Crucians In Focus

Once a year, we celebrate Black History Month. For 29 days in February, we recall the contributions our people have made to world history. For those of us in the Virgin Islands, the names we recall are all too familiar – David Hamilton Jackson, Buddhoe, Queen Mary – and countless others who have solidified their place in our history. We wouldn’t be where we are without them – and we revere them. Read the rest of this entry »

Guest Opinion by Shelley Moorhead

As we count down to yet another historic departure to Denmark scheduled for January 12th-18th, 2008, and as we embark upon a mission to repair and address Virgin Islands Humanity, I will speak for ACRRA and the many thousands impacted by the work of the USVI Reparations Movement and I will say that we are concerned and that we are troubled to see our leaders remain silent, withdrawn, and unaccounted for, and to see Governor John de Jongh’s administration fail to release funding that the Legislature has appropriated for a St. Croix-based NGO, the African-Caribbean Reparations Resettlement Alliance (ACRRA) to continue dialogue with Denmark. Read the rest of this entry »