Gleaner: December 27, 2010
Women's Leadership Initiative elects new chair
Communications Consultant Marcia Erskine has been elected chairman of the Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) for 2011-2013.
She succeeds Senator Marlene Malahoo-Forte who recently completed a two-year term as chair of the WLI, a committee of the United Way of Jamaica (UWJ).
Mrs Erskine, managing director of the Kingston-based Caribbean Communications consultancy firm, Marcia Erskine and Associates and a member of the board of governors of the UWJ, is a founding member of the WLI and has served as chair of the communications committee since 2003.
She is also a member of the board of directors of the St Patrick's Foundation and a former president of both the Public Relations Society of Jamaica and the Jamaica and Caribbean chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.
The WLI was launched in November 2003 by former United States Ambassador to Jamaica Sue McCort Cobb following a series of 'exchanges' between a select group of women in Jamaica and Florida, United States of America, aimed at fostering economic development, knowledge sharing and partnership between the two countries.
The WLI has since accomplished much, including substantial retooling of the Sylvia Foote Basic School and the Mary Issa Clinic at the Voluntary Organisation for the Upliftment of Children in downtown Kingston. The WLI also funds three scholarships to local tertiary institutions.
Mrs Erskine said that her focus as WLI chair is to continue the work of the inaugural chair, Pat Ramsay and her successor, Senator Malahoo Forte, to achieve the mission of the WLI of "building bridges of cooperation in developing, implementing and sustaining projects in health, education and philanthropy, which contribute to the improved well-being of all Jamaicans".
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
A Networking Christmas Mixer
The event is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. and the theme is “Special Children” as we seek to raise awareness for children with special needs. Practitioners will be asked to pledge time in the coming year to assist the public relations needs of organisations that support these special children.
Tickets are $2,500.00 and will be available as of Monday December 6, 2010. Please contact me for tickets at:
Demares White
c/o ODPEM 2-4 Haining Road
Phone: 928-5111-4; fax 928-5503; Cel 399-1627
e-mail DWhite@ODPEM.ORG.JM
Other executive members are: Christopher Benjaminchrisbenjamin@flowja.com; Gwyneth Davidson gwyneth_h@hotmail.com; Analisa Downes adownes@slbja.com; Deborah Hickling deborahhickling@gmail.com; Stephen Shaw stephenshaw@nwa.gov.jm; Cheryl Smith cheryls@mof.gov.jm; Mark Thomas mthomas@jamprocorp.com.
We encourage you to purchase at least one ticket. You will not only be supporting a worthy cause, but also the associations that represent the professional practice of PR in Jamaica.
Regards
Delmares White
Friday, December 3, 2010
The News Awards Bursary
Republished from the October 15-November 14 edition of The News
Jermaine Young, a 22-year-old second-year student at the Caribbean Institute of Media Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies, has been awarded The News bursary for the 2010/2011 academic year.
The $40,000 bursary was granted to the former captain of the Rusea's High School's School Challenge team, to mark the 24th Anniversary of the News, which began publication on October 16, 1986. In making the award, Managing Editor of the News, Ben Bridie, congratulated Young on being the student selected for the honour and encouraged him to make the most of his good fortune.
He said that the News had been established 24 years ago on the premise that the profession of journalism was a vital element in the development process of Jamaica and indeed of any country, and that this bursary underlined The News' faith in that belief.
"Make the best of it; and above all, keep your focus on national development rather than personal success. The success will come with hard work and dedication to the profession," he advised.
For his part, Young thanked the fortnightly newspaper for its gesture and promised to make the organisation proud.
He will be mastering in Public Relations
THE NEWS AWARDS BURSARY
TO PR STUDENT
Jermaine Young, a 22-year-old second-year student at the Caribbean Institute of Media Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies, has been awarded The News bursary for the 2010/2011 academic year.
The $40,000 bursary was granted to the former captain of the Rusea's High School's School Challenge team, to mark the 24th Anniversary of the News, which began publication on October 16, 1986. In making the award, Managing Editor of the News, Ben Bridie, congratulated Young on being the student selected for the honour and encouraged him to make the most of his good fortune.
He said that the News had been established 24 years ago on the premise that the profession of journalism was a vital element in the development process of Jamaica and indeed of any country, and that this bursary underlined The News' faith in that belief.
"Make the best of it; and above all, keep your focus on national development rather than personal success. The success will come with hard work and dedication to the profession," he advised.
For his part, Young thanked the fortnightly newspaper for its gesture and promised to make the organisation proud.
He will be mastering in Public Relations
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