In The Diaspora

By Dr. Lesley de Souza Dr. de Souza holds a two-year postdoctoral research position at the Chicago based Shedd Aquarium, that continues Shedd’s research in  Guyana’s North Rupununi region, where intensive fieldwork is needed to assess and protect the area’s rich aquatic biodiversity.

Editor’s Note: Last week we carried Hilbourne Watson’s response to a recent essay in which Prime Minister of St.

By Hilbourne Watson   Barbadian Hilbourne A. Watson is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania   In “The Idea of Barbados,” a commentary carried in Barbados Today on April 3rd, Prime Minister of St.

Editor’s Note: Last Friday, June 13th, was the 34th anniversary of the assassination of Walter Rodney.

Prince Neto DCB Waite is a Doctoral Candidate at the New York University School of Law.

By Kala Ramnath, Ph.D Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, Kala Ramnath is a disability rights/Autism Education advocate For the average Caribbean parent of a child with a developmental disability looking to help them achieve their greatest potential, the prospects have never been exactly bountiful.

Dr. Carolyn Gomes is Executive Director of the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition By Dr Carolyn Gomes Last week the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) wrote to the administration of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on behalf of over 30 diverse civil society groups across the region, to thank them for preserving the University’s ability to continue to be a leader in the regional response to HIV, by insisting that those who lead its HIV initiatives are accountable to its principles and are advocates of sound public health policy.

Born in Port Mourant, Guyana and living in the US since 1985, Dr.

by D. Alissa Trotz Editor, ‘In the Diaspora,’ Stabroek News “La Deuda es Impagable” was how Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist and Caribbean man, paid tribute to the living example of the Cuban Revolution when he received the Honoris Causa Doctorate from the University of Havana in December 2008.

By Harry T. Hergash Harry Hergash, a graduate of the University of Guyana, taught at the Annandale Government Secondary from 1964 to 1969.

By Harry T. Hergash  Harry Hergash, a graduate of the University of Guyana, taught at the Annandale Government Secondary from 1964 to 1969.

David Abdulah is an economist by training, labour and political activist committed to social justice.

By Kevin De Silva Kevin De Silva is a co-creator of the Caribbean Studies Students’ Union (CARSSU) and former president and editor of its annual journal.

Tonya Haynes is a founding member of CODE RED for Gender Justice and CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Network.

Zenita Nicholson is a Guyanese advocate for sexual rights and gender justice.

By Shenella Charles  Shenella Charles is Guyanese of Afro-Guyanese and Indigenous parentage, who currently resides in Canada.

Tiffany Barry is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and the Women’s Studies Unit, both in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Guyana.

By Hilbourne Watson Hilbourne A. Watson is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania  Barbados is yet another casualty of the economic crisis facing the Caribbean, with the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) government euphemistically announcing last December that it is “sending home” 3000 public sector workers – about 10% of the civil service labour force. 

By D. Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column   It is three weeks since the public learned, via a report first carried in Kaieteur News, of 23 year old Colwyn Harding’s hospitalization with severe internal injuries that were allegedly caused by police savagery.

By Harold A. Drayton   Harold Drayton served as the First Deputy Vice-Chancellor (1963-1964) at the University of Guyana, and as Professor and Head of the Department of Biology.