So, you want to know what you missed at the South Dade Caribbean Diaspora Association's Inaugural Lunch???

Well, at roll call these islands were represented:
Antigua, Dominica, St. Thomas, Monserrat, Jamaica and Dominican Republic!
With that much Caribbean in the place, it had to be a good time!!!

And here's the info we don't want you to leave home without:

 

Who We Are:

The Caribbean Diaspora

* An estimated 4OO,OOO Caribbean nationals live in South Florida.

*Nearly one third of Miami-Dade County’s Black population is Caribbean immigrants.

*Haitians make up the second-largest ethnic group in Miami-Dade County.

**South Dade is #15 of the U.S. communities with the most residents born in Jamaica.

-Florida accounts for about two-thirds of the nation's Bahamians (#1 nationally)

-Florida is 2nd in raw number of people from the two-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago.

 

*2006

**2009

Where We’re Going

The Vision: To develop the proCaribbean experience in south Miami-Dade County

 

The Mission:

Build interaction through organized social/cultural events

Strengthen educational achievement by providing scholarships for children of Caribbean ancestry

Increase resilience of the island nations by providing economic assistance in response to crises/natural disasters

How We Get There:

Short Term Plan

*December, January and February, 2012: Monthly gatherings to build relationships and develop bylaws

*March, 2013: Begin the incorporation process - Elect a Board of Directors (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer) and Register with the State (Articles of Incorporation, EIN Filing, Business License, Bank Account).

 

Where Do You Fit?

Join the Event Planning Team

Join the SDCDA Development Team

Consider Becoming a Board Member

Spread the Word

Attend the Monthly Events

 Stay Connected:

sdjamaicanda@gmail.com / sdjamaicanda.blogspot.com

If you're ready to be part of something great from the ground floor up, stay posted and prepare for the January event. Details will be coming out soon.

Until then, have a Merry CHRISTmas and a super New Year!

countdown to the kick-off

 

 

COUNTDOWN TO THE KICK-OFF

OF

The South Dade Caribbean Diaspora Association

Inaugural Lunch

Sunday, December 9, 2012

2 - 4pm

257 N. Krome Ave., Homestead, FL 33033

(Just south of Campbell Drive on Krome Ave., directly across from Art South)

adults $5 / under 12 $2

What is

The South Dade Caribbean Diaspora Association?

It started as the South Dade Jamaican Diaspora Association, which was organized by local Jamaicans who wanted to build up the positive impact of the thousands of Jamaicans living in

south Miami-Dade County.

 

As the word got out, our island neighbors and friends made it very clear that Jamaica could not be the only island involved in such a great endeavor, so . . .

 

The South Dade Caribbean Diaspora Association

was launched with the goal of developing the proCaribbean experience in south Miami-Dade County.

 

Come, represent your island!

rsvp today:  sdjamaicanda@gmail.com

Need more info? Call Sonya at 786-234-0209

The New South Dade Caribbean Diaspora Association

The South Dade Jamaican Diaspora Association has become

 

The South Dade

Caribbean Diaspora Association

 

Represent your Island

at the

Inaugural Lunch

257 N. Krome Ave.,

Homestead, FL 33030

 (Across the street from Art South)

Sunday, December 9, 2012, 2 - 4pm

$5 adults / $2 under 12

 

 

Order your tickets at sdjamaicanda@gmail.com

For more info: sdjamaicanda.blogspot.com

 

 

 

  

What's It All About?

The South Dade Jamaican Diaspora Association
is established to connect Jamaicans in the south Dade communities with cultural events, opportunities to network and dialogue, and programs to help develop the proJamaican experience bothe here and "back home".

What's on the agenda? Organizing social events that are more easily accessible to people living in the deep south, establishing scholarships for High school graduates in the south Dade communities and in Jamaica, and constructing efforts to raise support for Jamaica and her people in times of crisis, such as Hurricane Sandy. 

The Jamaican population in south Dade proves that we are "Out of Many", The South Dade Jamaican Diaspora Association will help to make us "One People"!

The South Dade Jamaican Diaspora Association Inaugural Lunch
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
2 - 4pm
257 N. Krome Ave., Homestead, FL

adults $10 / children $5
Buy your tickets today!
sdjamaicanda@gmail.com

The Diaspora

"Diaspora” means the scattering of people from their ethnic roots, enforced or voluntary.

Jamaica is the 5th largest island in the Caribbean, having a land area of 4,244 sq miles, length of146 miles and width of 51 miles. With 2.8 million people on the island, Jamaica is the 3rd most populous English-speaking country in the Americas, after only the United States and Canada.

The Jamaican diaspora is large and strong! Approximately 800,000 Jamaicans live in the United Kingdom and about 231,110 live in Canada. In the United States, the count is about 900,000!

Florida has 13 of the top 25 US communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Jamaican ancestry and ***SOUTH MIAMI HEIGHTS (6.0%) is #18 ***

Of the U.S. communities with the most residents born in Jamaica, Florida has 36 of the top 50. AND SOUTH DADE IS #15 (PALMETTO ESTATES 33157, 12.6%)!!!

Since Jamaica has fully grown up (50 years independent this year!)
The South Dade Jamaican Diaspora Association is being established to connect Jamaicans in the south Dade communities with cultural events, opportunities to network and dialogue, and programs to give back Home and forward to the generations planted here.

If you are a Jamaican, by birth or ancestry, who lives in south Miami-Dade join
The South Dade Jamaican Diaspora Association.

Inaugural Lunch
Sunday, December 9th
2 - 4pm
257 N. Krome Avenue, Homestead, FL

lunch provided: $10 adults / $5 under 12
rsvp to sdjamaicanda@gmail.com

Out of many, we truly are one people!