Haitian Electeds And Staff Meet With CCCADI Leadership on Art, Culture, and Civic Engagement

Haitian Electeds And Staff Meet With CCCADI Leadership on Art, Culture, and Civic Engagement

(L-R) Juvanie Piquant of Council Member Rita Joseph’s office, Sabine Blaizin, Director of Programs at CCCADI, Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, Melody Capote, Executive Director of CCCDAI in front of CCCADI’s timeline. Photo by Biv Sanchez. New York, NY – As Haitian Heritage Month comes to a close, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) […]

Tourism Trinidad to Host Lagniappe Culinary Cultural Experience

Tourism Trinidad to Host Lagniappe Culinary Cultural Experience

by Harry Johnsonn //eturbonews.com When government officials and professionals from the Caribbean’s Tourism and Travel Industry converge in Manhattan, New York for Caribbean Week 2023, they can look forward to enjoying Lagniappe – A Culinary Cultural Experience of Trinidad, which will be hosted by Tourism Trinidad Limited at Midtown Loft and Terrace in Manhattan, from 7pm […]

Equip farmers with more digital skills to enhance food production

Equip farmers with more digital skills to enhance food production

High-level officials and experts at a presentation in Chile of the study “Rural Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: State of Play, Challenges and Actions for Digitalization and Sustainable Development” all agreed that farmers must be equipped with digital skills in order to better harness the potential of new technologies in food production. The […]

Fighting to Protect Caribbean LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers in NYC

Fighting to Protect Caribbean LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers in NYC

Unchained members and CEP leadership with NYC Council Member Rita Joseph. Photo courtesy of Caribbean Equality Project. Listen to a special podcast By Xoë Sazzle and Mohamed Q. Amin Since its inception in 2015, Caribbean Equality Project has remained steadfastly committed to its core values and mission of serving and advocating for Caribbean LGBTQ+ voices […]

Grenada’s Carnival, Spicemas, Comes to New York City

Grenada’s Carnival, Spicemas, Comes to New York City

Live music, mas bands, costumes, cuisine and more will transport attendees to the Caribbean’s Spice Island New York, NY. – April 13, 2023 – The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) has partnered with The Spicemas Corporation to give New Yorkers a taste of its beloved carnival, Spicemas. On Sunday, May 7, 2023, Grenada will host an experiential Spicemas […]

Profiles in Excellence…A Celebration of Excellence and Service!

Profiles in Excellence…A Celebration of Excellence and Service!

Professor Carole Boyce-Davis Outstanding Scholarship in African Diaspora Studies Professor Carole Boyce-Davies, is the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters at Cornell University, a professorship named after the 9th and longest serving president of Cornell. Dr Boyce-Davies, who hails from Trinidad and Tobago is author of several books, and former president of the Caribbean […]

The Landings Treats Guests to Carnival “Colors in Motion”

The Landings Treats Guests to Carnival “Colors in Motion”

CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA – CIRCA JULY 2015: Costumed locals in yellow and green in the carnival parade in the capital. (Shutterstock) The Landings Resort & Spa recently treated guests to its in-house Carnival parade dubbed “Colors in Motion”. Held on Friday, July 22, a couple of days after Saint Lucia Carnival wrapped up, the event […]

Emmy Award Winning Actor Keith David, Narrates Feature Documentary About Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s Famed Black Nationalist

Emmy Award Winning Actor Keith David, Narrates Feature Documentary About Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s Famed Black Nationalist

By Anne Thornley-Brown, Jamaicans Roy T. Anderson, veteran movie and television stuntman, will premiere his award-winning documentary, African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey, at a free outdoor screening in Harlem, NY. This ground-breaking film produced by his production company, Black Star Line Films, chronicles the journey of civil rights activist Marcus Garvey. […]

Fed Officials Say Higher Immigration Could Ease U.S. Labor Shortage

Fed Officials Say Higher Immigration Could Ease U.S. Labor Shortage

By Ana Monteiro, Bloomberg Immigration, which slowed during the pandemic, could help ease a shortage of workers in the U.S. that’s pushed job vacancies to an all-time high, according to policy makers at the Federal Reserve. While it remains a hot-button political topic in the U.S. — with some arguing that immigration comes at the […]