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Black History Month

February 6, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Black History Month originated in 1915, about 50 years after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery. […]

Last week, I sat in a town hall meeting at the New Mount Olive Church hosted by Dr. Rosalind Osgood, School Board Vice Chair. I learned how important the 2020 census is to our community. I also learned about human sex trafficking and how much it affects many young girls in Broward County. It was scary to hear how many children become victims for money. […]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 23, 2020 Carma Henry 0

January 20, was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a preacher and civil rights activist. He believed in equal rights. King rose to national prominence as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which promoted nonviolent tactics, such as the famous March on Washington, to achieve civil rights. […]

Bahamas Mission Trip

January 23, 2020 Carma Henry 0

At the campfire, there was a sermon and worship time. The rest of the trip went like the first day, but we visited different places such as special needs schools and homes for the elderly. […]

Growing the Voices of Our Future

January 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

Growing the Voices of Our Future […]

Year Round Candy Wonderland

January 16, 2020 Carma Henry 0

On December 26, I went to Candytopia, a colorful exhibition with beautiful candy art and actual candy which visitors can sample. Candytopia sends its visitors through a trip straight out of a Willy Wonka dream. […]

Freedom’s Eve

January 9, 2020 Carma Henry 0

On December 31, most African American churches have a watch night service. Watch Night, also called Freedom’s Eve, Christian religious service held on New Year’s Eve and associated, in many African American churches, with a celebration and remembrance of the Emancipation Proclamation (enacted January 1, 1863), which freed slaves in the Confederate states during the American Civil War. […]

A great Christmas and happy new year

January 9, 2020 Carma Henry 0

We hope everyone has a great Christmas and happy new year! Can you believe that 2019 is over and so is the 2010 decade! At the start of the decade, I was an only child in daycare, and now I’m a big sister about to enter high school with two little brothers. […]

Giving Back

December 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

NFL football player Eddie Jackson gave away bikes, scooters and helmets to kids in his hometown (Lauderdale Lakes). The giveaway took place at Vincent Torres Memorial Park on 12/23/19. […]

Real, alive or faux-that is the question

December 27, 2019 Carma Henry 0

There were multiple Taxidermy Wall Mounts that were deer heads on the wall. When I walked in I saw a cat. I thought it was a statue. However, when the cat moved my heart dropped. The cat looked at me and then it moved! I was scared out of my mind, but after that happened I was looking around. […]