Jamaican-Born UK Community Activist Olive Morris Honored with a Google Doodle
The community leader and activist Olive Morris was honored on June 26, 2020, with a Google Doodle to commemorate the 68th anniversary of her birth in St. Catherine, Jamaica, in 1943. Morris moved to Brixton in the United Kingdom from Jamaica to join her parents who had migrated to the UK as part of the […]
British Jamaican Featured on CNN Discussing why Black History Should be Mandatory in UK Curriculum
Lavinya Stennett, founder and CEO of The Black Curriculum organization, was featured on a June 29, 2020 episode of CNN News Room Live with Michael Holmes. Stennett spoke at length about why black history should be mandatory in all UK schools. Black history is typically touched upon briefly or omitted altogether, even though it’s an […]
British-Jamaican Dame White a Front Runner for UK Top Civil Service Job
Dame Sharon White, 58, a British-Jamaican businesswoman who left her post at the Treasury to become the chief executive officer at Ofcom, is a front runner to fill the position of Cabinet Secretary in the administration of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Currently serving as chair of the John Lewis Partnership, a position […]
Young Jamaican-American in New York Fighting for School Safety Featured in Vogue and Yahoo
The fight for safer schools in New York by Jamaican-American, Alliyah Logan, is definitely being noticed. She was featured in the June issue of “Teen Vogue” magazine and in a Yahoo! Life story. “I was featured in this Teen Vogue article, which is long overdue. The article covered Black Youth advocating to remove policing from […]
Oprah Magazine Features Five Jamaican Authors on List of Recommended Caribbean Books
In honor of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, which was instituted in 2006 by President George W. Bush and is held each June to honor contributions by Caribbean people to the society and culture of the United States, the Oprah Magazine has featured a list of 16 books by Caribbean authors meant to encourage readers to […]
My Experience With Discrimination in America as a Black Jamaican-born Entrepreneur
The death of George Floyd has awoken a movement across America that I hope will lead to substantive changes in the way governments, enterprises, and communities deal with people of color. Yet while the confluence of events over the last few weeks has touched me to my core, it’s left me with more questions than […]
Three Signs Your Marriage Is Distracted
Distractions cause major hiccups in communication, concentration, and just about every attempt at an accomplishment. Marriages suffer greatly today because distractions are overpowering focus and priority. Priorities cannot suffer at the hands of distractions without a driver of those distractions. A pen needs a hand to write just as a car needs a driver to […]
CNN Features Jamaican Rum
Jamaican rum is legendary with a history that reaches into centuries past. That uniqueness was honored when CNN featured Jamaican rum in one of its travel segments. Master blenders have called the distinctive taste funky and it’s something that visitors come to the island in search of – an earthiness known to the residents as […]
Immigration Advice: The US Supreme Court DACA Decision of 18 June 2020
On the 18th of June 2020, the US Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in the case of THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ET AL V. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. The decision was favorable to the class of individuals known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). By a 5-4 […]
Fo’hunnid kidneys? Not for no camel coat! — Just Being Funny By Caribbean Comedian Onicia Muller
I worked ten-hour days without chatty coworkers, annoying pop music, or hovering managers. Massimo Dutti was the perfect gig for quick vacation cash. I ain’t care that they sequestered me to the upstairs closet like some tacky, out-of-season Quasimodo. I embraced my inner fashion warehouse ninja and mastered the art of stacking. Upside. Downside. Eight […]