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
JNA VIRTUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH FORUM ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20TH
HOLD THE DATE – JNA VIRTUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH FORUM ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2022 at 4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. Topic: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MARCUS GARVEY TO THE WORLD
Descendants of Marcus Garvey press Biden for posthumous pardon
Descendants of the Black revolutionary leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey are pressing President Biden’s administration to grant a posthumous presidential pardon to Garvey, who they say was targeted by the U.S.
The Jamaican Nationals Association of Washington DC Metropolitan Area Pays Tribute to the Late Four-Star General Colin Powell who Died on Monday October 18, 2021. He was 84 years old.
General Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937, in Harlem New York City, borough of Manhattan, to Jamaican immigrants, Luther Theophilus Powell and Maud Ariel McKoy-Powell. They emigrated
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 more likely to be diagnosed from breast cancer, however in
September is Ovarian Cancer and Prostate Cancer Health Awareness Month
Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. A woman’s risk of getting ovarian cancer during
Virtual Fundraiser Campaign for Leadership Development SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Jamaican Nationals Association of the Washington DC Metropolitan Area Invites you to Virtual Fundraiser Campaign for Leadership Development SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Saturday, August 28, 2021 6:00 – 8:00 pm GUESTS: Former JNA
Afrikan Unity – The Spinal Chord
Consulate of Jamaica in Namibia “AFRIKAN UNITY-THE SPINAL CHORD” Virtual Symposium Commemorating the 13th Anniversary of the Birth of Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, National Hero 17-20 August 20, 21, 11;30
Jamaica’s 59th Independence Church Service
Dear Diaspora Member,Please be reminded to join us on Sunday August 1, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the Virtual Church Service for the commemoration of the 59th Anniversary of Jamaica’s