Author: Carma Henry

Palm Beach State College will receive $1 million in federal funding to train faculty and students in artificial intelligence and to buy high-tech equipment for them to get ahead on rapidly growing technology that will transform industries.

     Held January 16, 2023, at Indian Springs Country Club, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Brunch featured speakers Isaac Lane, pastor of St. John Primitive Baptist Church; Verdenia Baker, Palm Beach County Administrator; Daniyah Straghn, a ninth-grade student from Atlantic Community High School; and a performance by the St. John Primitive Baptist Church Praise Team.                     

     Asked if gymnastics was just a passing fancy, he affirmed his feelings about the sport: “I have always loved gymnastics, but I never thought about it as a competitive sport;  but now I see the work involved. I would like to continue in the sport even though it is not part of my school path. So I will have to see how far I can go with it.” His exponential growth spurt – 5’10”, 160  pounds -.has certainly  increased his self-confidence and competitive juices while providing a healthy, mature perspective on balancing athletics and academics. While I have always been athletic and played basketball for city teams, I have never joined many organized sports. My favorite sport is basketball and my favorite athlete is Kyrie Irving, a leader on and off the court, one who symbolizes hope and inspiration.

     Now, Gary has taken his talents to the world of authors with the creation of SOLE SURVIVORS. This series aims to inspire, educate, and provide awareness of the daily health challenges children and many other people across the world face with chronic health conditions. Gary’s intent is to instill the perseverance and mental guidance to live a healthy lifestyle against all odds and to communicate that diagnoses are not barriers to success, but springboards.

29th Annual Greek Unity Day Celebration, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023 at 8:45 a.m., at Mt. Hermon AME Church,401 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311. Featured Organization: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

FLOWERS Funeral services for the late Herman Lee Flowers – 55 were held January 21st at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Funeral Home with Elder Shawn Martin…

     The Rosewood massacre was a racially motivated massacre of Black people and the destruction of a black town that took place during the first week of January 1923 in rural Levy County, Florida, United States. At least six Black people and two white people were killed, but eyewitness accounts suggested a higher death toll of 27 to 150. The town of Rosewood was destroyed in what contemporary news reports characterized as a race riot. Florida had an especially high number of lynchings of Black men in the years before the massacre,[2] including a well-publicized incident in December 1922.[citation needed]

Saying that an African American studies course “lacks educational value,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is defending its rejection of the curriculum, while Black religious leaders and elected officials are pledging to “fight like hell” against the decision.

     The formal announcement occurred during a Zoom news conference on January 22.

It’s taken nearly 100 years for healing to begin from the 1920 Ocoee massacre. Somewhere between the evil of that night and the long-overdue commemorations of today are timeless lessons you might not expect.