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June 2018 Charles Town Maroon International Conference Magazine

2:20-3:20 pm Julian Patrick, Director of Product Development,
Tourism Product Development Company Limited
“The Community Tourism Policy and economic opportunities in the accommodations,
attraction and tour subsectors”

Tafari Burns, Director, Cultural Economics and Business
Initiatives, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
“Accessing the economic opportunities of the Blue and John Crow Mountains World
Heritage Site sustainably”

3:40-4:40 pm Sustainable Ecologies and Indigenous Peoples
Wellington Taylor, Education Officer,
Jamaica Conservation & Development Trust
"The Blue and John Crow Mountains: Environmental Management and Cultural
Heritage Preservation"

Una May Gordon, Principal Director,
Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth/Job Creation
"UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: Local Communities and Indigenous
Peoples Platform"

Dr. Thera Edwards, Geography & Geology, UWI Mona
"Charting the History of Landscapes through Plots, Plans and Maps”

5:00-6:00 pm Creative Legacies: Readings and Performances
Dr. Opal Palmer Adisa, Director,
Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI Mona
"Love’s Promise: Female Self-Assertion"

Kevan Anthony Cameron, Black Dot Roots and Culture Collective, Vancouver, Canada
"Black Matthew, A Dub Poem"’

Gaama Akinsanya Palmer, Charles Town, Jamaica
Performance

6:30 pm Banquet

7:30 pm Bonfire Night featuring
drumming, dancing, live music
by the River Park

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