Protect women against sexual predators, time to come out of the darkness
Many of us recall various bad things about our childhood, and a significant amount of us refuse to challenge…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Nation building through educational engagement
Communities that shape schools and schools that are driving forces behind the transformation of the communities make a major difference in…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Two years after Old Harbour News feature, Shirley Nathan-Pulliam receives US lifetime achievement award
At a gala celebrating Jamaica’s 60th year of Independence held in Baltimore on Saturday (August 13), Mrs. Nathan-Pulliam was recognised…
- | Diaspora
Jamaica Diaspora group to use RICE to aid educators back home
The conference is coordinated by the combined five education task forces led by Dr. Noel Gordon, Ms. Andrea Thomas, and Dr. Sherian Demetrius…
- | Diaspora, Education
Google start-up academy for Jamaica
The programme will be held virtually and will comprehensively cover a wide range of topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
- | Diaspora
Marlie Mount Primary past student ‘100% on Jamaica’ educators with TagHeart Foundation
But in the last few years she and husband Mark McTaggart, who is an avionics engineer, saw themselves branching out on their own.
In…
- | Diaspora, Education, Health
Jamaican-born infectious disease expert Dr. Upton Allen keynote speaker for JDTAN Health Summit
The summit, led by Jamaica Diaspora Health Taskforce, will be held at George Brown College Waterfront Campus, from August 29-31, 2022.
…- | Diaspora, Health
Jamaican teachers travel to New York for education summit
The summit will be held from March 21-25 in Manhattan, New York, and will bring together approximately 60 Jamaican educators from varied…
- | Diaspora, Education
Jamaica Diaspora taskforces transform brain drain to brain gain
By August that same year, I convinced six individuals to buy into my dream of building energy around education in the Diaspora that would…
- | Diaspora, Education
Hamden Rovers | Charity founded by Jamaicans in Connecticut wants to create legacies that last after building barber shop at Sunbeam Boys Home
Each week they will gather for a game of scrimmage at the end of which they spend a few hours talking up ideas about how they could serve the…
- | Diaspora
Jamaican charity delivers scholarships despite pandemic impacts
The Harris Family Vision Foundation Inc is a not-for-profit charity organization run by Jamaican-born United States nationals. It has evolved…
- | Diaspora, Education
Where do we go now? Reflecting on The Reform of Jamaica Education 2021 Report
Globally, governments are tackling the devastation, to the whole child, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Redirecting a focus to students…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
Towards a more perfect education
My commitment to education compels me to start my year off thinking about how I may contribute even more to assisting other educators and…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
A delicious serving of Jamaican taste bits in New York
Supported by The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Taste Bits of Jamaica was designed to showcase some of Jamaica’s most popular cultural…
- | Diaspora
Happy 59th Independence Jamaica
The replacement of the Union Jack on August 6, 1962, by the green, gold, and black flag was a chance to create a proud country of people with…
- | Commentary, Diaspora
4,600 tablets donated to Jamaica under Device for Every Child initiative
The ‘Device for Every Child’ initiative, a programme of the Jamaica Diaspora Taskforce Action Network (JDTAN) announced today it…
- | Diaspora, Education