Freedom of Speech vs. Privacy/Data Protection/Rights of the Individual

As always the argument for and against a society's right to know and protecting oneself in a an ICT environment makes for interesting reading.

Look at the following article.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/social-networking/74451.html

NIFCA Literary Arts Stakeholders' Review

If you have or know anyone who has participated in NIFCA, then this message is for you.

Dear NIFCA constituent

The National Cultural Foundation thanks you for your participation in the 2011 National Independence Festival of Creative Arts. In this regard, we wish to invite you or your representative to attend the NIFCA Literary Arts Stakeholders’ Review meeting to be held at the Queen’s Park Steel Shed on Friday, March 16, 2012, from 5.30 – 7.00 p.m.

The Chairman and Members of the Board of the NCF will be in attendance. We welcome your input towards improving this major National Festival.

Please contact one of the following persons to confirm your participation:

Cultural Officer – Ayesha Gibson-Gill at email: ayesha-gibson-gill@ncf.bb , literaryartsbarbados@gmail.com tel. 417–6625 or

Ms Alix Lewis at email: alix-lewis@ncf.bb or telephone 417 – 6632

We look forward to seeing you at this event.

Yours faithfully

Ayesha Gibson-Gill

Cultural Officer, Literary Arts

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National Cultural Foundation

West Terrace

St. James

(246) 417 6625

Historically Black Colleges and Universities discussion

http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/remotely/hotspots.aspx

Week of Activities

The Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI Cave Hill Campus

will be hosting their week of activities from Feb 19th to 25th:

"ALL THINGS BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL"

• Mon 20th Panel Discussion: Black Self Hatred: Bleaching the Black, Killing the Kink. Law Moot Court 8pm
• Tues 21st Comedy Show: Ting n Ting Comedy Night Guild of Students 9pm $10 w/ID
• Wed 22nd Panel Discussion: Reasoning the Rights of Gays: A Caribbean Perspective Law Moot Court 8pm
• Thurs 23rd Open Mic Nite: Carimagination: Touch de Mic Roy Marshall 9pm
• Fri 24th Beerlime: De Art of Bachannal: Trini Carnival Style DJs: Slashsoundz, Penthouse 2.0 Synpasoundz and Monstapiece Fed $5 w/ ID

UWI Lecture Series

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer
Dr George Belle, Dean of the Faculty, Social Sciences, UWI                            
Title of Lecture
Labour on the Move, Global Labour Organization and Protest in the 1920s and 1930s

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer                                                  
Dr David Browne, Queen's College Principal & Historian
Title of Lecture
Seedbed for Protest: Barbados in the 1920s and 1930s

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer                                                  
Prof Sir Hilary Beckles, Principal & Pro-Vice Chancellor of the UWI
Title of Lecture
The British Caribbean Labour Rebellions, 1934-1939: An Overview

Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer                                                   
Dr Henderson Carter, Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities & Education, UWI
Title of Lecture
The Blackest Week in the Colony's History:  The Monster of Lawlessness Rears its Head in and Around Golden Square

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer                                                   
Prof Emeritus Sir Woodville Marshall
Title of Lecture
The Blackest Week in the Colony's History:  More Purposive Lawless Action in the Country Districts

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer                                                   
Dr Aviston Downes, Senior Lecturer, History in Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI
Title of Lecture
The Anatomy of Discontent:  The Deane and Moyne in Commission

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer                                                   
Mr Robert Morris, Caricom Ambassador
Title of Lecture
Exploiting the Moment: The Emergence of New Political Organizations and a New Political Elite

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Queens Park Steel Shed, The City at 7:00 p.m.
Lecturer                                                  
Dr Marcia Burrowes, Coordinator of the Cultural Studies Programme
Title of Lecture
Transforming a Frightful Orgy of Hooliganism into a National  Day of Significance