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

Mental health and well-being are different for everyone, and it’s important to understand that It’s OK to not be OK.  When a person is experiencing challenges to their mental health, it is important that they have the help and support necessary to guide them through it. Mental health challenges can affect a person’s moods, behaviors, and even their cognitive functioning.

Pompano Beach Arts invites you to come spend your fifth Sundays in fellowship with the community and celebrate the soul-lifting power of gospel music. April’s event showcases your favorite hymns beautifully performed by some of the most talented and anointed singers and musicians around.

Demitris Mincey, a 2006 graduate of Dillard High School. has been chosen as its next football coach. Having been associated with this legendary program as a player and assistant coach should assist in making the transition from junior varsity – last year’s JV team was undefeated marked by a signature victory over St. Thomas Aquinas for the first time in over 10 year – a relatively smooth one.

     Blake Bolden is a scout for the Los Angeles Kings and former defenseman at Boston College from 2009-13. She was the first Black player to compete in the National Women’s Hockey League that was rebranded the Premier Hockey League in 2021 and won championships in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (2015) and NWHL (2016). She said it was amazing to witness a Black woman be nominated two years in a row and win the award.

   America’s rise to become the most powerful Nation  on the planet resulted from  unparallel scientific, artistic, social, industrial, political, and educational  achievements. Yet, this blazing trail is fraught with abominable cruelty against Native Americans and Black people. White supremacists using their “Critically Authentic Ignorance,” (CAI), selectively deemed Native Americans and Black people respectively as savages and inferior.