Come home and invest Jamaica Stock Exchange Managing Director Dr Marlene Street-Forrest (right) was one of the special guests at the Jamaican-American Chamber of Commerce trade and investment power lunch and Jamaican business expo, held in collaboration with the Miami Consulate General of Jamaica. Others from left are: Aston Lue of the Ocho Rios Brand; Alison Smith, first black woman president of the Broward County Bar Association, and Miami Consul General of Jamaica R Oliver Mair.
August 23, 2022
T’was a busy Independence Week in Florida
Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of Independence kept Florida abuzz with celebratory activities. Some organisations chose to stage their special events around the Independence holidays, keeping Miami Consul General Oliver Mair busy and bringing out the star of the moment, attorney Alison Smith, the Jamaican and first black woman president of the 100-year-old Broward Country Bar Association. Jamaica Stock Exchange honcho Dr Marlene Street-Forrest also flew in for one of the big events:
Here are some of the highlights:
A section of the Jamaican Diaspora who turned out in their numbers at the Jamaican-American Chamber of Commerce trade and investment event in Miami.
Nice work, Consul General MairPriest Dougie (right) presenting the Marcus Garvey Community Award to Jamaica’s Consul General in Jamaica R Oliver Mair on behalf of South Florida-based Rootz Foundation. The 18-year-old community awards recognise excellence in community engagement as well as support for the work of Jamaica’s first National Hero after whom it is named.
Three the hard Jamaican way!Alison Smith (left), the first black woman president of the Broward County Bar Association, and Judge Jackie Powell (right), first Jamaican-American woman judge on the bench in Broward County, having a pleasant moment with Pamela Gordon, who was earlier sworn in as the first Jamaican-American and black president of the Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association.
