In The Diaspora

By Lear Matthews   Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

By Jamila Ali Jamila Ali, a friend of the Caribbean, lives with her family in Lahore, Pakistan.

By Nathilee Caldeira   Dr. Nathilee Caldeira is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in New York.

Joan French, who is from Jamaica, has long been involved in activism for women’s socio-cultural and political progress.

Nigel Westmaas The Guyana Chronicle headline screamed “Patriotism Returns” after the flag raising ceremony at the new Jubilee Stadium on D’urban Park on Republic Day, February 23.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon Edited from a version published on The Mosquito”: http:// gtmosquito.

Simone Leid is an International Development Consultant from Trinidad and Tobago and Founder of The WomenSpeak Project – a community-building forum that seeks to build the capacity of individuals and organisations in the Caribbean to advocate around issues related to discrimination against women in all forms.

Mark Schuller is Associate Professor of Anthropology and NGO Leadership Development at Northern Illinois University and affiliate at the Faculté d’Ethnologie, l’Université d’État d’Haïti.

The early 1950s in Guyana (then British Guiana) was a whirlwind of political activity which energized sections of Guyanese society to challenge the colonial state.

By: Kevin Edmonds Kevin Edmonds is a PhD student, at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the Center for Critical Development Studies and the Caribbean Studies Program. He

The Caribbean Voice is a New York based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.

By Lear Matthews There may be some validity to the belief that a correlation exists between a nation’s mental health and its economic growth.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

By the Caribbean Voice The Caribbean Voice is a New York-based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.

By David McAlmont    (David McAlmont is a recording artiste, writer and historian living in London. His

By Filiberto Penados and Mark Chatarpal Dr. Filiberto Penados is a prominent Maya scholar and educator.

By Neville Trotz   Dr Neville Trotz served as Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Guyana and Director of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology at Turkeyen, Guyana, before becoming Science Adviser to the Commonwealth Secretary-General (1991-1997).

Bio: Krystal Ghisyawan is currently a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad.

By Filiberto Penados and Mark Chatarpal According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), food security is generally defined as occurring when everyone has constant access to healthy and safe food to live an active life.

Honor Ford-Smith teaches at York University, Toronto, Canada, in the Faculty of Environmental Studies.