Student News Impacting the Caribbean One Story at a Time
By Caleisha Simon There must be greatness to slide down the grapevine, but who will catch it? How can so many people be bored, uninspired even, after being locked away for two years amidst so many restrictions? Many young people in the community argue that there is nothing to do. The population in the territory …
(STX-December 10, 2022, staff). Local media joined a group of national and international guests invited by students of the University of the Virgin Islands Association of Black Journalists (UVIABJ) a successful virtual series of lectures, held last month via virtual format. The 2022 UVIABJ Journalism summit, held its second two-day conference in an effort to …
by Tawfiq Abdul Muhsen (St. Thomas, November 30, 2022). On November 29, 2022 the Israeli occupation forces assassinated five Palestinian civilians from different parts of the West Bank. The five martyrs included two brothers , Jawad AL-Rimawi 22 years- old and Thafr AL-Rimawi 21-years old, from Beit Rima, near the village of Kefr Ein. …
By Kyra Edwards (St. Croix, December 16, 2022). United States President Joe Biden hosted leaders from across the African continent for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC on December 13-15, 2022. The Summit highlighted ideologies held by major world policymakers that as the youngest continent on the planet and a key geopolitical figure, …
By Keanu Jacobs (STJ-November 2022) The power of black social media elevated and brought justice to Shanquella’s story. Social media users who used #SayHerName brought awareness to violence against Shanquella Robinson and her tragic loss on all media platforms. According to an NBC News reporter, Robinson’s mother, Salamandra, is thanking Black users on Twitter, TikTok, …
UVIABJ Staff Reporter (STT-November 2022) The University of Virginia (UVA) has been in the national headlines recently, and not in a good way. As the 2022 fall semester came to a close, a traumatic event happened at UVA when three student-athletes were killed, and two other people were shot and injured. The incident took place …