9 Ideas for an Amazing Jamaica-Themed Christmas Tree

No disrespect to the traditional Santa-Claus-and-snow-type Christmas tree, but the holidays present Jamaicans with a unique opportunity to recognize their heritage and express their national pride by decorating the tree with ornaments and objects that reflect the culture of the home island. So put on the reggae music, enjoy a glass of sorrel,  have a […]

12-Year-Old Jamaican-American Youngest On The Forbes Magazine 30 Under 30 List

Forbes magazine features 12-Year-Old Jamaican-American Book Collector, Author, Activist, Marley Dias, in their  30 under 30 list for the year 2018. The 12-year-old Jamaican-American who lives in New Jersey is an activist and feminist who has collected more than 10,000 books that have black female protagonists, and in January 2018, her own book “Marley Dias Gets […]

Women Cannot Fight Domestic And Sexual Abuse Battle By Themselves, Men Are Needed

According to Wikipedia: Gender violence, also known as gender-based violence or GBV, is, collectively, violent acts that are motivated by the victim’s gender, as a result of inequalities between genders, or that disproportionately affects a certain gender. Although much gender-based violence is directed towards women and the terms are often treated as if they were […]

On this day in Jamaican history: Olympic Gold Medalist George Rhoden

On 13 December 1926, Olympic runner George Vincent Rhoden was born in Kingston. On July 25th, 1952, George Rhoden won the Olympic 400-meter race in Helsinki, Finland. Rhoden first competed on the global stage at the 1948 Olympics, but did not win a medal that year. He was a member of Jamaica’s 4×400 relay team, […]