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Advocacy for Education Justice for the disabled in Jamaica

jamresearcher — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:12:41 +0000

As an extension of my work on socioeconomic justice in Jamaica, I was asked to sit on a working group created by the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL). While serving on this working group I advanced discussions about the need to design a literacy programme targeting members of the visually impaired community. This led me to create the following proposal to JFLL on behalf of visually impaired Jamaicans. Take a look… Proposal for Education Justice for the disabled

Employment Justice for Visually Impaired Jamaicans

jamresearcher — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:43:09 +0000

I just completed the first draft of the business development proposal (to the National Disability Board) for members of the Jamaica Society for the Blind’s Craft Unit. This is important because it seeks to secure sustainable employment for visually impaired Jamaicans. Though it is far from complete, I felt that it was at an advanced enough stage to share, especially because I recently posted photos of the focus group discussion (FGD) session that informed its creation.

I am fully aware of the fact that the proposal presented here is one-sided as it was based solely on the FGD session convened with workers/members of the Craft Unit. I have already commenced dialogue with other stakeholders of the Unit in order to set-up interviews aimed at garnering additional information for the proposal and anticipate some changes based on my interaction with the Unit’s manager over the course of this week. If substantial changes are made, I will be sure to publish the updated proposal.Check out the draft… Craft Unit Development Proposal

Hectic Week and Emancipation Day

jamresearcher — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:13:29 +0000

Wow! What can I say? Twas a hectic week. Today is Emancipation Day, a national holiday commemorating African Jamaicans’ freedom from enslavement by the British. On account of this day, I had a short work week. There was too much to do, so I resorted to postponing the letter distribution task until next week. All in all most activities were accomplished, but under much personal stress. The culminating activity, a focus group discussion (FGD) session with members of the visually impaired community at the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) provided a wealth of information for the proposal to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, but it has also left much work for me to execute over the course of my holiday weekend. So much for emancipation from slavery! Check out some of the FGD pics!

Blind Jamaicans discussing their experiences of social injustice

Listening and taking information from blind Jamaicans for social justice programming

Discussions with members of the blind community

Old training room at JSB being prepared for a FGD