HONORS AND AWARDS
2007 Montserrat Community College LIDC Founder’s Award to mark the 35th Anniversary of the Leeward Islands Debating Competition founded in January 1972
2007 Medgar Evers College, City University of NY Award for Outstanding Scholarship
2007 Panamanian Council of New York Award for Outstanding Leadership
2006 Montserrat National Award, Inauguration of the Professor George Irish Lecture Series
2005 Robert W Griffith National Award for Distinguished Public Leadership and Humanitarian Service, Funkyman, Montserrat
2004 Massachusetts House of Representatives and Montserrat Progressive Society of Boston
for outstanding scholarly work and contributions to humanity in education and international service.
2004 Medgar Evers College 15 year Dedicated Service Award in Administration, NY.
2003 Medgar Evers College 10 year Dedicated Teaching Award, NY
2003 Center for Diopian Inquiry and Research on Education as Culture Transmission (DIRECT Center) and African World Studies Institute (AWSI) Award for Outstanding Leadership in the African Diaspora, NY
2002 NICOLAS GUILLEN MEDALLION for distinguished scholarship in Cuban and Latin American Literature to mark the Centennial of the birth of Cuba’s National Poet.
2001 WEST INDIES FOUNDATION, Inc, Performance Excellence Award, Connecticut;
2001 Zion Pentecostal Faith Center, Performance Excellence Award, NY;
2001 St. John’s Alumni Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education and Culture, M’rat.
2000 Montserrat Progressive Society of NY Award for Distinguished Community Service.
1999 MEC/City University of NY Excellence in Teaching Award (Teacher of the Year)
1999 MEC Ten Year Dedicated Service Award in Administration, NY
1999 MEC Association of Black Social Workers Award, NY
1998 University of the West Indies DISTINGUISHED GRADUTE AWARD, Jamaica, WI.
1997 Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce & Industry, (CACCI) Recognition Award.
1997 Flatbush Neighborhood Housing Award for Excellence in Education.
1997 Trinidad & Tobago Alliance Award for Outstanding contribution to education and research within the Caribbean American community.
1997 East Indian Diaspora Inc. Award for Outstanding Leadership Initiatives in Developing Educational and Community Service Programs for Caribbean Immigrants in NYC
1996 The University of the West Indies Guild of Graduates for sharing scholarship and experience.
1996 Garifuna Heritage Award, New York for outstanding service to the Garifuna immigrant community from Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and St Vincent.
1994 Medgar Evers College 5 year Dedicated Service Award.
1993 Marcus Garvey Award for Leadership and Community Service by Marcus Garvey Centennial Commission, New York.
1992 Medgar Evers College, CASA Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Caribbean Community, New York.
1992 MlCO Old Students Association Award, for Outstanding Contribution to Education, NY.
1992 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ex-Teachers' Association Award for Outstanding and Dedicated Service, New York.
1991 Brooklyn College, CUNY, Caribbean Students Union Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education.
1987 Montserrat Aspirers of Boston Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education
1987 MAWU Award of Merit for Distinguished Contribution to Labor Relations, Montserat.
1986 Osmund Dyce Fellowship to Harvard University.
1985 Community Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education & Culture, Funkyman, M’rat.
1965 University of the West Indies Graduate Fellowship, Foreign Language Doctoral Program.
1964 University of the West Indies Student of the Year Award.
1962 Montserrat Island Scholar. (1962-1965)
1961 Montserrat Student of the Year Award.
1959 Montserrat Student of the Year Award.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
· Presiding Elder, Spiritual Awakening Ministries, Zion Pentecostal Faith Center, Come World Ministries, Emmanuel C.O.G.I.C.
* President, Come Bible Institute, New York
* · Advisory Committee, Phelps Stokes Foundation Project on International Education and Study Abroad.
* Ida & William Rosenthal Foundation; La Romana Education Project in the Dominican Republic;
* Borough of Brooklyn President's Task Force on the Census (for the Mobilization of Caribbean
and Hispanic neighborhoods);
* Committee for the Balancing of the Curriculum on Gender, Race, Class and Ethnicity, MEC/CUNY
* Education Committee for the Permanent Mission of Grenada to the United Nations, NY.
* Education Task Force for Academic Credit Alignment between US and Jamaican School Systems (Jamaican Consulate General, NY)
* Advisory Board, Center for Religious Studies, MEC/CUNY.
* Member, CUNY-Caribbean Citizens Exchange on Disabilities, NY
* Member, Caribbean Action Lobby, NY
* Board Member, Caribbean Cultural Caucus, Mount Vernon, NY
* Co-Chair, West Indies Foundation, Inc. "Lifetime Achievement Awards Program”, CT
* Board Member, Bronx Black Summit and Leadership Council, NY.
· Board Member, Bronx Shepherds Inc., NY
Caribbean Arts Festival Ensemble, (CAFE), NY.
· Board Member, National Coalition on Caribbean Affairs Inc (NCOCA), Washington, D.C.
* Advisory Board Member, Caribbean Community Mental Health Program,
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, NY
· Coordinator, Research, Education and Culture Committee of Governor's Task Force for the Planning of the Caribbean Community Comprehensive Center, Crown Heights, N.Y
1991‑1994.
* Coordinator of Public Hearing of West Indian Commission on Caribbean Integration,
held in New York, March 1992.
· Coordinator of Public Hearing on the Education of Caribbean Creole Speaking Students
in New York
· Coordinator of Caribbean regional workshops/seminars by International Agencies in
Montserrat: UNESCO, WHO, ILO, FES, AIFLD, DANIDA, SIDA, PTTI, FAO, etc.
· Member of Coordinating Committee for the Caribbean Forum of the Congressional Black
Caucus (1993 to 2000).
COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
Founder:
* JAGPI Productions (Publications and Promotions), Montserrat, West Indies
* Alliouagana Publications Series/Alliouagana Commune, " "
* Alliouagana Arts Festival " "
* Emerald Community Singers " "
* Montserrat Theater Group " "
* Montserrat Allied Workers' Union " "
* United National Front Political Party “ “
* Montserrat Coop Credit Union " "
* Academy of Arts and Commerce " "
* Alliouagana Music Center " "
* Leeward Islands Inter‑School Debates " "
* Bilingual Cultural Institute, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
* Spiritual Awakening Ministries/Come World Ministries, New York
* Come Bible Institute, New York
* Caribbean Diaspora Press, Inc. "
* Caribbean American Research Foundation, Inc. "
* Transitional Institute for New Immigrants, Inc. "
* WADABAGEI – Journal of the Caribbean and its Diasporas "
· Peoples of the Americas Consortium of Research Centers
and Universities for Sustainable Development – Co-Founder “
Universidad Popular de Desarrollo Sostenible de Las Americas.
* Fundacion Instituto Superior Internacional de Intercambio
Tecnologico y de Capacitacion. - Co-Founder Panama
* University Voice, Weekly radio program – 1971-1974 Montserrat
* Workers’ Voice, Weekly radio program, - 1981-1986 Montserrat
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
On Education, Migration, History, Literature, Culture and Development
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Yale University, Connecticut
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Howard University, Washington, DC
New York University, New York City
Columbia University, New York City
Barnard College, New York City
Hofstra University, New York State
St John`s University, New York State
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Trenton State University, New Jersey
Hartford University, Connecticut
Connecticut State University, CN
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania
Cheyney University, Pennsylvania
University of the Virgin Islands, St Croix
University of the West Indies, Dominica
University of Guyana
University of Panama
Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
National University of Santo Domingo (UASD)
Casa Del Caribe, Santiago de Cuba
City College, CUNY
Baruch College, CUNY
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
Medgar Evers College Presidential Lecture
Touro College, Manhattan
New York Theological Seminary
New York City Human Resources Administration, Queens
New York State Department of Youth, Albany
Liamuiga Cultural Group, St Kitts, West Indies
University of the West Indies, Montserrat, R W Griffith Centenary Lecture
University of the West Indies Guild of Graduates, Miami
Montserrat Aspirers Annual Scholarship Banquet, Boston
Montserrat Progressive Societies – London, Boston, New York, St Thomas, Montreal, Toronto
Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions Annual Convention 2010
Center for Strategic International Studies, US-Caribbean Club, Washington, DC
DIRECT Center & African World Studies Institute, New York
Caribbean Cultural Caucus, Mount Vernon, NY
MICO Teachers College Old Students Association Anniversary, New York
Local DC 137, Labour Union Anniversary, New York City
Caribbean United Methodist Clergy Retreat, New Jersey
United Methodist and Episcopal Churches, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens, NY
Wesleyan, Pentecostal, UCOGIC, SDA Churches in NY, Boston, California and the Caribbean
Baptist Convention – Eastern District, Panama, and PCIAA Anniversary, New York
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