Committee Descriptions

Education Committee

Early childhood and teacher training are two crucial issues facing Jamaica's education system. Hence, JAMPACT's Education Committee has gravitated towards these two areas. Our goals are twofold: to provide financial support and maintain strong ties with institutions and persons representative of these two areas. This includes, among other things, promoting literacy, adopting basic schools in Jamaica and building a scholarship fund for students at various teachers colleges.
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Think Tank Committee

One of JAMPACT's goals is to contribute to the ongoing public debate on critical issues facing Jamaica. The Think Tank Committee facilitates this debate by researching various topics that are prevalent at any one time, and organizing various forums for discussing these issues. The current dialogue will focus on ways to achieve solutions to the many problems now facing Jamaica.
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Fundraising Committee

JAMPACT's fundraising Committee is dedicated to supporting JAMPACT in achieving its mission, and contributing to the organization's reputation and standing in the Jamaican community, without diluting support for core activities.

Specifically, the fundraising committee seeks to help the organization:

• Facilitate an ongoing productive dialogue on education and development in Jamaica.
• Support community development in Jamaica, especially in education.
• Act as a conduit to bring overseas resources to Jamaica.

Membership Committee

JAMPACT's mission is to use our collective energies, intelligence and resources, to make positive contributions towards the improvement of social and economic conditions in Jamaica. In order to do this, we need a diverse membership. The Membership Committee's primary goal is to expand JAMPACT's membership base.

• Recruit new members.
• Review current membership package and establish a formal membership intake process.
• To increase the awareness of and strengthen the image of JAMPACT in the Jamaican community.
• To communicate the accomplishments of the organization to the Jamaican community.
• Promote and support the overall goals of the organization
• Promote relationship building amongst the JAMPACT membership

Communications Committee

The JAMPACT Web site functions as a central communications vehicle for the organization. It informs the public about the organization and serve as a forum for the dissemination and exchange of information and ideas related to our mission.

The objectives of the site, in short are threefold:

• Increase awareness of the organization, its mission, key activities
• Expand the Membership base
• Promote JAMPACT's mission through the dissemination of information and the open exchange of ideas

Conference Committee

The aim of the conference committee is to stimulate debate about the economic, social and political future of Jamaica. This is facilitated by organizing an annual conference which focuses on a critical issue of Jamaica.
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