ORLANDO CARNIVAL/MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT/DISTRICT 5 CANDIDATE RUN-OFF CONVERSATION

Guenet Gibbons-Roberts and her husband Sam are the visionaries and managers of the new and improved Orlando Carnival. Starting Friday May 24th Orlando comes alive through Sunday May 26th. Throughout the city there will be festive attributes to the Caribbean culture. Roberts gave the history of Carnival, “Stating that it is based on the Catholic religion. It is Mardi Gras but with an African undertone to it, with a dash of that Indian spice of the folks in the Caribbean but it’s a very West African Celebration!” For more information visit www.orlandocarnivaldowntown.com Route 7 is an organization that’s been in existence for men 21 and up since 2016. Their focus areas are accountability, community service and collaboration. They hold accountability sessions quarterly, but they meet monthly. Route 7 hosts a Speaker Series on a host of topics vital to men. Pernell Bush with No Limit Counseling and Education will be the mental health expert on hand to help guide men through their discussion May 30th 7pm at the Grand Avenue Community Center. It’s FREE to attend please register www.route7orlando.org Two candidates in the District 5 race for the City Commission seat was narrowed down to Shan Rose and Travaris McCurdy. Our conversation allowed the STAR audience another chance to hear from them before the upcoming run-off election which will be June 18th. The deadline to request vote by mail is June 8th (which is a Saturday) and early voting takes place June 10th – 16th at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office. Check back with STAR 94.5 for an updated list of voting sites on election Tuesday.