How Ashley Moncrieffe’s Annual Jamaican Citizenship Grant Helps Diasporans Reclaim Their Roots

In 2021, Ashley Moncrieffe, a media and events specialist whose parents and sisters migrated from Stony Hill, St. Andrew, Jamaica, to the United States, identified a need among individuals wishing to reconnect with their Jamaican heritage through citizenship. Born in Miami, Florida, and the only first-generation American in her family, Moncrieffe was inspired by a […]

Celebrating Sir Florizel Glasspole: Champion of Workers’ Rights and Education

The late most Honourable Sir Florizel Augustus Glasspole, O.N., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., C.D. was born on September 25, 1909, in Kingston, Jamaica, to Reverend Theophilus Glasspole, a Methodist minister, and his wife, Florence. His early education began at Buff Bay Elementary School in Portland before moving to Kingston, where he attended Central Branch Primary School. In […]