Author: Carma Henry

     As a brand-new mentor in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County program, the impact of mentoring has become more real and infinitely more significant. This new experience has opened my eyes to the lifechanging path of the mentoring relationship.

      More than 100 community leaders met at noon in Tallahassee Jan 25. They came despite severe storms and heavy rain, to the Florida Capitol to oppose Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banning an AP honors class in African American history. Their resolve was clearly stated to DeSantis via lots of news media: stop the course banning or Attorney Ben Crump may sue on behalf of high school honor students. A few days later the Florida NAACP meeting in Orlando committed also to suing DeSantis to about the course ban.

The Miami-Dade Beacon Council, the County’s official public-private economic development partnership, names Rodrick Miller President and Chief Executive Officer. One of the nation’s foremost economic development leaders, Miller brings decades of experience and a commitment to inclusive, sustainable development to one of the fastest growing, most diverse business destinations in the world: Miami.

     If the culture ever needed a football coach to be a peacekeeper, it was the amazing display for the announcement of Albany State University head coach Quinn Gray.  Though not as sensational as what has been going on in the HBCU coaching realm as of late, it represented who we are and a sense of normalcy.  Gray, dressed in a brand new blue suit with yellow pinstripes, a yellow shirt, and a yellow and blue tie, he was manicured and stood tall representing what was pleasing to a unified Golden Ram nation.

 A frightening silence fell over the city of Memphis, as others staged demonstrations across the country, including in Dallas on Botham Jean Blvd., after the release on Friday of police videos that showed the brutally fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. 

     Now the family’s attorneys and the public are asking why the one white cop who has been identified in connection with the alleged murder can keep collecting paychecks while the others face criminal charges. Not to mention, Hemphill’s attorney says he’s been on paid leave since the start of the investigation.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.  
Ol’ Peter has been dragging slow. Not that there isn’t a lot of dirt, but the dirt seems to be settling a little now that the Board has resolved itself to rid the district of Super Cartwright. 

A Tribute Honorary to Willie Clark Sr.

     At the beginning of Black History Month, with the controversy being stoked by Governor DeSantis who is purportedly striving to “ban Black history,” I feel privileged to take you and the governor on a tour through the National Park System where the evidence of Black contributions to the development, sustenance and defense of the United States is enshrined on the land. There is no possibility of Black history being erased in Florida or anywhere else in America.

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