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Guyana SPEAKS (UK)

@JCWestmaas

GS connects the Guyanese diaspora. Zoom events held on last Sunday of every month (3-5pm), designed to inform & inspire. Co-Founders: Juanita Cox & Rod Westmaas

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Before the ( ) unleashed a 'dossier' on me to undermine my work & enable a racist pile on which endangered me, my family & colleagues, I'm not sure I'd have fully believed the revelations below.

Report finds Tories are operating secret racist social media groups.

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Eddie Grant at the British Library talking about his childhood in Guyana! The first of a series of talks ‘Beyond the Bassline’, 500 Years of Black British Music.

Eddie Grant at the British Library talking about his childhood in Guyana! The first of a series of talks ‘Beyond the Bassline’, 500 Years of Black British Music.
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Join Guyana SPEAKS on Sun, 28th April at 3.30pm UK time / 10.30am Guyana Time for an event on the life of the pioneering labour leader and protector of Indians, J B Singh (1886-1956). This talk will be given by the award winning writer, Prof. B Ramharak. eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrating-…

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The BBC reporter really thought he did something…until Guyana’s president ate him up.🔥🔥🔥
Britain has been one of the greatest destroyers of the global biodiversity through colonialism & imperialism, yet wants to lecture other countries? 🙃

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Guyana seeks the repatriation of an 1817 letter from the enslaved deacons of Bethel Chapel to the London Missionary Society, a letter dictated by the head deacon Quamina, head carpenter on John Gladstone’s estate, Success, and leader of the 1823 revolt: archive.ph/8OMso

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Dr. Joanne Collins-Gonsalves(@DrJCGonsalves) 's Twitter Profile Photo

39th Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture today, March 12, 2024 @ The University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Prof. Goveia, a Guyanese- was the 1st woman to be appointed a Prof. at The UWI and the 1st Prof, West Indian History at that University.

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Among Iris’s notable achievements is the distinction of being the first woman in British Guiana (Guyana) to prosecute a murder trial in 1932 - sixteen (16) years before Helena Normanton led the prosecution of the first murder trial by a woman Barrister-at-Law in England in 1948!

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In Cardiff this morning with colleagues from Institute of Historical Research for the second annual History and Archives in Practice conference a partnership with The National Archives Royal Historical Society & Cardiff University. I’ll be talking about our Windrush Scandal & Blunkett Papers projects.

In Cardiff this morning with colleagues from @ihr_history for the second annual History and Archives in Practice conference #HAP24 a partnership with @UkNatArchives @RoyalHistSoc & @cardiffuni. I’ll be talking about our Windrush Scandal & Blunkett Papers projects.
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Glenda Caesar(@GlendaCaesar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This scheme is ridiculous now, people entitled to the £10k preliminary payment are being turned down, cases as far back as 2020 are still waiting, caseworkers are disregarding the direct impact information, 5 years is too long. The scheme is already the lowest paid scheme on

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Register for 'Guyana SPEAKS - Forbes Burnham: The Life and Times of the Comrade Leader' eventbrite.co.uk/e/guyana-speak… @Eventbrite

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In this Guyana SPEAKS podcast Prof Clem Seecharan is being interviewed by Juanita Cox about his latest book, Cheddi Jagan and the Cold War, 1946-1992. The interview took place on 3rd Feb 2024 in front of a Guyana SPEAKS audience at Draper Hall. youtu.be/zgB7bdt8vi4

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Interview with Guyanese American Sachia Vickery set to play in the US Open. The interview includes her brother, and her mother Paula Liverpool from Kwakwani, Berbice 🇬🇾
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Reframing the as a UK-created statelessness crisis has been a powerful way to urge the international community to take this controversy seriously this week at . Resharing here European Network on Statelessness reflections from 2018 on the scandal. statelessness.eu/updates/blog/w…

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Join us on a trip to The Iwokrama Canopy Walkway which is a series of swaying suspension bridges and sturdy platforms located 30 metres above the forest floor.

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Dr Michael Collins Windrush Cricket speaks to MPs of the Commons Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee. He highlights the historical injustices suffered by the Black community in England and the lack of improvements made in cricket since Jun 23 ICEC report. UCL Social & Historical Sciences
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