For over 50 years, the Jamaican Nationals Association, Inc. (JNA) of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area has united persons of Jamaican heritage and friends of Jamaica to maintain and promote Jamaican culture and heritage.
JNA provides educational and charitable support to persons of Jamaican heritage in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, other US-Jamaican communities, and in Jamaica.
A major JNA program is its Annual Leadership Development Scholarship Awards to college students of Jamaican heritage attending schools in the United States and in Jamaica. To learn more about this program, click Education.
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Jamaican Nationals Association of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area
About Us
The Jamaican Nationals Association (JNA) of Washington D.C. was launched in the fall of 1969 at an inaugural meeting on the campus of Howard University.
Mission & Goals
To unite persons of Jamaican heritage and friends of Jamaica to maintain and promote Jamaican culture and heritage and provide educational and charitable support to persons of Jamaican heritage in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, other U.S. Jamaican communities and in Jamaica.
Membership
We invite all persons of Jamaican heritage and friends of Jamaica to attend JNA’s monthly meetings. Check out the JNA Events Page for our upcoming meetings and events.
NEWS/BLOG
Round House Theatre doubles down on diversity, inclusion
The Bethesda-based theater is challenging the pervasive inequity in the American theater industry with new community engagement and fundraising programs. The Round House Theatre, one of the major professional theaters
Carol-Ann Boothe, Director, Risk Management, KPMG (USA) and Chair of the JNA Membership Committee, Re-elected to the ACCA
Carol-Ann Boothe, Director, Risk Management, KPMG (USA) and Chair of the Jamaican Nationals Association of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area (JNA) Membership Committee, Re-elected to the Association of Chartered Certified
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
EARLY SCREENING SAVES LIVES October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Breast Cancer is the 2nd most common death among African American women, surpassed only by lung cancer. White women are
JNA is an exhibitor at the October 29th Jamaica Fest at OAS
JNA is an exhibitor at the October 29th Jamaica Fest at OASMeet and greet with Us!We will offer treats and exciting giveawaysStop by to learn about JNA and our upcoming
JNA Successfully Supports Celebrating Jamaican Culture through the Play, Nine Night, at the Roundhouse Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland
From September 14 to October 9, 2022, Round House Theatre, Ryan Rilette, Artistic Director, and Ed Zakreski, Managing Director presented the play, Nine Night by Natasha Gordon (Playwright-Actress of Jamaican
Jamaicans In The Diaspora Eligible For NIDS Card
All Jamaican citizens, locally and in the diaspora, will be eligible for the National Identification Card, which will be issued with the rollout of the National Identification System (NIDS). This
JUNE 2022: National Caribbean American Heritage Month Celebrate the accomplishments and contributions we’ve made in the literary arts. We will explore the works of Jamaican authors throughout the month of
Saturday, June 18: JUNE TEENTH Celebration
JNA’s past president and esteemed member, Ambassador Curtis Ward, is the recipient of the prestigious 2022 African American Living Legends Award that will be presented on June 17, 2022, at BlackRock Center