PinnedLeo Gilling PhD(c)The Face of Adversity: The Death of a Daughter (Nicola Sherriffe): The Duplicate of her Mother.As I sat there watching the families and friends file into the viewing area, everyone greeted each other with love and affection; lots of…Apr 22, 20231Apr 22, 20231
PinnedLeo Gilling PhD(c)12-Days of Mourning is UnsettlingNo member of the Diaspora has any right to tell the Jamaican government what to do and how to conduct the country’s affairs. However, any…Sep 16, 2022Sep 16, 2022
PinnedLeo Gilling PhD(c)Eating ackee is an experience none of us want to miss.Prepared with any kind of salting, ackee is excellent with hard dough bread; fry and boil dumplings, rice, yam, coco, banana, white…Jul 2, 2022Jul 2, 2022
PinnedLeo Gilling PhD(c)Diaspora-Engagement, A 2-Way StreetWhile Jamaicans in Jamaica work to be the best they can be, Jamaicans in the Diaspora do the same. Some of us have a little more resources…Jun 11, 2022Jun 11, 2022
PinnedLeo Gilling PhD(c)Nurses with the lamps of lifeIn the United States, National Nurses Day started in 1954, and National Nurses week in 1974. Jamaica celebrates both occasions…May 6, 2022May 6, 2022
Leo Gilling PhD(c)Sexual violence against girls and women is social leaning of simple but powerful words and phrasesThis article is written on the background of a video recently released by Queen Ifrica, who announced that her biological father sexually…Sep 4, 2023Sep 4, 2023
Leo Gilling PhD(c)The Greater Toronto Area: A vast and Well-developed Jamaican EcoSystemIn Los Angeles, California, there is the Jamaica Awareness Association of California, the most impactful Jamaican nonprofit organization on…Aug 27, 2023Aug 27, 2023
Leo Gilling PhD(c)Emancipation Day — Reflect First, then CelebrateThe abolishment of slavery started with the 1831 rebellion, which lasted more than five weeks in Jamaica. More than 60,000 enslaved people…Aug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
Leo Gilling PhD(c)With more than 4.5In 1999 the Institute of Caribbean Studies placed a petition on the desk of then-President Bill Clinton to be approved. Seven years later…Jun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023
Leo Gilling PhD(c)In reverence to our sons and daughters who gave their lives for usMay 29, 2023May 29, 2023