Community Service
Hon Rigubertu Menchu Nobel Peace Laureate Guatemala
Mirabal Sisters Martyrs Dom Rep
Ms Dorinda Sampath President, CCC 1973-1981 T&T
Mrs Joan Jones President, CCC 1981-1986 T&T
Mrs Meyrtha Leetz-Cijntje President, CCC 1986-1997 Curacao
Dr Oluwakemi Linda Banks President CCC 1997--2010 Anguilla
Dame Gwendolyn Tonge Senator, Community Educator Antigua/B’da National Women’s Leader
Lic. Esmeralda Brown President, Southern Caucus of NGOs Panama
Exec. Sec., United Methodist Global Missions
Vice President, CIDES
Dr Beatrice R. Allen President, Montserrat Council of Churches Pastor, Librarian, Educator M'rat
Internatl. V.P.- Come Bible Institute, NY
Governor, Wesleyan Bible College, Jamaica
Nelcia Robinson St Vincent Member, Regional Judicial & Legal Services Commission of the CCJ
Chair, Caribbean Policy Dev Center…
Caribbean Association for Feminist Research;
Caribbean Organization of Indigenous Peoples;
Caribbean Gender and Trade Network.
Vereen Thomas-Woolcock Trade Unionist (MAWU, CCL, ICFTU) M’rat
Elma Francois St Vincent Negro Welfare Cultural & Social Association
Nesta Bonaparte-Patrick T&T Educator, Social Worker &Community Leader
Dr Sonia Pierre Haitian Rights Activist Dom.Rep.
Marjorie Newlin US Body Building Champion (age 82) B'dos
Nuria I Fernandez Aviation Commissioner, Chicago Panama
Hope White-Davis Jamaica Co-founder World Association of Former UN Interns and Fellows (WAFUNIF)
Artists
Louise Bennett-Coverley Poet, Actress, Folklorist Jamaica
Edith Bellot Soloist (soprano) Dominica
UWI Resident Tutor/D’ca,
Choir Director (M’rat, B’dos, D’ca, St.Kitts)
Alicia Alonzo Dance Legend Cuba
Lavinia Williams Dancer/Choreographer Haiti
Beryl McBernie Dancer/choreographer T&T
Pearl Priums Dance Company/NewRochelle T&T
Cicely Tyson Actress St Kitts
Sheryl Lee Ralph Actress Jamaica
Sandra Thigpen (Whitfield) Actress Jamaica
Marcia McBroom M'rat Actress ??????? Actress Haiti
Judith Kain Cunningham Artist (Puerto Cabezas Museum) Nicaragua
Daphne Joseph-Hackett Theatre Barbados
Ana Fidelita Quirot World’s Top Woman Athlete Cuba
Euzhan Palcy Filmmaker Martinique
Misani Journalist/Producer/Literary Critic Aruba/M’rat/USA Founder, ICAD-FTL Festival, Inc Frances-Anne Solomon Filmmaker (Canada) T&T
Writers
Maya Angelou Poet T&T
Nancy Morejon Poet Laureate Cuba
Pearl Ntou Springer Poet Laureate T&T
Jean Rhys Novelist Dominica
Sylvia Wynter Writer / Scholar Jamaica
Marlene Nourbese Phillips Toronto-based writer Trinidad
Rosa Guy Novelist T&T Elizabeth Nunez Novelist T&T
Paule Marshall Novelist B’dos
Mary Prince Author (1831) Antigua
First Afro-Caribbean woman author
Jamaica Kincaid Novelist Antigua/B’da Marie-Elena John Novelist Antigua/B’da
Althea Prince, Professor and novelist (Canada) Antigua/B’da
Olive Senior Author Jamaica
Lorna Goodison Author Jamaica
Velma Pollard Author Jamaica
Pamela Mordecai Author Jamaica
Cynthia James, Professor, Author T&T
Merle Collins Professor (USA), Author Grenada
Grace Nichols Amerindian folk Researcher/Writer (UK) Guyana
Maryse Conde Novelist Martinique
Edwidge Danticat Professor/Novelist Haiti
Mirlande Jean-Gilles Poet Haiti
Dawne Allette-Noel Author Grenada
Publishers
Susan L Taylor Editor, Senior V.P., Essence St Kitts
Joy Bramble Publisher, Baltimore Times M’rat
Founder, Caribbean Literary Festival Antigua/B'da
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