In The Diaspora

By Anthony Autar Anthony Autar is a New York-licensed attorney-at-law, with a background in mental health and healthcare law.

By Juliette Maughan “He took my arm and said, ‘Is over a whole year I waiting, yuh is a big girl now, yuh wukking and ting.

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College   The rejection of the old politics was implicit in the election campaign and platform of the APNU +AFC coalition.

By D. Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column.

The Caribbean Voice is a New York based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.

By Nicosia Shakes and Maziki Thame Nicosia Shakes is a PhD Candidate in Africana Studies at Brown University; and a past student and past-lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. Maziki

By Alana Benjamin Alana Benjamin is a Trade and Development consultant currently based in Barbados.

By Krystal Ghisyawan   Krystal Ghisyawan holds a Double Honours B.A.

The Caribbean Voice is a New York based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.

Iman Khan is a graduate of the York University BA (Hons) programme in Political Science and Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the MA programme in Political Science and International Development Studies at Guelph University, Canada.

By Angelique V. Nixon & Alissa Trotz Angelique V. Nixon is a writer, artist, teacher, scholar, activist, and poet – born and raised in Nassau, The Bahamas.

By Savitri Persaud and D. Alissa Trotz Savitri Persaud is a PhD candidate in the Department of Social and Political Thought at York University in Toronto, Canada, whose research looks at disablement, mental health, and violence in Guyana and the Caribbean.

By Nigel Westmaas Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College  On May 16, 2015 Brigadier David Granger became President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana as head of a coalition of six political parties.

By Hollis France   Hollis France teaches at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina   For many homeland and diasporic Guyanese the euphoric dynamic of the election of a representative government projects great rays of hope.

By Schemel Patrick   Schemel Patrick is the Advocacy and Communications Officer at Guyana’s Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) joined the rest of the world in observing the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) on May 17 to bring attention to the discrimination and prejudice faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

By Concerned Guyanese   Concerned Guyanese is a diverse group of young people and professionals, in Guyana and the diaspora, who have been steadily compiling information on the clear absence of a level playing field in Guyana As Guyanese go to the polls in three days, a recent report appeared in Kaieteur News (May 4, 2015), in which in an interview on Hard Talk, President Donald Ramotar defended his government against local and international accusations of corruption.

By Dr Arif Bulkan   Arif Bulkan lectures in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies     Under Guyana’s laws, Minister of Health Bheri Ramsaran’s attack on Sherlina Nageer at the Whim Magistrate’s Court, which included telling her to ‘F- off’, calling her a “little piece of shit” and threatening to have her stripped, qualifies as harassment if it occurred in the context of persons who are associated with each other.

By Arif Bulkan, Ulele Burnham and Alissa Trotz     The nation is now 21 days away from an epochal election.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon (This is an edited version of a blog which was posted on http:// churchroadman.

By Kevin De Silva   Kevin De Silva, Guyanese, is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is currently engaged with issues related to Guyana and its diaspora.