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Please join us for another weekly ICC ZOOM public meeting on SUNDAY January
17, 2021 at 6.30 p.m. (New York/Eastern time), / 7.30 p.m.
(Trinidad/Atlantic time), / and 8.30 p.m. (Suriname time)
*TOPIC:*
*The T&T Government’s plan to abolish the SEA exam and CONCORDAT education
agreement*
*PRESENTERS:*
DR. PATRICK QUAN KEP - Ph.D. in Education from UWI, St Augustine, & Past
Principal of Union Claxton Bay Secondary School
RALPH MARAJ - Newspaper columnist, radio talk-show host and former PNM &
UNC Government Minister
DR KIRK MEIGHOO - Political scientist and former temporary independent
senator; now PRO of the Opposition UNC in T&T
Followed by Q+A
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Last Sunday (10/1/21), our ICC ZOOM public meeting was filled with delight
and excitement. The topic was “*Films on Indo-Caribbean identity, culture
and heritage*” which featured the live appearances of filmmakers DR. PERRY
POLAR (Trinidad), IVAN TAI-APIN (Suriname) and MAHADEO SHIVRAJ (Guyana) who
spoke and screened excerpts of their productions.
As always, we had an international audience with new participants joining
from all parts of the world. Among the luminaries in the virtual audience
were Leon Brunnings, Stephen Huggins, Jim Armstrong, Jai Sears, Gabriel
Pate, Cedric Mc Donald, Dr Seeta Shah Roath, Professor Emeritus Brinsley
Samaroo, Merselino Liguori, Dr Tara Singh, Professor Rosanne Kanhai, Janet
Baneo, Professor Patricia Mohammed, Brian Rampaul, Dr Devanand Bhagwan,
Heidi McKenzie, Professor David Dabydeen, Anil Hardit Singh and Professor
Keshav Patel.
The highlight of the night was the screening of the trailer “Wiren”
directed and co-produced by part-Hindustani, IVAN TAI-APIN. The film was
featured on *Netflix* and is now in the race for an Oscar Academy Award.
The main character is Wiren Jagessar who portrays the real-life story of
the deaf-mute Wiren Meghoe of Suriname. Wiren’s mother is played by Kavita
Ramphal.
SEE the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoJCGtblldY
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SEE a recording of our ICC ZOOM Public Meeting (3/1/21) on the TOPIC: *How
to find your ancestral family in India: Tracing your roots.* The
Chairperson was Dr Kirtie Algoe and the Moderator was Priya Gopalrai, both
young women of Suriname.
PRESENTERS:
SHAMSHU DEEN (Trinidad) - Researcher in genealogy at the National Archives
as well as for BBC, Australian and American TV documentaries
ASHWINI KUMAR RAJPAL (Guyana/Canada) - International Foundation for Vedic
Science, assisting persons in tracing their roots in India
DR MAURITS HASSANKHAN (Suriname) – Researcher, author & former Head of the
History Department at Anton de Kom University
PAWAN UPADHYAY (India) - Journalist living and working in Uttar Pradesh
helping people in the Indian Diaspora find their unknown relatives
Followed by Q+A
SEE
https://www.facebook.com/indocaribbeanculturalcentre/videos/217933419919380
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*Do not buy or advertise in the anti-Indian Trinidad EXPRESS newspaper.* It
promotes mainly racially-biased columnists such as Professors Selwyn Cudjoe
and Theodore
Lewis.
Lewis states that too many Indian children are attending Muslim, Hindu and
Presbyterian high schools as well as the Catholic-administered St Mary's,
Fatima and St Joseph's Convent in San Fernando. He falsely claims: “African
children are crowded out of the top schools. This has gone as far as it
should.” Lewis is among a group of 23 exclusively Afro-Trinidadian advisers
lobbying the PNM government to abolish the SEA primary school exam and the
CONCORDAT agreement to surreptitiously stop Indian children from continuing
to excel in
education.
SEE
https://trinidadexpress.com/opinion/columnists/leaving-african-children-beyond-the-school-boundary/article_1be7945c-4ee9-11eb-bc89-87993afc5b6a.html?fbclid=IwAR38NS6dUtI5QUkznmrakW3BDaCL8i9EbNiwA6QZQiLGsh_fEsl9qO4mAQE#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
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*Suriname's Indian-origin President to be India Republic Day Chief Guest *
SEE
https://www.news18.com/amp/news/india/president-of-republic-of-suriname-chan-santokhi-republic-day-chief-guest-3268976.html
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*Eric Williams’ legacy against Indians continues*
SEE
https://trinidadexpress.com/opinion/letters/eric-williams-legacy-continues/article_6daf657a-55f7-11eb-9e0e-b76ed237731b.amp.html
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*Almost all our ZOOM public meetings FREE for viewing on social media*
We are pleased to announce that almost all our ZOOM public meetings have
been uploaded to our website (see link below) as well as to YouTube
permanently for posterity. These developments make our reach wider, bigger,
better and stronger.
The topics of these meetings are mainly on and about Indians, but the forum
is not for Indians only. OUR MISSION: To bring the Indian Diaspora in the
Caribbean closer together for intellectual discussions, unity, solidarity
and empowerment every Sunday night on one platform, following the Black
Lives Matter Movement. OUR VISION: To achieve a better understanding and
appreciation of ourselves in seeking to create a diverse, just, equitable
and non-discriminatory society in which Indo-Caribbeans thrive harmoniously
with other ethnic groups.
SEE
https://indocaribbeanpublications.com/videos/
NOTE: Our weekly meetings get bigger, better and stronger every Sunday
For more info, contact [log in to unmask] or WhatsApp 868 756
4961
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*We are inviting you to become an active participant in our weekly ICC ZOOM
public meetings every Sunday*. You can participate by suggesting a topic,
organising a panel, or becoming a presenter or discussant.
FORMAT: Three (3) presenters (usually one each from Suriname, Guyana and
Trinidad), and a discussant, talk for fifteen (15) minutes, followed by Q+A.
The purpose of the meetings is public education.
Participants usually range from 50 to 90 in number with the majority being
university educated. They are mainly Trinidadians and Guyanese of East
Indian descent in the Indian Diaspora living mainly in New York, Ontario
and England. The discussions are also streamed live on our Facebook page as
well as by other media networks to thousands of viewers worldwide. They are
also later edited and uploaded to YouTube permanently for posterity.
Forthcoming topics: (1) The Indian presence in (a) Jamaica, (b) St Lucia,
(c) Grenada and (d) St Vincent; (2) Updates on oil and gas discoveries &
investment and job opportunities in Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad; (3) The
under-representation of Indians in the armed forces; (4) The pressure for
Indians to mix (Creolise, Douglarise); (5) Attitudes towards LGBTQs by the
Indo-Caribbean community; (6) Coverage of Indians and Indo-Caribbean
culture in the traditional media; (7) Is partition the ultimate solution to
the ongoing riots and racial-political violence in Guyana?; and (8)
Screening of films and plays with Indian themes.
SEE videos of previous meetings:
https://indocaribbeanpublications.com/videos/
NOTE: Our weekly meetings get bigger, better and stronger every Sunday.
Contact: WhatsApp 868 756 4961 or [log in to unmask]
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