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...
This Caribbean Queer Activist Gives Voice to an Underrepresented Community
If you’ve read Staceyann Chin’s 2009 coming-of-age memoir, “The Other Side of Paradise,” you know that even as a little girl in rural Jamaica, she...
Island Origins Live – Jamaica Leads as a Model for Safe Tourism
Donovan White is the current Director of Tourism for the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB). His job is to oversee the marketing of Jamaica to the...
What Black America Needs to Know About COVID-19 and Vaccines
Government, community, and faith-based leaders join forces to champion the fight against COVID-19
The new year has brought with it more daunting...
Opinion: What Freedom Means in America
As an outside observer, not exactly new to American history, but certainly well educated about it, it seems like the word Freedom means different things...
Florida African American Studies Courses Rejected (This is Just Wrong)
Earlier this month, Florida’s Department of Education blocked a proposed Advance Placement (AP) course, developed by The College Board, focused on African American studies. The...
FFTP President/CEO Ed Raine Joins D.C. Roundtable on Crisis in Haiti
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Sept. 20, 2023) – As attention around the violence in Haiti escalates, Food For The Poor FFTP President/CEO Ed Raine was invited to attend...
The American Black Film Festival Presents Business of Entertainment Conversation Series in Partnership with...
Featuring NAACP Image Award-Nominated Actress Logan Browning (Dear White People, Hit the Floor) on Thursday, October 13, 2022
LOS ANGELES – October 3, 2022 – The American Black Film Festival (ABFF), in partnership...
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...
National Hispanic Heritage Month: FFTP, Caritas del Peru Empower Peruvian Farmers to Thrive
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2023) – Food For The Poor (FFTP) is partnering with Caritas del Peru to help 152 rural farmers increase their revenues from...
