Black women have been among the fiercest leaders to call out racism in America, including Nakia Jones, a black police officer from Ohio who issued an impassioned plea in a viral video she made in response to the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling in Louisiana last year.

Mattern has these tips for those battling to come back after a life-changing trauma: Have faith in yourself. Have more than one focus. If you can’t find courage within yourself, look to those you love.

Since earning the title of “World’s Oldest Person,” Mosse-Brown has echoed that sentiment: “I feel good, I feel happy to be the oldest person [in the world],” Brown told the Observer more recently.

“Submissions for our Writer and Illustrator Contests over the years have come from 186 countries. This year we received entries from three new countries, Andorra, Seychelles and Benin. Selecting the two Grand Prize Winners from the thousands of contest entries submitted is not an easy process.”

According to Dr. Wheatley, energy is one of the most critical sectors in Jamaica, and acts as the single important driving force for all other sectors.

This is why there can be no doubt: If Bob Marley was alive today he would denounce – using the strongest, most acerbic terms – the Republican candidate for President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.

The US Embassy also has an ongoing Jamaica Operations Linked to Telemarketing (JOLT) Task Force designed to facilitate identification, investigation and prosecution of telemarketers who victimise US and Jamaican citizens.

Vision 2030, Jamaica’s long-term development plan, aims to put the country on a path to realizing its potential of becoming fully developed over the next 14 years

Meanwhile, Mrs. Marks, who is in her second stint as ambassador, has been described by the Prime Minister as an “experienced and savvy player in the diplomatic field”.

“Regardless of colour, creed, circumstances or station in life, we wish to assure all Jamaicans that Jamaica will be that ‘abiding city’ for its sons and daughters wherever they may be or whatever they would have done, because Jamaica is still the land that we love.” – Ministry of National Security.

“Overwhelmingly, teens reported that the warning labels succeeded in convincing them that sugar-sweetened beverages are unhealthy when compared to other products.”

Marks, who served a two-year stint as Jamaica’s ambassador to the USA from 2010 to 2012, returned home shortly after then People’s National Party Government came to power when it whipped the Jamaica Labour Party in national elections.

Next up for LA, they travel to Philadelphia to face the Union, Wednesday, May 11 at 4 pm PST.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice partners with local organizations on Free Citizenship Application Workshop

On Friday Judge Birotte ordered her “to remain in custody and await transport by the United States Marshal to the Central District of California.”