Building Bridges of Friendship
Join us on Saturday 5th April at 2pm in Wales / 8 am in Jamaica for a special session to share the story of the shared history of Wales and Jamaica.
Next NWJS Open Meeting on Zoom:
NWJS / LLI Monthly Open Meeting and Adult Learning Session Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85409200121?pwd=ZUU0T3Z1S2xOLzI2TjJma1ZDcUhUQT09
Meeting ID: 854 0920 0121. Passcode: 407328
Each month we have a specific focus to enable us to understand more about our shared history, with opportunities to share updates on projects. On Sat 5th April we will be welcoming folks called Pennants, as we start a networking group called 'Pennants and Friends' exploring how so many people with Jamaican heritage have the name Pennants.
We will also have an update on the Jamaica Wales Alliance, hopefully welcoming frineds from Pennants and explore what we know so far about the plantations that the Pennant family owned in Jamaica and how they came to be sold.
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2025 UPdates
On Sat 1st February - we welcomed members of the Jamaica Wales Alliance Project Committee, the Pennants Community Development Committee and other friends from Jamaica who have been active in supporting the Welsh Government Taith Project.
On Sat 1st March at 2pm / 9am NWJS Treasurer Lesley Evans updated us on her fascinating research into the names of the enslaved workers on the Pennants Plantations.
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To receive more information or to register as a NWJS Member CLICK HERE
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Thanks to all those who have joined our online meetings in the last months
to learn more about our shared history
to discuss ideas, make plans and checked out funding possibilites
to support the Pennants community in Clarendon, Jamaica.
We continue to support Learning Links International non formal learning approaches
each month with sessions to support 'Exploring our Shared History' at our Open Meetings
with regular updates about the reparation funded activities that are
beginning to make a difference for the community in Pennants.