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Jamaican Diaspora Community Welcome Reception In Pembroke Pines Hosted By First Fridays

PEMBROKE PINES – First Fridays of Florida and Trilogy Productions in collaboration with the Jamaican Diaspora United States will host “A Community Welcome Reception” to open the inaugural Conference of Diaspora Representatives.

The reception welcoming Jamaican community leaders from across the United States and Jamaica will take place at the Grand Palms Hotel and Resort in Pembroke Pines, FL on October 2nd, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm with the October 2009 First Fridays event (themed as a Miami-Broward Carnival Kickoff Party) beginning immediately following the “Community Welcome Reception”.

This reception is open to the general public and provides an opportunity for the South Florida community to meet with conference attendees representing the many Jamaican organizations and community interests throughout various regions of the United States and Jamaica.

Expected attendees include the Minister with responsibility for Diaspora Affairs, Senator Dr. The Honorable Ronald Robinson in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica; His Excellency Anthony Johnson Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States; Mrs. Sandra Grant-Griffiths, Consul General Miami; Mrs. Geneive Brown Metzger, Consul General New York and Dr. Neville Ying of the Jamaica Diaspora Institute.

The Conference of Diaspora Representatives in the United States will be held on October 3rd and 4th, 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel Ft. Lauderdale Airport, under the theme Responding to the Challenge: Jamaicans Unite for Progress, and will provide a forum to discuss issues of mutual interests to our local communities and Jamaica, and also deliberate on the future strategic direction of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States.

“This inaugural Conference is a critical organizing step for our community. We must begin the process in fostering a shared vision for governance, financial sustainability, and a consistent message for galvanizing the talents and resources of Jamaicans and persons of Jamaican descent in the United States of America,” stated Marlon A. Hill, Esq., Jamaican Diaspora Advisory Board member for the Southern United States and the host region of the Conference.

Supporting sponsors include Jamaica National Building Society, Grace Foods USA, National Commercial Bank, Digicel, Caribcast TV, Scotiabank Jamaica, Trilogy Productions and First Fridays of Florida.

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