I have the utmost respect for the public officials who are taking the time to listen, learn, and hear from the communities they represent. 

As a Human

It’s lockdown time now because of the COVID-19 pandemic and many married people aren’t happy.

In the face of an unstable mutating virus and the uncertainty of an effective vaccine, global public health protocols have been sensibly advocating the importance of a healthy immune system, personal hygiene, physical distancing, wearing masks, testing widely, contact tracing, patient isolation and treatment. Caribbean countries have been augmenting the facilities, staffing, equipment and supplies at their treatment centers.

“We are not going to be driven by a date, we are going to be driven by protocols that make us safe because we want to remain safe for our people, we want to remain safe for people who are visiting us”– Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, chair of the 15-member Caribbean community, says the region will not rush to re-open for tourists in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, we condemned China last month for the video beating of black people on the streets of Guangzhou, and this month we must condemn the United States for the wanton murders of black people, the latest one on video being the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We declare that Afrocentricity International in its quest for African unity stands with those courageous people who defy any racial or cultural attacks on Africans anywhere.

In the midst of the murder of George Floyd, the fires rage across the United States of America. The South Florida Black Prosperity Alliance understands the pent-up rage within our community as Black people - men and women - continue to be murdered by those who have decided that it is open season.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are characterized by their exposure to a variety of risks and limited capacity to deal with them when they occur.

The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery are visceral in our collective consciousness.   All three murders were completely unnecessary and vividly demonstrate that all men are not created equal under American Law and the American Constitution.  The 13th Amendment drafted in 1865, which was supposed to abolish slavery clearly created a loophole for continued slavery through incarceration summarily reads:  “slavery shall not exist in the United States…except as punishment for a crime whereof the party has been duly convicted”.  The vistages of the 13th Amendment have fueled the growth and development of a criminal justice system where blacks are incarcerated at five times (5x) the rate of whites, and is a direct product of police brutality against blacks.   The recent murders and the inability of the criminal justice system to respond in an equitable way has led to protests and/or riots in all 50 states. 

Dear Friends of District 8,

Over the past two weeks, our country has been devastated and driven to action – not just by the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, but by all the deaths that came before for which there was no justice or accountability.

As of May 21, 96,228 people living in theUnited States haddied from COVID-19.

Our hearts go out to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the entire Black community that deals with these injustices daily in their own lives.