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Hon. Stanley Straughter
Dolores L.Mohammed
Giordani Jean-Baptiste
Voffee Jabateh
Tilahan Amera
Hon. Ethel S Barnett
Lois A. Fernandez
Dr Lawrence Robinson
Cody Anderson
Dr Alston Meade
Alisa Orduna-Sneed
Dr Teta V. Banks
Cheryl McClenney-Brooker
Mjenzi Traylor
Joseph Merlies
Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell
Dr. Philip D. Udo-Inyang
Commission Members
Advisory Commitee
CALYPSO
Calypso is a form of syncopated Afro-Caribbean music or song popular in Caribbean countries and wherever people from the Caribbean live. It was developed during colonial times, largely as a means of communication among African slaves in the French and British islands of the Caribbean. Much of its development took place in Trinidad, where it became the music of Carnival,
Calypso and Society
MENTO
Mento is a form of Jamaican folk music popular in the 1950s, foreshadowing ska and reggae. Somewhat similar to calypso, its lyrics were generally pleasant and light-hearted, and the featured instruments were guitar, banjo and drums.
Dr Nancy Morgan
Ramona Riscoe Benson
Tiguida Kaba
Dr. Charles Blockson
Kenneth Woodson
Ronald K. Brown
Suzana Silva
Patricia Mitchell Doe
Alassane Nanakasse
Dr Aubrey Gill
Miranda Alexander
Agatha C. Johnson
Chief Mohamed Bangura
Mori Dore
Abdourahamane Barry
Wilmot W. Junney
Tony Nwokenkwa
Mamdi Sidibe Kahiga A Tiagha
Kayode Malomo
Alou Traore
Dr. Jude Iheoma
Bolaji Atandi-Gray
Dr. Shaheen Ayubi
Andrea W. Clarke
Michael Orji
Emmanuel Polection
Mamady Doumbouya
Mohammed Jo Mandy
Lansana Koroma
El Hadji N. Diaye
Dr. Eric Edi
Dr Samuel F. Quartey
Blane Stoddart
Adboulaye Coumbassa
Vincent A. Green
Gilda Jean-Louis
Bernadine Ahonkhai
Azuka Anyiam
Reverend Marguerite E. Handy
Sory Toure
Ayodele Gansallo
Dr. Emma Chappell
Yannick Ebibie Nze
Staff
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Stanley L. Straughter
Chairman
Email: slstraughter@verizon.net
Dolores Lami Mohammed
Vice Chair
Email:
dlmohamm@aol.com
Mayor's Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs
Commission Committees
Business & Trade
Dr. Azuka Anyian
Art & Culture
Lois Fernandez & Romona Riscoe
Health & Human Services
Rafia Noumbissi
Housing & Economic Development
Education
Dr. Darlene Thompson
& Pat Mitchell-Keita Doe
Legal & Immigration
Hon. Dr. Alston Meade
& Lasana Koroma
Public Relations
Lynn Carter
& Sophia Scott
Children & Youth
Carol Bangura
& Sena Owerko
Commission Meeting Schedule 2012
January 11, 2012
February 8, 2012 (Next Meeting)
March 14, 2012
April 11, 2012
May 9, 2012
June 13, 2012
July 11, 2012
August 8, 2012
September 12, 2012
October 10, 2012
November 14, 2012
December 12, 2012
March 14, 2012
April 11, 2012
May 9, 2012
June 13, 2012
July 11, 2012
August 8, 2012
September 12, 2012
October 10, 2012
November 14, 2012
December 12, 2012
PHILADELPHIA
The Mayor's Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs was signed into an Executive Order officially inacting the Commission in 2005, by the then Mayor Strreet. Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell created and actively serves as an integral part of the Commission in support of nearly 30,000 Immigrants living and working in her West Philadelphia 3rd District. Councilwoman Blackwell has since stepped up and supported and introduced resolutions to call attention to Female Genital Mutilation; Support Darfur Alert Coalition; The Liberian Temporary Protective Status (TPS) and the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) and supported Philadelphia Haitian Relief Effort to victims of Haiti's January 2010 devastated earthquake. She has partnered with international organizations on behalf of the Commision and has signed agreements to promote MOU's internationally.
Hon. Stan Straughter and Councilwoman Jannie L. Blackwell planning and deliberating on events for the Immigrant Community in Philadelphia.
Monthly Commission Interactive Business Meetings
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A 'Vincey' and a 'Trini'
Yvonne (St. Vincent & the Grenadines) and Yolanda (Trinidad and Tobago) at recent commission events at City Hall.
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Yvonne O'Garro, making a presentation at the monthly commission meeting on behalf of the St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands,
