Caribbean and Black Americans hesitate to take the COVID-19 vaccine

Why Some Caribbean Americans Have Frightening Vaccine Hesitancy

After a year of dealing with a deadly pandemic which has disproportionately affected Black people, you would think we’d embrace something that promises to...
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Andrew Gillum’s Personal Message to the Caribbean Community

Calibe Thompson, publisher of Island Origins Magazine had a chance to sit and have a robust conversation with Democratic Florida gubernatorial nominee (candidate at the time), Andrew...
Caribbean King of Comedy

Majah Hype and His Majah Issues: Get to Know the Hilarious Caribbean King of...

Majah Hype — or Nigel, for those closest to him — knows he’s a big deal. Before 2020, the social media sensation’s star was on...
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Caribbean-Brit Director Steve McQueen Dedicates New Movies To BLM

Director of "12 Years a Slave" Steve McQueen announced he's dedicating two of his upcoming movies to George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. Both films, "Mangrove"...
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Protect Yourself and Others— Get Vaccinated

Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., historian, filmmaker, and intellectual, has recently released an important public service announcement encouraging people in our Black communities to get vaccinated to protect...
Breast Cancer Survivor Caribbean

How this Breast Cancer Survivor turned her story into a mission for change

Finding a fellowship of Breast Cancer Survivors has become a great source of strength for so many women battling breast cancer. No one understands this more than...
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Three Questions – Entanglements and more

Xavier Murphy (Jamaicans.com), Ian Hamilton (SFLCN.com), Eddy Edwards (Jerk Festival) and Lloyd Stanbury (Majesty Media) give spur of the moment answers to popular questions, like…...
Island Origins Magazine - Civil Rights in Cyberspace

From the Island of St. Vincent to the Head of Civil Rights at Facebook

The power of social media is undeniable. We saw it used as a political tool during the 2008 election, where Obama successfully catalyzed an audience...
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White Caribbean Woman on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement

Verandah Talk - with Sonya Sanchez Arias As a white Caribbean woman with a strong island accent in a mixed race marriage,...
Calibe Thompson and Nicole Ricca - Island Origins Livevideo

From Glamorous Model to Mompreneur

Verandah Talk - with Nicole Ricca Former video vixen Nicole Ricca shares her experiences as a young alien in America, then as...

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