Impacting Jamaica

Math Whiz Shinnell Williams' favourite person is CARI-MED’s Glen Christian because he has a heart for giving back to community.Like Christian, Shinnell hails from Brandon Hill, Clarendon, and has also been playing her part to empower her community of origin.The 25-year-old, who is enrolled as a final-year student at Mico University College, believes she is gifted in mathematics. Upon receiving her degree, she will be qualified to teach the subject at CSEC and CAPE levels. However, even before Shinnell officially enters the classroom she is sharing her math skills and giving back to her community thanks to support from CARI-MED.Shinnell chats with Shelly-Ann Harris on this edition of Impacting Jamaica.

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Growing up was a struggle for her. Moving from place to place to live. No money for food. Hungry at school.Kadian Palmer-Asemota dropped out of a high school in fourth form, in Clarendon, Jamaica, and went to work as a bartender. However, the struggle continued. At 23, she became a wife and moved to St Elizabeth to live with her husband who later migrated to the United States. She remained in Jamaica.Her husband didn’t have a good time in the US then, at one time he lived on the streets of New York. In fact, when Kadian joined him she went to a house with no furniture, not even a bed.Today, Kadian is a self-published author of a children’s book. Follow her story in this interesting chat with Impacting Jamaica host Danik Frazer.

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St Mary born Leo Gilling continues to do outstanding work on behalf of Jamaica across diaspora communities. He has a packed schedule (including his personal work) each day, as he is committed to continuously giving back to the land of his birth. Today he chairs the growing Jamaica Diaspora Taskforce Action Network, mobilizing Jamaicans for Jamaica. The group is one of the largest in the diaspora, with more than 1,500 volunteers, across 22 countries with 25 chairs and 15 sub-teams, overseeing the successful execution of 30 to 50 service programmes and projects to Jamaica with about 30,000 participants each year. Gilling is also founder and past chairman of the Jamaica Diaspora Education Task Force, a global team of professionals, who, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, the Jamaica Teachers Association, the National Education Trust and USAID, delivers programmes and resources that positively impact the education sector.He talks with Impacting Jamaica host Keisha Hill about Jamaica and his work with scores of other Jamaicans who are committed to serving their homeland.

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The Phillip and Christine Gore Family Foundation is making a difference in Jamaica, one community at a time.Now it is Rose Town and they have tried different things to give the community’s youth a fighting chance at escaping the ravages of poverty.Their latest project, an internship programme that seeks to train youth in the multi-faceted business of construction, where the Foundation has its expertise, has gone swimmingly.Part of the reason for that, as Christine, the matriarch of the foundation explains, is because the organisation has learned along the way, how to allow these youth to achieve their goals by personalising their experience and allowing their interests to come to the fore.She speaks with Impacting Jamaica about the Rose Town initiative.

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Meet a physician who has successfully treated over 300 COVID-19 patients. He hasn’t lost one yet.Dr. Roger Hunter is an internationally accomplished consultant neurosurgeon and consultant spinal surgeon, who has been passionately caring for the sick in Jamaica for years.He is controversial in Jamaica and some do not support or believe his positions in relation to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Hunter and one of his patients, who recovered from COVID-19, chat with Impacting Jamaica host Shelly-Ann Harris about strategies for beating the virus.

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How do people really change for the better? In this edition of Impact Jamaica, Shelly-Ann Harris chats with noted counselling psychologist Andre Allen Casey to learn how people can really overcome personal and interpersonal challenges and effect lasting change, which is key to how we can have stronger families, communities and a better Jamaica even in these times of great uncertainty. Andre Allen Casey is a counselling psychologist for over nine years with hands-on experience in counselling and serving several people, groups and entities. Trained in Alabama at Heritage Christian University; André holds a Bachelor of Arts in Bible with a minor in counselling. He also has his Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology from Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica.

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Sandra Brown-Pinnock is an award-winning entrepreneur, founder and director of Primal Beauty, an Afro Caribbean hair and business. She has established herself as an industry leader and innovator. Her company sells hair and beauty products; and they are the manufacturers too.Additionally, she is the first woman to bring lace front wigs into the UK and credited for its expansion in the UK. Brown-Pinnock, the only Black woman to own an Afro Hair Store in south east London, talks with Impacting Jamaica host Sinai Fleary about her work. She is passionate too about inspiring the next generation of Black business owners in the UK.

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Teachers have always been a beacon of hope for children in Jamaica, says noted veteran educator, Esther Tyson, a former Vice Principal and Principal of a few notable schools in Jamaica and a sought-after education consultant.Mrs. Tyson also believes children need more play time away from tablets and other devices in order to do well academically.She is also encouraging parents to find other ways for their children to socialize, perhaps by having small family gatherings within your ‘bubble’ while observing COVID-19 guidelines.Listen in on an insightful conversation with Esther Tyson in this edition of Impacting Jamaica hosted by Shelly-Ann Harris.

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He told then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, ‘no thank you’, for the second highest ranking Order of the British Empire award. The Order of the British Empire (OBE) was offered to Benjamin Zephaniah for his work in literature.He felt, however, that was a “safe ticket” as his work in defence of human rights was completely ignored.Born in Birmingham, England, to Caribbean parents who came from Jamaica and Barbados, Zephaniah remains one of the most influential Black Brits of our time.He is an award-winning poet, novelist, playwright, musician and television and radio presenter. He is currently the Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing at Brunel University, Uxbridge, England.The UK freedom fighter urges those who want to get into music and poetry to understand the business to avoid being exploited by others. Today, we share part two of an intriguing interview with Impacting Jamaica host Sinai Fleary.

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Benjamin Zephaniah is an award-winning poet, novelist, playwright, musician and television and radio presenter. He is currently the Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing at Brunel University, Uxbridge, England.Zephaniah is a proud Rastafarian and has been at the forefront campaigning against social injustice in the UK.His work has seen him named as one of Britain’s best-loved poets and writers. His work has also allowed him to travel around the world. Zephaniah was born in Birmingham, England, to Caribbean parents who came from Jamaica and Barbados. He remains one of the most influential Black Brits of our time. He spoke on wide-ranging topics with Impacting Jamaica host Sinai Fleary in this the first part of a two-part interview.

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