- Informal
markets and micro lending
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Intergroup conflict resolution - primarily in developing societies
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Transforming post secondary education in developing societies-namely
nations in Africa and the Caribbean
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Diversity training and achieving continuity of change in Higher
Education in the USA , Canada and the UK
Research -
Current Research directed to area of remittances and capital formation
among second and third generation black immigrants to USA, Canada,
United Kingdom (England).
Consulting
- Consulting federal and
state governments and private firms (Law Firms and Insurance companies
etc) regarding Rotating Credit and Savings Associations (ROSCAS); on
matters of homeland security especially with regards to repatriation of
“deportees” etc; issues with reference to the training and support of
administrative and faculty personnel at the tertiary and community
levels in developing nations- especially
the Caribbean; and finally issues relation to jury selection of West
Indian Americans in the context of Batson v Kentucky Supreme Court
decision re Voir Dire .
2001
- Present Consultant to small higher education
institutions on the north east.
1997
Consulted with SUNY College of Fredonia on request of new president
Dr.Dennis Hefner in developing plan for expanding multi-ethnic content
for the curriculum. New minors in African American Studies, Italian
American Studies, Native American Studies and Hispanic American Studies
proposed for approval by faculty senate. Also recommended facilitator
for summer institute on teaching new course, Introduction to Ethnic
Studies.
1995
Consultant to Joel Millman associate editor Forbes Magazine, who is
researching African and Caribbean immigrants, on micro lending, savings
and investment in the West Indian community. One article has been
recently published by Mr. Millman, Brooklyn's
Anti-Poverty Workers: Caribbean Immigrants
in APF Reporter, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1995, as well as new book, THE
OTHER AMERICANS: How Immigrants Renew Our
Country, Our Economy, And Our Values,
Viking Press, 1977
1992
Consultant and expert witness to United States Attorney Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, Michael M. Baylson and Assistant United
States Attorney, James H. Swain on United States currency civil action
92-2499. Case revolved around alleged use and misuse of Rotating Credit
Association and claim of defendant. Defendant plead guilty and was
convicted.
1990
Consultant to Joe Harte Esq., Training Officer, London Borough of
Lewisham, on a project to enlarge the training opportunities for Blacks
in Media Services in Lewisham, England.
1988
Consulted by New York Times business reporter on major story re:
capital formation and credit among West Indian immigrants to New York .
Widely quoted in the article "Jamaican Émigrés Bring Thrift Clubs to
New York " which appeared in the Sunday New York Times , June 19, 1988
and was syndicated to Caribbean newspapers.
1987
Consulted by WABC Television New York
and appeared on two consecutive nightly news segments (April) to
discuss Voodoo in the Immigrant Community in the U.S.A.
1983
Worked with the Mt.VernonYouthBoard, Mt.Vernon, New York ad hoc
Committee on cultural adaptation of West Indian Youth (summer project).
1974
worked with Iva Wooding, President ALPHA cosmetologists of Brooklyn .
1982
Advice on ways of integrating large numbers of West Indian owners of
beauty parlors in the African American cultural community. Voter
registration and other social events were sponsored. Activities led to
Education Award, October 1976.
1976
worked with Frank L. Douglas, PhD, M.D, then President Student National
Medical Association, now Chief Scientific Officer and member of the
Board, AVENTIS Pharma, on a wide range of activities, namely:
affirmative action and cultural sensitivity sessions between
African-American students and Anglo students..
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