Jamaica Related Topics 
Candid
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 28, 2005
In 1998, during the embryonic stages of the project, this focus turned to a concept called "Reverence for Life," a non-demonational philsophy of self-development which had taken root in Jamaica's prisons. He imagines a Jamaica ten years in 2008, ten years after the initial discussions about this project began.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
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.
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 5, 2012
This summer, I had the privilege of travelling to Montego Bay, Jamaica to lead a Board retreat for the Jamaican Christian School for the Deaf and Servant’s Heart Jamaica. My guide told me that I probably saw more of the true island that 90% of the people who visit Jamaica. Not so in Jamaica.
Candid
DECEMBER 10, 2024
She starts with her personal DEI journeyfrom first facing discrimination as a student from Jamaica, to understanding how systemic bias kept people of color, women, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other underrepresented groups from speaking up at work.
Candid
MAY 23, 2023
Panelists from Brazil, Kenya, and Jamaica discussed the importance of empowering communities in the African diaspora. At the opening plenary brunch, Susan shared that together we are “transforming philanthropy so it empowers the leaders and organizations that build power in Black communities.”
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 3, 2007
The meetings take place the first Sunday of the month in Jamaica Plain. The Boston Media Makers is a community of practice consisting of people in the Boston area who are making (new) media. The group includes podcaster, video bloggers, filmmakers, artists, educators, videographers, and more. I always learn so much when I attend.
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