Important Update:
September 11, 2005 -
JLP Leader Bruce Golding Urges Local Investment To Reduce Jamaica’S Commerical Debt
Click here for press release.
Click here for pictures of event.
June 11, 2003 -
JAMPACT Think Tank/Conference Committee launches 2003 Panel Discussion Series with "Engaging the Jamaican Diaspora" featuring
Senator The Honourable Delano Franklyn. Learn More now
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.
What have we done?
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The Changing Immigration Laws in the United States —
A Panel Discussion.
Guest speakers Mr. Irwin Claire and Mr. Winston Tucker of Caribbean Immigrant
Services gave valuable insight into how these changes will affect Jamaicans in the US in the future.
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The Gas Price Riots in Jamaica —
A Conference Call.
Twenty-five JAMPACT members participated in a conference call focusing on the gas price riots in Jamaica,
what they meant for our nation state, and possible solutions to these issues. The ideas arising from
the call helped focus JAMPACT on the need for economic growth in Jamaica and led to the panel discussion.
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Crime, Poverty and The Financial Challenges in Jamaica —
A Panel Discussion.
The featured speakers at the panel discussion were Professors Norman Girvan of the University of the West
Indies and Donald Robotham of City University of New York. They spoke of the struggles over the last
twenty years, and the consensus approach needed to meet the challenges ahead.
- Speaker Series
- Crime Plan Response
- AIDS - Jamaica HIV/AIDS Statistics
- Constitution Reform - Link to the constitution
