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Classism 101: How the State Fails Our Children

Posted on October 18, 2015April 6, 2026 by amílcar sanatan

The failure of state-run secondary schools exacerbates classism as a result of mismanagement and social neglect by persistent administrations that have had a piece-meal approach to the crises yutes face in the education system. For 2015, in the allocation pool of 443 national scholarships, denominational schools took home a whopping 95% of the total number […]

10 Thoughts on the Caribbean Yute Movement

Posted on October 4, 2015April 6, 2026 by amílcar sanatan

Over the course of three-days, yutes and youth development professionals from the Caribbean, including representatives from Barbados to Haiti/Ayiti and Cuba, and scholars from Mexico, UK, Canada and Germany, united to bring attention to the state of youth at the SALISES Caribbean Youth Development Conference. I was blessed with the opportunity to deliver the address […]

Talking Redemption: 8 Things Chronixx Wants to Tell Yutes

Posted on September 6, 2015March 28, 2026 by amílcar sanatan

I 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 artform shared some of his perspectives and philosophies at a Community Youth Gathering in Trinidad and […]