In The Diaspora

Just yesterday Guyana Speaks was thrilled to celebrate the artist, maker of things and living legend Stanley Greaves, who celebrated his 88th birthday on November 22.

The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) is a U.S.-based

By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.

By SASOD Guyana’s Human Rights Programme. This column was written by Human Rights Coordinator Melina Harris and edited by Managing Director Joel Simpson.

By Vélina Élysée Charlier, Alexandra “Sasha” Filippova and Tom Ricker Vélina Élysée Charlier (@VelinaEC) is a feminist and a political activist.

By Percy C. Hintzen Percy C. Hintzen is a native of Guyana.

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

By Melinda Janki Melinda Janki is an international lawyer and an attorney-at-law in Guyana In 2016, Raphael Trotman,  the Minister responsible for petroleum signed a Petroleum Agreement with three oil companies – Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd.(Esso),

by Nalini Mohabir Nalini Mohabir is a member of the Guyanese diaspora, and an associate professor in the department of geography, planning and environment at Concordia University in Montreal.

By Percy C. Hintzen Percy C. Hintzen is a native of Guyana. 

By Vidya Kissoon Vidyaratha Kissoon is involved in the work for gender equality Red Thread, the Breadfruit Collective, Guyana Trans United, SASOD and the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition joined with the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies Rights Advocacy Project (U-RAP), to host a conversation ‘Living Good 2’ on 19 August, 2022.

By Adrienne Rooney, Ramaesh J. Bhagirat-Rivera, Vibert Compton Cambridge Adrienne Rooney is a Ph.D.

By Adrienne Rooney, Ramaesh J. Bhagirat-Rivera, Vibert Compton Cambridge Adrienne Rooney is a Ph.D.

By Oneka LaBennett Oneka LaBennett is an associate professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, and Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Southern California.

By Angelique V. Nixon Angelique V. Nixon is a Bahamas-born, Trinidad-based writer, scholar and activist.

By Immaculata Casimero, Jylleina Da Silva and Jesuit Medino Felician Abraham Immaculata Casimero is Wapichan from Aishalton.

By Errol Brewster Errol Ross Brewster is a Caribbean artist from Guyana, who has lived in Barbados, and is currently living in the United States.

By SASOD Guyana’s Human Rights Programme Jennifer Anderson is a Legal Intern working with SASOD Guyana through the Canadian Bar Association’s Young Lawyers International Programme, supported by Global Affairs Canada.

By Michael Witter Michael Witter is a Jamaican economist and committed regionalist, and former lecturer at the Mona, Jamaica Campus of the University of the West Indies Editor’s Note: The Caribbean has one of the highest net food import bills in the world, an issue that has been identified as a priority area for Caricom, with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali the most prominent advocate for local and regional food security, most recently in his address to Caricom Heads in Paramaribo that set a target for the region to decrease its current volume of food imports by 25% by 2025.

By Penelope Howell Penelope (Penny) Howell is a trained teacher, and a community activist, and hails from Coverden.