UVI Graduates Comm Majors/Minors
submitted by UVI VOICE 2.0 staff (St. Croix, VI. December 10). There are 300 University of the Virgin Islands graduates in the Class of 2020 but six students stand out from the crowd. Six exceptional students will graduate with majors…
Locals Reflect on Virgin Island Artist Paloma McGregor
by J’nise Gifft Dancing While Black is just that, all that, up in that (what of that?), a fracture, an intersection, a mending, a void stolen and borrowed and originated and born again and again and again; resurrected, laughing at…
Thurgood Marshall Leadership Conference Takes A Virtual Approach
by J’Nise Gifft UVI student Karon Reynolds, a junior in the communications program, was one of the 470 students chosen out of 2,000 to attend the 20th Annual Thurgood Marshall Leadership Institute this fall. The four day leadership development conference…
UVI Dept of Comm- organizes Jerusalema Dance Challenge via Zoom @ First HBCU
UVI JERUSALEMA DANCE CHALLENGE First HBCU to take on the Jerusalema Dance Challenge via Zoom Staff CHARLOTTE AMALIE, VI, 20, Oct 2020 – Tuesday, 20, Oct. 2020, at 1:00 p.m. the UVI Department of Communication hosted the Jerusalema dance challenge…
Sheena Rose: The Barbadian Warrior Artist
by Jada Roberts Sheena Rose: The Barbadian Warrior Artist Sheena Rose, an 35-year-old contemporary artist, is determined to control her narrative and inform the world of her Caribbean heritage beyond her canvases. Rose was born in Bridgetown, Barbados. At a…
UVI COMM Dept celebrates a Historic FIRST: UVIABJ Student Chapter
The executive board of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) cast a unanimous decision at its annual meeting in October, that led to a historic event for UVI, the USVI territory and the entire Caribbean area. The University…
Shades of Melanin: COLORISM in the Caribbean
written by Shani Issac Shortly before Hurricane Maria struck us in 2017, I placed an order for a 23andme DNA testing kit. To my surprise, I wound up acquiring it before I thought I would, and so my journey to…
@BLM and the Caribbean
by Nicholas Figueroa The death of George Floyd Has sparked brutal riots and protests all over America. The scale of the current fight for the end to racial injustice and the perpetuation of institutionalized racism, has been likened to the…