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From Trinidad, to Hempstead NY,
Jennifer Carroll allowed God to
guide her footsteps from the Navy to
the Florida House of
Representatives. Jennifer spent eight
years representing Jacksonville
Florida, has worked to pass
meaningful legislation.
On September 3, 2010 Florida's
politics changed forever as
Gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott
announce Representative Jennifer
Carroll as his running mate. "I am
very pleased to announce that
Jennifer Carroll is joining me on this
campaign to change Florida for the
better," said Scott.
"She is the embodiment of the
American Dream. She came to
America as a young girl, decided to
serve her country with the United
States Navy, pursued a higher
education, started a small business,
and then was elected the first African
American female Republican in the
Florida State Legislature.
On Sunday, October 3, 2010, an
estimated 135 million Brazilians went
to the polls to elect their first female
head of government, Dilma Rousseff.
President-elect Rousseff had a very
interesting journey of life. She was a
member of a militant group, was
captured, arrested, and tortured.
She takes power in a country on the
rise, which is expected to be the
world's fifth-largest economy by the
time it hosts the 2016 Summer
Olympics.
Rousseff told jubilant supporters
"The eradication of extreme poverty
is a target that I assume and I
humbly ask for the support of you all
to help the country overcome this
abyss that still separates us from
being a developed nation," she added.
"This ambitious goal will not be
achieved by the government alone. It
is a call for the nation."
Reverend Elaine Flake co-pastor of The
Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral, the
57th largest church in America is also
the co-founder of the Allen Christian
School in Jamaica, NY, serving over
500 African American students.
Reverend Elaine recognized as a
powerful preacher, teacher and role
model with a gift for reaching
worshippers of all ages believe in
ministering beyond the wall of the
Church and together with her husband
the Reverend Floyd H. Flake, started
the Allen Prison Ministry, the Allen
Cancer Support Ministry, and the Allen
HIV/AIDS Ministry. In 2011 Reverend
Elaine and the Allen Women's Ministry
will be hosting their 28th Annual
Women's Conference.
She also authored several spiritual "God
In Her Midst: Preaching Healing to
Hurting Women", "Souls of My Sisters:
Black Women Break Their Silence, Tell
Their Stories, and Heal Their Spirits",
has contributed to the "Women of
Color Study Bible", she also
co-authored two books with her
husband.