Emancipation Day Statement by the Saint Lucia National Reparations Committee (NRC)

Black Lives Matter Protests Produced Unprecedented Prospects for CARICOM’S Reparations Demands!

The Saint Lucia National Reparations Committee (NRC) joins the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) and NRCs across the Commonwealth Caribbean, in observance of Emancipation Day 2020, which comes at a significant point in the history of Saint Lucia, the Caribbean and the […]

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Emancipation Day Message from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission

The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) joins with all citizens of the English-speaking Caribbean and all others who understand and promote racial justice and equality in observing 1s August as Emancipation Day. We do this at a most important and inspiring time in our history when the Black Lives Matter and Reparations movements are sweeping the […]

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Jamaica Reaffirms its Commitment to Reparations

National Council on Reparations to continue Nation-wide Consultations

Speaking at a recent media engagement sponsored by the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, expressed the Jamaican government’s ongoing commitment to the cause of reparations for the Caribbean region.

“The Government of Jamaica, as part of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, […]

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Barbados Prime Minister Calls for a “Caribbean Marshall Plan”

Cites need for a “Development Compact” with Britain and Europe

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is calling for a Caribbean Marshall Plan and for reparations to address “the economic decline” that the region will face as it confronts a combination of the negative impact of the COVID 19 pandemic and the inherent social and economic inequalities […]

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