Author: Carma Henry

Complete the process to bring us out of this mess

  In separate incidents in Burkina Faso, armed men kidnapped a group of women and girls foraging for wild fruits. In the incidents on January 12 and 13, approximately 50 women and girls were taken. Some of the women and girls were abducted about 15 kilometers from Arbinda, while others were abducted from another location in the Soum province. “While out foraging for wild fruits, these wives, mothers, and daughters were unjustly attacked by armed men,” according to the statement. Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, has been the epicenter of the violence that began in neighboring Mali but has since spread across the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert.

     This past weekend Sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida presented us with a gem, the Fort Lauderdale Food & Wine Festival hosted in the heart of Las Olas Beach on A1A Ocean Drive! From grand tastings by South Florida’s best restaurants, liquor, wine, and beer brands, to local vendors, to the true highlight of the festival was none other than Alexander Star and his multi-talented band “The Golden People!”

During the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week of Observance, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick held a series of service projects throughout Florida’s 20th Congressional District. In Palm Beach County, she led a team of volunteers to beautify seniors’ front yards.

    Dr. Phyllisa Smith Deroze is a global diabetes advocate and Founder of Black Diabetic Info and the blog Diagnosed Not Defeated. She was inspired to write this book with her 7-year-old daughter after seeing Jalanah mimic checking her blood sugar at three years old. After discovering that there were no age-appropriate diabetes resources to explain diabetes to a child who wasn’t diagnosed with diabetes, Dr. Deroze knew the two would write one.

The Department of Justice’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program would keep track of white supremacist-inspired hate crimes and other related actions, and Justice Department officials would have the authority to prosecute those responsible for them.

New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries provided a masterclass on leadership and served up a clear reminder of what an up-and-coming senator from Illinois named Barack Obama once did during a divided America.

     January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.  Cervical Cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women in the world, according to the World Health Organization.  Cervical Cancer can be prevented by HPV vaccinations and routine cervical screening tests.  Residents can ask their doctor about HPV vaccine or contact DOH-Broward.  DOH-Broward also offers free pap tests for eligible clients.

A TikTok sensation, Dr. Collman has reached more than 500,000 people with trendy videos, in which she pokes holes in common misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccine.

   America’s once favorite folktale, “Henny-Penny and the Sky Is Falling,” has now been  replaced by, “Trump and Biden, Secret Documents Are Falling  From the Sky. We’ve known for an exceptionally long time that Henny-Penny was an idiot. But to have former president Trump alleged that someone else, maybe the Tooth Fairy, placed those secret  documents at his Mar-a-Lago Estate boarders on insanity. If Trump keep this line of lies going, Florida’s governor  will have Henny-Penny jailed.