workers, centers on an encounter that happened last year just before graduation.

  America declared its independence on July 4,  1776. At the conclusion of the American Revolutionary War,  George Washington was elected as its first president. Subsequently, forty-six  white men, with the exception of  one Black man, Barack Obama, who served two terms, have served as president.  The U.S. Constitution only stipulates the following three formal qualification for anyone seeking to run for the most powerful and demanding position in the world: 1) the individual must be a naturalized born American citizen, 2) must be at least thirty-five years old, and 3) must have been a resident of the United States for at least fourteen years.

Our Story: AIDS in the Black Community is a theatrical production composed of vignettes featuring cast of characters all keeping a secret; the fact that they are living with HIV. Audiences learn the back-story of the characters and the impact; not only on their lives, but those they love. To Millions of people all over the world live this story every day, and have been impacted by HIV in some way since the AIDS outbreak in 1981. Thirty years, it remains one of the most challenging and polarizing topics, specifically in the African American community. Our Story serves to address the topic of AIDS to begin the healing of Black communities and come together sharing information and understanding.