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  • 7 May 2009 at 00:00

    Caribbean Americans – The Dismissed Minority

    By Felicia Persaud CARIBWORLDNEWS/CARIBID   CaribPR Wire, Fri. May 8, 2009: The comments are harsh and the reality like a cold water bath on an icy winter day. `We deal with diverse groups on the Census form and Caribbean is not on the [...]

  • 27 April 2009 at 00:00

    Caribbean Census Bill Not A Race Category

    Caribbean Census Bill Not A Race Category CaribPR Newswire, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. April 28, 2009: The Caribbean Census bill introduced in the Congress by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke on April 23rd is not a push for a race category but one for an accurate self-identifying ancestry category, CaribID official insisted Monday. The [...]

  • 24 April 2009 at 00:00

    Historic Caribbean Census Bill Introduced In U.S. Congress

    CaribPR Newswire, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. April 24, 2009: A historic bill that calls for Caribbean nationals to have their own origins category on the U.S. Census form was on Thursday introduced by Caribbean American Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke of New York’s 11 th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. [...]

  • 7 April 2009 at 00:00

    CaribID Joins NY Mayor At Census Kick-Off

    CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. April 8, 2009: CaribID, the movement to get an accurate count of Caribbean nationals in the U.S. by the Census, was the lone Caribbean organization that on Tuesday joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at his 2010 Census kick-off. The city announcement by the mayor was [...]

  • 2 April 2009 at 00:00

    U.S. Caribbean Nationals Urged To `Stand Up and Be Counted`

      CARIBPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. April 2, 2009: More than five dozen Caribbean community leaders and the media gathered in Brooklyn, New York, the borough with the most migrants from the Caribbean region, to mark Census Day 2009 on Wednesday April 1 and the message was clear to all across the [...]