Caribbean-American women in politics

Who Run the World? Meet the Amazing Caribbean-American Women in Politics

For Americans among minority and immigrant communities, equal representation in American governance remains an urgent goal. So much still needs to be done, but many Caribbean-American women...
Caribbean charities COVID-19

Caribbean Charities double down to help during COVID-19 crisis

In the Caribbean’s fight against COVID-19, there are many battlegrounds: in the hospital wards with medical professionals lacking supplies to protect themselves, in homes where families struggle...
Caribbean art during COVID-19

How creativity endures: Making Caribbean Art during COVID-19

Filled with breathtaking challenges that have tested our faith and endurance, 2020 has been a year like no other. But, depending on...
Abner Louima

Abner Louima Shares his Powerful Survivor’s Story from Police Brutality

“God himself says that you have to forgive to be forgiven. I don't forget what happened. But I do forgive.” 
COVID-19 support in Miami-Dade County

Get COVID-19 support in Miami-Dade County for locals

From families to small businesses, all have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and many have been left in financial uncertainty....
Karen Andre for Island Origins Magazine

Karen Andre: How This Exceptional Haitian American is Helping Build a Coalition

“Having gone through it, a presidential is literally building the plane while you're flying it at the same time. You never have all the...
2020 Caribbean American perspective

2020: We’re Living Through The Perfect Storm

In a whole lot of ways, the year 2020 has felt like the perfect storm. Political gamesmanship seems to have impressed anti-immigrant sentiment into the American psyche;...
Kamala Harris Caribbean

Kamala Harris and The Extraordinary Legacy of Caribbean Immigrants

A proud daughter of immigrants and the most high-profile Black woman in American politics, Kamala Harris is at an extraordinary time in her life. She walked into...
Caribbean American COVID-19

From the Frontlines: Caribbean Americans Fighting COVID-19

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has quickly changed the world as we know it, throwing our comfortable routines out the window. It tore us apart while bringing us...
Linda Julien Miami Gardens

Meet Linda Julien of Miami Gardens: A Haitian-American Story

Miami Gardens City County candidate Linda Julien has a uniquely Haitian-American history. “My mother came here on a boat,” she explains. “It was a life-threatening trip that...

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