My Life As A Gay Jamaican
Writer: Ghenete Wright Muir | Photography: David I. Muir
Ghenete Wright Muir is possibly South Florida’s most outspoken gay, Jamaican woman. As evidenced by her signature crew cut,...
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...
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...
Haiti Earthquake 14th Anniversary: Food For The Poor Remains Committed to Haiti and Its Citizens
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 11, 2024) – As Food For The Poor (FFTP) commemorates the 14th anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti, the charity...
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...
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...
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"...
Get 2020 Election Ready with Miami-Dade SOE Christina White
Plan Yuh Vote - with Marlon Hill and Calibe Thompson. Guest Christina White, Miami Dade Supervisor of Elections, talks to us about what's going on...
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…...
3 Haitian Owned Businesses That Leveled Up Despite COVID
The police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last summer reignited the long simmering Black Lives Matter movement and invigorated broader campaigns for Black...
