The St. Martin Unity Flag was the “workshop” subject lately on the Methodist Agogic Centre (MAC) Group Faculty, stated instructor Jamal Newton.
The workshop centered round a PowerPoint of the Unity Flag to Instructor Jamal’s class of about 13 college students.
Shanice Felix performed the PowerPoint presentation, classroom dialogue, and gifted college students with junior scholastic booklets about St. Martin nation-builders.
Felix began her presentation with the historical past of the Unity Flag, launched on August 31, 1990, the folks concerned, and the which means of the colours and symbols of the banner.
It was identified that the St. Martin folks on either side of the island have been utilizing the Unity Flag for cultural, academic, environmental, church, convention, sports activities, labor, and protest actions.
A number of the makes use of have been talked about and a few have been illustrated with photographs. Lastly, Felix pointed to 2022, when the Unity Flag was “acknowledged … by the governments in Marigot and Philipsburg because the ‘cultural image … affirming the unity and identification’ of the folks of the whole island of St. Martin.”
The scholars requested questions particularly concerning the components within the canton of the flag such because the sword and different symbols, stated Felix.
Shanice Felix is the organizer of the St. Martin Unity Flag troupe for the St. Martin Day cultural parade in November 2024.
Instructor Jamal stated that Felix’s workshop on June 14 was a part of the yearly “Group Faculty Initiatives.”
Studying to the scholars is a function of the multi-subject undertaking. “We push a number of studying at school, so we herald folks to learn to our college students,” stated the instructor.
Previous presenters have included famous authors visiting the island for the St. Martin Guide Truthful.
The scholastic booklets, like these obtained by the scholars, and books about St. Martin literature have been additionally offered by Felix for the MAC library or media heart.
The studying motivation and literary publications such because the Chester York, Gassy, and Bibi readers and Brother Wealthy … Inventive Writing in St. Martin have been donated by Home of Nehesi Publishers (HNP).
The president of HNP, Jacqueline Pattern, was on-island on the time of the Unity Flag presentation and had the writer contact Felix with the provide of guide items.
