ABOUT THE DRP

A graduate of Immaculate Conception High, EXED Community College and the University of the West Indies, Anne-Marie taught English at Camperdown High School.  She has served as Principal Director in the Policy Analysis and Review Unit of the Cabinet Office of Jamaica Consul General to Toronto for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and more recently Director of the Institute of Jamaica .   She was a participant in Wayne Brown’s Observer Literary Workshop and had several short stories published in the Sunday Observer.  She was a finalist in the Observer Literary Awards in 2005

has over 25 years working with not for profit organization and facilities’ management, he is the co founder of Ten-Em-Bee Sports Development Centre, Downham, Bromley and Lewisham Borough Community Football club in Lewisham South East London, where he has held positions as director, company secretary and trustee.  He was the Sports Director for BREDS, a non-profit organization in Treasure Beach, Jamaica where he developed the 17 acre Sports Park and Academy and created the sport education program "EduSport" which is supported by UNICEF to deliver fundamental sport activities in primary schools. George is also founder of Excel Sports Management in Grand Cayman. He is currently the Director of Jamaica Excel Sports Management.

Millicent A. A. Graham is a Poet  and Project Manager who lives in Kingston Jamaica.   She has a M.Sc. in Human Centered Computer Systems from the University of Sussex, UK.  She has experience in project design and development.  Millicent has published 2 collections of poetry and is a fellow of: the International Writing Program (IWP), USA; Michael and Marylee Fairbanks International Fellowship for African and Caribbean Writers, USA and Calabash Literary Foundation, Jamaica.

Joni Jackson is a Writer, Blogger and Environmentalist, living in Kingston, Jamaica. She holds a B. Sc. In Geology, postgraduate diplomas in Project Design, Implementation and Management as well as International Environmental Law and a postgraduate certificate in Environmental Management. She has also received training in Supervisory Management and the Green  Economy. Joni is a member if the ICAJ Toastmasters Club. She has previously served on the Executive Committee of the club as Vice President Public Relations and currently serves as its Secretary. To date she has earned the Advanced Communicator Silver and Advanced Leader Bronze designations.   She is a member of the Executive Council of the Geological Society of Jamaica. She is currently employed as Director, Natural Resources in the Environment and Risk Management Division of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.

Shannika Jackson is an Data Analyst and Writer.  She enjoys a so far leisurely exploration of the art of literary expression as her own voice takes shape. She is simultaneously learning the language of the world and discovering the strength and impact of this voice.
She is inspired everyday by the gentle infusion of resilience and resourcefulness poured into her by those she cherishes. They offer such kaleidoscopic perspectives on living and being and instills a desire to honour their trust in her.

Velma Pollard is a retired Senior Lecturer in Language Education in the Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Arts and Education  of the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica. Her major research interests have been Creole Languages of the Anglophone Caribbean, The  Language of Caribbean Literature and Caribbean Women’s Writing.  Articles in these areas appear in local and international journals. She has published  a handbook: From Jamaican Creole to Standard English-a handbook for teachers (1994,2003) and  a monograph: Dread Talk-the language of Rastafari    (1994, 2000).

​

Pollard  is involved in Creative writing and has published poems and stories in regional and international journals and anthologies. She has a novel, three collections of short fiction and five books of poetry on the market. Her novella Karl won the Casa de las Americas  prize in 1992.