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Reverend Marie Berbick after receiving her award.

Jamaica

Jamaican-born Rev. Marie Berbick receives American President’s Lifetime Achievement Award

By Caribbean Life

Gilman 'Gil' Figaro

Belize

Black History Month: Trinidadian Gilman ‘Gil’ Theophilus Figaro, Sr., founder and chairman of the Sunshine Awards

By Nelson A. King

Mitchinson "Mitchie" James's flanked by daughters Hazel Morris, right, sitting on bed, and Angella Taylor, fourth from left (back), along with niece Daphne James, third from left, and other family members

Belize

Vincentian centenarian Mitchinson ‘Mitchie’ James celebrates 107th birthday

By Nelson A. King

On the right, its Charlene Gayle, a member of the NYC Mayor Eric Adam’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Advisory Council and the three other ladies on the left are members of the Resorts World NYC Gives holding a sign of a donation made towards the NYSABPRHAL scholarship program and the organization itself.

Belize

Charlene Gayle on advocacy, Jamaican heritage, and the NYSABPRHAL College Scholarship Program

By Orlande Fleury

Dianne Renwick, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, First Department.

Courts

Renwick insists on high standards and opening doors

By Max Parrott

Vincentian entrepreneur Dr. Jacqueline James-Lyttle.

Belize

Vincentian named among top 20 women entrepreneurs worldwide to look out for in 2025

By Nelson A. King

Wayne Devonish, founder of the nonprofit organization 500 Men Making a Difference.

Guyana

Brooklyn native contributes to his community through youth mentorship

By Milette Millington

Dr. Marguerite Thompson, right, with granddaughters Patrice Eleah, left, front, and Marguerite Allen, back, and Pastor the Rev. Roger Jackson during Dr. Thompson's 94th Birthday celebration at FSUMC on Oct. 6, 2024.

Africa

Black History Month Celebration: Dr. Marguerite Thompson, a renaissance woman

By Nelson A. King

Renee Hastick-Motes, new CEO of Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center.

Belize

Renee Hastick-Motes named new CEO of Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center

By Nelson A. King

Ravi Ragbir, right, was among the panelists during a panel discussion on immigration in Brooklyn in August 2019. Others in the photo are Elizabeth Rieser-Murphy, Esq., left, and Sonia Lin.

Belize

Clarke welcomes pardon of Trinidadian immigrant rights advocate Ravi Ragbir

By Nelson A. King

President of BRIC Kristina Newman-Scott on stage during the 43rd Annual BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Opening Night at the Prospect Park Lena Horne Bandshell on July 31, 2021 in New York City.

Jamaica

Jamaican appointed VP at the Knight Foundation

By Dawn Plummer

Marjorie Parker, president and CEO of JobsFirstNYC, is the first woman of color to lead the organization.

Jamaica

First female immigrant CEO leads JobsFirstNYC in tackling youth employment crisis

By Tracey Khan

Frankie McIntosh signed a copy of his book at the launching ceremony at Brooklyn College in November 2024.

St Vincent

McIntosh pays tribute to calypsonian Temple of ‘Hold the Cock and Pullet’ fame

By Nelson A. King

Grenada Consul General to New York Michael Brizan, center, holds plague presented to some members of Quake USA. Spokesperson Cheryl Vincent is at Brizan's immediate right.

Belize

Grenadian-American Ex-Teachers group honors Quake USA, six others at Yuletide Gala

By Nelson A. King

Walter A. Greene, the late legendary Guyanese-born fashion journalist, model, and designer (left), with friend Lorna Welshman-Neblett, president of Health Education Relief Organization for Cancer, (H.E.R.O.C.) at her awards ceremony in Manhattan, some years ago.

Guyana

Legendary fashion journalist, Walter A. Greene laid to rest after a moving home going celebration

By Tangerine Clarke

Screenshot of Jeanne (she/her) left, and Zinga Fraser (she/her), in conversation at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Center Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) on Dec. 12.

Barbados

Why the political activism and legacy of Shirley Chisholm matters

By Milette Millington

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