Jamaican Hall of Fame: Colin Powell, A Soldier and a Statesman

(Generals Loeffke and Powell before Congress in 1993.) Maj. Gen. Bernard Loeffke led an effort to rebuild 27homes with sanitation through Food For The Poor in the Peacemakers Community of Hope, located in the town of Spring Pass in Hamstead, St.Thomas,Jamaica. Loeffke says he chose Jamaica because it is the birthplace of Food For The Poor and is the homeland of the parents of another General, his dear friend Gen. Colin L. Powell who supported the community. Loeffke plans to share his recent experience with Food For The Poor at the 50th Anniversary of White House Fellows 2015 Leadership Conference in the Washington, D.C., October 22-24.

“Make something of your Life!”……..A phrase Colin L Powell’s parents used to recite. Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in New York City’s Harlem District to Jamaican parents, Theopolis and Maud Powell. Powell’s father, Luther Theopolis Powell grew up in Top Hill Jamaica and his mother, Maud Ariel Mckoy, affectionately known as […]