Style & Vibes

Trini Gourmet is all about Caribbean cuisine with a Trinidadian fusion. Sarina Nicole is passionate foodie who is not afraid to add her own flavors to traditional dishes like Doubles, Pelau and Bake & Fish. Mouth watering recipes complete with pictures, ingredients and directions –think of it as your own personal Trini food guide.

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Felicia Persuad (chairwoman of CaribID 2010, a New York-based campaign to get a category on the census form for Caribbean-Americans or West Indian) recently wrote an editorial piece about Caribbeans be accounted for on the U.S. 2010 Census. For years most Caribbean-Americans of Non-Hispanic decent have been lumped into the “Black” category and thus have never been truly accounted for.

“We are completely undercounted because there isn’t an accurate way of self-identifying for people from the Caribbean,” said Felicia Persaud, chairwoman of CaribID 2010, a New York-based campaign to get a category on the census form for Caribbean-Americans or West Indians.

About 2.4 percent of the U.S. population — more than 6.8 million people — identified on the 2000 Census as belonging to two or more races. A little less than 1 percent of the population — more than 1.8 million people — wrote in their West Indian ancestry.

And about 874,000 people — or 0.3 percent of the population — ticked boxes for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders that year. If those islanders could get their own categories on the form, Caribbean-American leaders say, why not their communities? (Read Entire Article)

If we are not accounted for, how can we get the resources we need? There is strength in our numbers, just look at the number Caribbean-American owned businesses based in the U.S., yet there are no official statistics of Caribbean-Americans.  Many leaders of the community are urging everyone to complete the census. Persuad and others are urging people to complete the census, but also check the “other” box and define your ethnic background.

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Soap operas started out on radio in the 1950’s (history of soap operas), but soaps have since been weened off the airwaves — until recently. “Like Us” is a brand new, radio only soap drama being aired on college campuses.

Like Us” is a 60-90 second episodic radio drama based on the lives of the students of the fictional HBCU, Atlanta University.  “Like Us” is the first coming of age radio drama with an all African American cast to focus on issues facing college students and members of the urban community; such as abusive relationships, eating disorders, finances, isolation, peer pressure, substance abuse and much more.

The show’s unique vision is the brain child of Shirley Vernae Williams. While everyone wants to be seen, Shirley wants us to be heard in a way we’ve never heard ourselves before. Bringing the drama to radio in a pure verbal/aural form is difficult, yet refreshing. It’s not a new concept, but a revamped one for young African-Americans to relate to. Bound to keep you tuned in to hear what happens next.

Listen to a sneak peak of the audio trailer.

Check out more info on the characters and get info on how you can tune in visit Like Us.

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