Interdisciplinary Caribbean Artist, Educator and Activist
The failure of State-run secondary schools exacerbates classism socially and in the labour market as a result of mismanagement and neglect by persistent administrations that have had a piece-meal approach to the crisis yutes face in the education system. For 2015, in the allocation pool of four hundred and forty-three (443) national scholarships, denominational schools […]
Continue ReadingOver the course of three-days, yutes and youth development professionals from the insular Caribbean, Haiti/Ayiti, Cuba, Mexico, UK, Canada and Germany united to interrogate the meaning of development and express their aspirations at the SALISES Caribbean Youth Development Conference. I was blessed with the opportunity to deliver the address for Caribbean Youth Day 2015 titled […]
Continue ReadingI had the opportunity to sit down with Chronixx in a public reasonings, one week ago. Chronixx, one of reggae’s rising global stars who is often dubbed the “King of Reggae” in what is considered a revival of the art form shared some of his perspectives and philosophies at a Community Youth Gathering in Trinidad […]
Continue Reading“Trying to belittle our Integrity now. They say what we know Is just what they teach us; And we’re so ignorant ‘Cause every time they can reach us (shoobe, doo-wa) Through political strategy (shoo-be, doo-wa); They keep us hungry (shoobe, doo-wa), And when you gonna get some food (shoobe, doo-wa), Your brother got to be […]
Continue ReadingMaybe current affairs in the Francophone world struggle to find its way into our Trinbagonian psyche. This is a shortcoming on our part. How can we begin to discuss global competitiveness when we are yet to invest meaningfully in addressing our youth linguistic and cultural shortcomings? #Necessary #Digression . Fuh we, it have rell lessons […]
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