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“It is with much thought and heart felt decision that I am no longer campaigning to become district 107 State Representative. After spending just a couple of days in Tallahassee this past week, speaking with my team, and speaking with my family, I realize that there is more work to be done locally.
As abortions become increasingly restricted, women facing unwanted pregnancies are navigating complex and often clandestine paths to access reproductive healthcare services. The ban has fueled fear, uncertainty, and risks for women seeking abortions, compelling them to resort to secretive measures, including traveling out of state or relying on underground networks.
The Senate Education Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the bill (SB 62), which would require that people not lose resident status “solely by reason of incarceration in a state or federal correctional facility in this state.”
Ladies of SISTRUNK
Anthony Duclair Foundation held a groundbreaking event celebrating the coming of a synthetic hockey rink at Boyd Anderson High School.
Contributing to The Westside Gazette, a historical newspaper deeply embedded in the community’s fabric, is an exhilarating and humbling experience. Since childhood, I’ve revered its pages, once even seeing my mother, Cynthia Robinson, celebrated for her remarkable community endeavors.
In 2022 I was presented with the Centennial Leader Award by the National Parks Conservation Association for the difference I made connecting Americans to the national parks. That would not have happened if it wasn’t for The Westside Gazette which published the first story my husband Frank and I wrote about the parks and the environment in 1995.
In my 36 years of writing mostly for the Black press, I found the writers and readers share a passion to hear our story from our own voice. As an Alpha member, I take pride in being able to serve my community by writing our story. The current cauldron of Black history misinformation manifests the words of Samuel Cornish. The founder of the first Black paper said “… Too long have the public been deceived by misrepresentations, in things that concern us dearly…”
“40 Acres & A Mule’’ (40 Acres) is not just a pithy retort to a mundane question. It was part of a complex post Civil war plan by the government. It was a two-pronged proposal to effect punitive retribution on the South and constructively integrate 10 million former slaves into the Union.