by Howard Campbell
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Audrey Marks, Jamaica’s Ambassador to Washington, has been awarded the Order of Jamaica, the nation’s fifth-highest honor. She leads quite a lot of individuals whose contributions have been acknowledged by the Jamaican authorities.
The announcement was made on August 6, Jamaica’s Independence Day.
Marks is serving her second time period as Ambassador to Washington. Marks is presently serving her second time period as Ambassador to Washington. She is understood for her excellent service to Jamaica. This contains her efforts in financial improvement, selling social enterprises, and contributing to nation-building.
Additionally receiving nationwide honors are Dr. Karren Dunkley, Dr. Novlet Davis-Bucknor, who will obtain the Order of Distinction, Jamaica’s sixth-highest honor. Moreover, Mary Bishop and Marie Ruth Gill have been awarded the Badge of Honor. The Miami-based Gill is acknowledged for “contributions to the financial and technical improvement of Jamaican enterprise homeowners in the USA.”
Dr. Karren Dunkley
Dunkley was cited for “service to the Jamaican Diaspora in the USA” whereas Davis-Bucknor is acknowledged for “contributions to neighborhood improvement and philanthropy.”
Dunkley is an attention-grabbing story. She overcame adversity after migrating to the USA to grow to be a marketing consultant on the US Division of Justice.
Final November, the DOJ appointed Dunkley to supervise the implementation of a four-point program to finish racial discrimination and harassment within the Davis County faculty district in Utah.
She is just one of two black consultants at that company.
Dunkley accomplished her secondary schooling in Jamaica and migrated to the US in 1992. At St. John’s College in Queens, New York, she earned a bachelor’s diploma in authorities and politics, minoring in schooling, after which a grasp’s in worldwide legislation.
At Columbia College, Dunkley obtained a second grasp’s in schooling and her doctorate in group and management.
Dunkley not too long ago spoke to The Gleaner newspaper in Jamaica about her powerful instances. She confronted challenges when she moved to the US. At one level, she lived in her automobile. She additionally showered on the Lengthy Island Marriott Lodge the place she labored as a waitress. She even lived in her automobile and showered on the Lengthy Island Marriott Lodge the place she labored as a waitress.
Roughly 150 individuals will obtain nationwide awards in October. Amongst them are Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s minister of tourism, who receives the Order of Jamaica; and entertainers Nadine Sutherland, Moses “Beenie Man” Davis, Rodney “Bounty Killer” Worth, actress Audrey Reid and opera singer Curtis Watson, who’ve been awarded the OD.
