Abstract The Jamaica Organization of New Jersey (JON-J) Awards of Excellence Gala, held on August 23, 2024, at The Hanover Manor in East Hanover, New Jersey was a grand affair marked by glamour, glitz, and great execution. The Theme of the Awards Gala, ‘Embracing Challenges, Unlocking Opportunities’ shone through the careers of three awardees: legendary […]
Male Marginalisation Revisited. In Gender in the 21st Century: Caribbean Perspectives, Visions and Possibilities. Editors: Barbara Bailey and Elsa Leo-Rhynie Editors. Ian Randle Publishers. Kingston. 2004. Pp 99-133.
INTRODUCTION The Reverend Dr. Devon Dick and the Organisers of the Boulevard Baptist Church have conferred on me the great honour to deliver this first Eric Downie Memorial Lecture. While the task is awesome, it is not one that I could decline. We are inaugurating the commemoration of the life and work of a remarkable […]
INTRODUCTION IT’S ABOUT POWER, NOT ABOUT THE ECONOMY It’s All About Power Part 3: WASP versus the Rising Marginalized is the most apt description of the current state of power as it is contested in the United States. The 116th Congress is younger, more female, more ethnically and racially diverse, broader in acknowledged sexual orientation, […]
It is now almost fourteen years from April 30th, 1986; when, I had the great honor to deliver the first Aubrey Phillips Memorial Lecture on the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies as a tribute to my late mentor and colleague, Professor Aubrey Phillips. The subject and the title of that lecture […]
