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
JNA Leadership Development Scholarship Awards Ceremony - November 5, 2022
JNA LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIPS
- Christopher Gibbons, MD, Motivational Speaker
- Six (6) Scholarship Awardees:
- ZEMINI ASTATKIE – University of Baltimore School of Law JD Candidate 2024
- RENALDO FACEY – Drexel University College of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
- ZOE HILLOCKS – Pennsylvania State University Biology – planning to be Pediatric Cardiologist
- REV. NORLENE JACKSON – Yale School of Divinity Master of Arts in Religion
- AKSANIA MORRIS – University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica Biochemistry with Microbiology
- CRYSTAL WRIGHT – The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology, Professional Licensure Track
- Mrs. Nicolette Williams, Deputy Chief of Mission, representing Ambassador Audrey Marks.
- Dr Karren Dunkley Ph.D. – Jamaica Diaspora Northeast USA Representative
- Dervan Malcolm, Master of Ceremonies
- Norma Walters, Custos of St. Ann
- Radcliffe Walters, Custos Emeritus of St. Ann
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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 which are held on the last Sunday of each month.
NEWS/BLOG
2020 Emanci-dependence Celebration
Let’s celebrate Jamaica 58 JNA historically partners with the Jamaican Embassy and volunteers to host an annual Ecumenical Service in the Washington DC metro area to celebrate Jamaica’s Independence. The
Support JNA’s College Student Scholarships
Through the annual Leadership & Book Support Scholarships, JNA is helping to build the next generation of leaders who can give back to community. This year, the Student Outreach &
John Lewis, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Caribbean Diaspora
by Ambassador Curtis A. Ward | The Ward Post (18 July 2020) —There is a lot I could say about John Lewis, and volumes have already been written, and will be
President’s Corner Message May-June 2020
Dear Members & Supporters: Please continue to be vigilant and mindful of your well-being. As a people, we’ve come through many adversities, and hardships and “WE SHALL OVERCOME.” Every day
Mango Time in Jamaica
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Discussion on Jamaica, The Confounding Island, Mobilizes the Diaspora
The Jamaican Nationals Association of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area (JNA), through the leadership of Dr. Elaine Knight, its President, and Rev. Dr. Noel Godfrey, its Vice President, has announced
Preserving Culture Through Younger Generations in the Diaspora
Interview with Bobbi Rossiter, Co-Founder and Chief Cultural Facilitator, Irie Camp Jamaica Jamaicans in the Diaspora often speak with pride of our “likkle but tallawah” culture – the strength, tenacity, grit,