Family-and-Community
Jamaica's Labour Day: 'One People, One Purpose' restores schools, communities, and a Bob Marley statue
*Trench Town Polytechnic cleaned by the JDF and JCF. Bob Marley's statue at Independence Park polished. Ferry Basic School refreshed. Labour Day 2026 worked as advertised.*
Come Alive gospel concert returns on Emancipation Day
*After last year's inaugural staging with CeCe Winans, the Come Alive gospel concert returns on Emancipation Day — a heritage-month anchor for diaspora calendars.*
Memorial Day weekend recap, June Caribbean Heritage Month preview
From the Atlanta jazz cycle into Caribbean American Heritage Month: what the diaspora calendar carries through June, and which gatherings shape connection across cities.
Preston Caribbean Carnival returns today. Skinny Banton headlining.
Moor Park, Preston, opens 1:15 PM. Free admission. Carnival parade departs 1 PM. UK diaspora anchor event.
Memorial Day weekend in Piedmont Park: free jazz with deep Caribbean roots
May 23-25. Piedmont Park, Atlanta. Free admission. One of America's largest free jazz festivals, with explicit African and Caribbean musical lineage.