UP CLOSE WITH SHIRLEY J. THOMPSON: VISIONARY ARTIST AND CULTURAL ACTIVIST
Shirley Thompson could have been anything she wanted to become because from childhood she was not only good at everything, even when playing games, but...
Category : Jamaicans Making A Mark
CAMP INSPIRE: WYVOLYN GAGER FINDS FULFILLMENT IN VOLUNTARISM
VOLUNTARISM – THE ACT OF GIVING YOUR TIME, TALENT AND RESOURCES TO A GROUP, ORGANIZATION OR COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE EXPECTATION OF ANY KIND OF REWARD,...
THE ‘HELPING HANDS’ OF JAMAICAN-CANADIANS : VOLUNTOURISM IN PRACTICE
Jamaican-Canadians may not be as visible or as vocal as their fellow countrymen and countrywomen further down south in the USA, but they are no...
CITY OF ATLANTA SELECTS JAMAICA’S BASIL WATSON TO CREATE NEW STATUE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JNR
It is now official. The city of Atlanta, Georgia is to have a new statue of its most famous son, Martin Luther King jr....
IS JAMAICA ME COME FROM: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY FROM POVERTY IN JAMAICA TO POWER IN AMERICA
Marcia Ranglin-Vassell’s journey from a 2-room board house in Bull Bay, Jamaica to a seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives is not a...
TAKING CHARGE! THE RISE OF JAMAICAN-AMERICANS IN US LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL POLITICS
Updated – November 13th 2018 When the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board Members of the USA meet from November 16-18, 2018 for its Leadership Summit in...
JAMAICAN-AMERICANS SCORE BIG IN BROWARD COUNTY ELECTIONS
Broward County now has its first female Jamaican-American Judge! Jackie Powell featured by jamaicaglobalonline on September 13, won the seat in a run-off with Allison...
IRWINE CLARE: LITTLE MAN WITH A BIG HEART, WORKING TIRELESSLY FOR JAMAICA AND JAMAICANS
If any Jamaican or Caribbean person living in the USA were to be asked to name the one person who demonstrates a passion for, and...
‘WE LIKKLE BUT WE TALLAWAH’ KINGSTON SUPERGIRL AT THE HELM OF MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR US CORPORATION
If you live in the US or have visited the USA or Canada or even been exposed to American TV ads must have seen and...
JACKIE POWELL: BROWARD COUNTY’S FIRST FEMALE JAMAICAN AMERICAN JUDGE IN WAITING
As Jamaicans and persons of Jamaican heritage in the US grow in self-confidence, an increasing number are putting themselves forward for elected office, especially in...