Author: Carma Henry

Gov. Ron DeSantis this week stood at a lectern with a placard declaring “let kids be kids” as he signed a suite of bills targeting LGBTQ issues — something the organization Equality Florida branded as the governor’s “slate of hate.”

Thanks to a longstanding collaboration with industry leader Music Theater International (MTI), students at the Broward Center’s Rose Miniaci Arts Education Center will be among the first to present Beetlejuice Jr., a pilot version of the junior edition of the hit Broadway show, on Thursday, May 25 and Friday, May 26 at 8 p.m. 

At just 15 years old, Lexie Jones, an African American student from Alabaster, Alabama, is graduating from high school. She also makes history as the youngest to become her school’s valedictorian.

   In an effort to bring people together socially, the library is converting its former computer center into an actual living room, with comfortable seating, game tables and other features designed to promote community interaction. The Library Living Room program was inspired by research commissioned in 2021 by healthcare provider Cigna Group that found that more than half of the adults in America (58%) experience loneliness.

 Many of Dr. Anne Gayles-Felton’s colleagues and students have been inspired by her work and achievements. Dr. Anne Gayles-Felton’s professional career concentration was secondary education – undergraduate and graduate studies. She is well known nationally for her commitment and contributions to education. She is an internationally renown, highly sought-after writer and researcher.

“Just about every mass shooting that we’ve been hearing about, there’s a statement from police that mental health played a factor. Often the shooter is barely an adult.  What is the Mental Health Community saying about the rise in Mass Shootings? What can we do about it?”

     It seems like there is some good news regarding singer and actor Jamie Foxx who has been hospitalized for over a month. He has reportedly been discharged from the hospital and now receiving care in Chicago at the renowned Shirley Ryan AbilityLab after his recent health scare.

     President Biden is proving to be the ultimate diplomat at home as well as abroad. His efforts to save Ukraine’s democracy, barring no financial limits, aren’t   without grave risks to our own economy. This comes on top of the two trillion-dollar senseless  twenty year struggle in Afghanistan. Bridge the two financial drains and you could fill the Grand Canyon with taxpayers’ dollars. Yet, Biden appears oblivious to Republicans’ war at home against democracy.

      The Democratic Black Caucus of Florida held its 40thanniversary at the Rosen Centre on May 19 – 21/ 2023.  Forty years ago in 1981, the Florida State Democratic Party Convention in Hollywood, Florida realized there was a need for more Blacks in the party. A decision was made at the convention to unite Black Democrats across the state.

      Nowadays, politicians are constantly talking about witch hunts. Every time a politician gets charged, indicted, convicted, or made liable for a crime or criminal misconduct, they run straight to the microphones and TV cameras to claim that any accusation about them is a witch hunt.