Daily Archives: 02/29/2012

Guyana Cycling Association North American – Reunion and Fund Raiser

02/29/2012 – 5:00 pm

Guyana Cycling Association North American - Reunion and Fund Raiser

— Post #1152

 

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Still going at 100 years – Johanna Alexandra Duncan

02/29/2012 – 4:51 pm

Still going at 100 years

Centurian. Johanna Alexandra Duncan celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family at St. Thomas A Becket Anglican Church on Sunday. She is seen here with her four surviving children, from left, Hector, Gloria (Dolly), Pauline (Wendy) and Lynette. Staff photo by Rob Beintema

Not many people can live to be 100 years old. On January 26, Johanna Duncan of Mississauga became one of those fortunate few.
Duncan was joined by her four children, countless grand children, great-grandchildren and even a great-great-grandchild among several others at St. Thomas A Becket Anglican Church in Erin Mills, a church the family normally attends, to celebrate the occasion.
Duncan, a teacher for nearly 30 years in her native Guyana, was best described as loving, kind and helpful by her daughter, Pauline Williams.
“She’s always had a positive outlook on life,” Williams said when asked what has led to her mother’s longevity.
“She’s had a very good life and it’s always been her nature (to be loving, kind and helpful).” Continue reading →

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First black female fighter pilot follows childhood dream

02/29/2012 – 7:04 am

First black female fighter pilot follows childhood dream

Both of her parents are Guyanese

by Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Rojek – Defense Media Activity

2/23/2012 – FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) — By the time she was in fourth grade, young Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell knew she wanted to be a fighter pilot.

What the now-Air Force major didn’t know, however, was that she would knock down a racial barrier by becoming the first black female in the career field.

Kimbrell was born in Lafayette, Ind., on April 20, 1976, to Guyanese parents. Her mother and father, who were naturalized U.S. citizens by the time she was born, moved to the U.S. for education and opportunities. Their hard work and dedication paid off in her father earning a degree from Howard University and a doctorate from Perdue University, which in turn earned him a job offer in Parker, Colo.

That focus on education was a big part of life for Kimbrell and her three older siblings as they spent their school years in Parker.

“(Education) was the thing that opened doors,” Kimbrell said. “If you got your education, you could do whatever you wanted to do. That was how our house was run.”

On top of that family modus operandi, Kimbrell had a goal-driven personality from an early age. While in kindergarten, for example, she decided she wanted to be an astronaut, so she wrote a letter to NASA asking how she could join the program. But as she got older and did more research into joining the astronaut corps, she realized the career wasn’t as exciting as she wanted it to be. Continue reading →

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Barbadian Migration to British Guiana,1840-1960 – by Frederick Alleyne

02/29/2012 – 5:27 am

UWI Cave Hill, Barbados – HISTORY FORUM

 on Friday, March 2nd at 4:30 pm

in the New Bruce St. John Room  [located in the Humanities Quadrangle]

 Mr. Frederick Alleyne  will present a paper entitled:

“Barbadian Migration to British Guiana,1840-1960: The Search for ‘El Dorado'”

Introduction

Guyanese migration to Barbados and other Caribbean territories in the 20th century is now the subject of much debate but the reverse was the case in colonial times when British Guiana was the destination of thousands of Barbadian and West Indian workers. The debate on migration during the 19th century on the issues of national economic development of the countries that sent the migrant and those that received them are not that different from the present discussion. In a recent speech to the local Chamber of Commerce Hon Mia Amor Mottley, M.P former Leader of the Opposition, Barbados Labour Party, stressed the potential of Central And South America to the economic development of Barbados and the Caribbean.  [More -Please see the paper attached]

Full text of the paper: Frederick Alleyne’s Paper

— Post #1049

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