In my column of October 30, 2020, I lauded Marika Baptiste for her performance at the Lions Club South Public Speaking competition. Her impromptu presentation convinced me that she was special, for the impromptu part of the competition is the great divider. Speaking then of challenges facing people beyond the Dry River and the stereotypes to which they are subjected, she went on to say that her story is yet …
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In my column of October 30, 2020, I lauded Marika Baptiste for her performance at the Lions Club South Public Speaking competition. Her impromptu presentation convinced me that she was special, for the impromptu part of the competition is the great divider. Speaking then of challenges facing people beyond the Dry River and the stereotypes to which they are subjected, she went on to say that her story is yet to be told. I suggested it would be a story worth hearing. So, her story continues. Marika is the winner of the US Embassy’s fourth annual Black History Month Secondary School Speech competition that was open to students from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.