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    Waves of Violence Storm Port-au-Prince in Haiti Further Displacing Thousands

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Port-au-Prince, 9 March – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned by the uprising of violence since the...

    Spaces as reparations for Black youth

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Investing in programs, resources, and physical spaces by and for Black youth is critical to narrowing generationally inherited disparities in wealth,...

    Comprehensive Reparations for Black America Primer

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). What are Comprehensive Reparations? The National African American Reparations Commission supports Comprehensive Reparations for Black America. Comprehensive reparations are expansive and focus...

    Over 110,000 Displaced in Mozambique Amidst Surging Violence as Needs Soar

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Maputo, 8 March – More than 110,000 people have been displaced since end of last year (December 22) by the...

    Whales Are Dying and the Fossil Fuel Industry is Lying

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Ben Jealous — Whoever would have thought fossil fuel industry front groups would make whales and other marine species a...

    Black Caucus slowly bends arc of justice

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Legislators lay out 2024 reparation package, with more in years to come. By Robert J. Hansen, Observer — California’s Legislative Black Caucus on...

    U.K. Prime Minister calls plan for two Black audiences-only shows “divisive”

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Written by actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris, the London version of the play, which also offered “Black Out” performances on...

    Rising child fatalities in Gaza amid starvation and medical shortages

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Amidst the rubble of conflict, Gaza’s youngest bear the brunt of an escalating humanitarian crisis, with malnutrition and lack of medical...

    Is a gang-led coup next?

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Haiti is in chaos after a massive prison break and gangs calling for the resignation of its prime minister. How did...

    Let Them Eat Flakes: Inflation, Nutrition and Reality

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Julianne Malveaux — Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? As each approached an elephant and tried to...

    Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants with Nearly 8,600 Deaths in 2023

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Berlin, 6 March – At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year...

    Prisoners, unions sue Alabama, alleging ‘modern-day slavery’

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The lawsuit claims that Alabama’s system of prison labor generates massive profits for private businesses and revenues for the state by...

    Letter to CARICOM president in response invitation to meet in Jamaica

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). You Are Here: Home » Blog » News & Current Affairs » Initiative Posts » Haiti Support Project (HSP) Posts » Montana...

    CARICOM leaders pledge free movement for nationals by March 2024 amid optimism and challenges

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In March 2024, CARICOM commits to free movement for all nationals, aiming to boost economic and social integration. This historic decision...

    Church of England urged to expand fund to address slavery links

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Muvija M, Reuters — The Church of England’s 100 million pound fund to address its historical links to the slave trade...

    Israeli peace activists are more anguished than ever − in a movement that has...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Secular Jewish groups have historically made up the majority of solidarity and peace groups. But Palestinian citizens and observant Jews are...

    The Montana Accord Movement to the Rescue

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Vantage Point VignettesComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Haiti, our first Black Republic, is a virtual failed state where vicious gangs...

    Communiqué – 46th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Forty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 25 –...

    Tell the truth about Israel’s crimes against humanity

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Western news bias in favor of Israel is more and more apparent as mediaoutlets go out of their way to obscure...

    Better Health Support for People in Crisis Situations Under Direct Relief Agreement

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Geneva/ Washington, 1 March 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Direct Relief have joined forces to deliver medicines...

    Einstein’s Postwar Campaign to Save the World from Nuclear Destruction

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Although the popular new Netflix film, Einstein and the Bomb, purports to tell the story of the great physicist’s relationship to...

    The (Identity) Politics of Reparations

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Can ”reparationist“ be a distinct identity, akin to feminist or abolitionist, a label worn with pride by progressives who believe in...

    Reclaiming our history and humanity in struggle

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Emerging and emergent conversations about our future as a people conducted in the community and academy in...

    Appointments announced to New York Reparations Commission

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie Announce Appointments to New York State’s Commission to Study Reparations and Racial Justice. Albany,...