The Caribbean Collection:
An Archival Survey of the Records of the
Jamaican and Trinidadian Communities of Brooklyn

Progress Report - May 2002


  • The Project Director and Supervisor presented a report for the meeting METRO's Advisory Board.

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  • The Project Coordinator is preparing the 2002-2003 Work Plan which outlines our goals for the final DHP year of the project.

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  • Advisory Committee member Jim Dyer introduced Project Staff to Dr. Stuart of the Research Institute for the Study of Man.  Dr. Stuart We discussed to possibility of collaborative events.

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  • Advisory Committee member Dr. Calvin Holder accompanied the Project Coordinator on a meeting with Carl Rodney.

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  • The Project Assistant continues to work diligently and successfully on our Media Campaign.  This month we have articles in the Amsterdam News and Everybody's MagazineBlack Diaspora Magazine has also agreed to do a story on the project.

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  • We have began two surveys this month:  Kingston Technical High School Alumni Association and the Epiphany and St. Simon Episcopalian Church.  The Kingston Technical Alumni Association is an affiliate of Union of Jamaican Alumni Association.

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  • We continue to survey the papers of the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations and the St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church.

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  • The Project Coordinator was invited to an event at the Caribbean Literary and Cultural Center.  While there, she was able to discuss some of the documentation issues surrounding the Caribbean American Art world.

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  • The project continues to contact and follow-up with the historically significant Jamaican Progressive League and Tobago Alumni Association.  We have finally secured an appointment with one of the few remaining members of the Tobago Alumni Association.

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  • Academic research about the Jamaican, Trinidadian & Tobagonian, and Pan-Caribbean community continues so that the survey will accurately reflect the dynamics of the community.

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