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The
Georgia is springing into action to help
St. Vincent and the Grenadines after a series of volcanic eruptions this month forced the displacement of some 20,000 people in the small island nation.
This Saturday, April 24, the
Caribbean Association of Georgia will host its second weekend drive for relief items like non-perishable food, ventilation devices, N95 masks, baby care items and toiletries.
St. Vincent is located in the eastern Caribbean, west of
Barbados and south of
St. Lucia. Water service has been interrupted and supply contaminated in many areas, as thousands are being housed in more than 80 temporary shelters, prompting fears of COVID-19 outbreaks in country where case numbers have been low.
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The Caribbean community in Georgia is springing into action to help St. Vincent and the Grenadines after a series of volcanic eruptions this month forced the displacement of some 20,000 people in the small island nation. This Saturday, April 24, the Caribbean Association of Georgia will host its second weekend drive for relief items like non-perishable food, […]
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Now, Caribbean people have a reason to celebrate
18 Jan 2021
Jacqueline Charles,
Tribune News Service
As the US’s next vice president, Kamala Harris is a person of many firsts: the nation’s first female, first Black, first South Asian American and first Jamaican American to hold the second highest office.
But on Sunday it was Harris’ Caribbean roots that took centre stage, as artists, politicians and other luminaries from Antigua to Barbados to Jamaica feted her historical rise as “America’s first Black Caribbean American” vice president in a virtual celebration ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration.
“We’re here to celebrate,” said Felicia Persaud, a Caribbean activist who lives in Plantation, Florida. “We’re here to remember. We’re here to hope. We’re here to resolve. And most of all, we’re here to dream.”
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The tiny but growing West Indian and Caribbean communities within the Atlanta metro and north Atlanta area of Georgia might end up playing an outsized role in the tight runoff election for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats on Jan. 5.
Democrats need every vote as President-elect Joe Biden won the state in the Nov. 3 presidential election by only 13,000 votes.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. If Democrats Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock can both beat Republican incumbents Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, the Democrats would control the Senate and Biden would be better able to pursue his agenda next year.