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After all, I’m a Black woman from Jamaica who works in human resources. It was here that I first encountered bias, when some assumed that the education I’d received in Jamaica was somehow less rigorous. Knowing this to be untrue, I disregarded it, persevered, and returned to Jamaica with my degree to launch my HR career.

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Advocating for Black communities Another theme interwoven throughout the conference was advocacy for Black communities. Panelists from Brazil, Kenya, and Jamaica discussed the importance of empowering communities in the African diaspora.

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DECEMBER 10, 2011

Our Martus team trained two new partners focused on rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people : Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays , or J-FLAG and AIDS-Free World. Both organizations work in the Caribbean, where sexual minorities face widespread violence, bigotry and marginalization.

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