Behavioural Scientist, Literary Artist & Cultural Activist
...then my living shall not be in vain
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NB: This page is dedicated to cataloging all the charitable work, Dr. Paloma Mohamed has been engaged in over the course of her interesting, if not eventful life.
2016
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2015 Guyanese Laureates Reception
August 10, 2015
2015 Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Laureates, Professor Suresh Narine (Science and Technology) and Dr Paloma Mohamed (Arts and Letters) hosted a small reception at Herdmanston's Lodge, Queenstown, Georgetown, Guyana.
Intended to foster the the development of Guyanese filmmakers and the film industry in Guyana, CineGuyana Inc. has finally been launched and is now located at 206 "E" Half Charlotte Street, Lacytown, Georgetown, Guyana.
July 30, 2015
CineGuyana Inc. launches @ Giftland Mall
Musical Life in Guyana by Professor Vibert Cambridge is the first in-depth study of Guyanese musical life. It is also a richly detailed description of the social, economic, and political conditions that have encouraged and sometimes discouraged musical and cultural creativity in Guyana.
Dr. Vibert Cambridge is Professor Emeritus at the School of Arts and Studies, Ohio University and President, Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. He is the author of Immigration, Diversity and Broadcasting in the United States, 1990-2001 and co-editor of International Afro Mass Media. His work has appeared in such journals as Arts Journal (Guyana), Caribbean Affairs, and Studies in Latin American Popular Culture.
The book is available on www.Amazon.com
July 16, 2015
Professor Vibert Cambridge - Musical Life in Guyana Talk & Book Launch
To sit in on the talk check it out on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOidULTtnEC_7Y2mx1kC9DixN-DLVuccu
Deeply committed to the intellectual enterprise, Prof. Ivelaw Griffith is a specialist on Caribbean and hemispheric security, drugs and crime. He has published seven books and more than 50 articles in various scholarly journals. The research for the highly acclaimed Drugs and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty under Siege, published by Penn State University Press, was funded by the MacArthur Foundation. The University of Illinois Press will publish his eighth book, Challenged Sovereignty. His expertise also includes higher education leadership and management ,land-grant university operations management, international educational collaboration, and recruitment and retention strategies.
July 15, 2015
Professor Ivelaw L. Griffith - Regime Change and Expectations Management
To sit in on the talk check it out on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOidULTtnEC9xdmwCNVSJ9N7XYXV67RGV
CGX Resources Inc. hosted a Cultural Conversation at Moray House Trust to discuss Guyana's post emancipation identity in relation to the different orgins of many Guyanese but the common future which is shared by all. The event was co-hosted by Professor Suresh Narine and Dr. Paloma Mohame. Panelists included: Dr. Yesu Persaud, Eric Phillips, Vanda Radzik, Francis Bailey and Sara Bharrat.
August 12, 2015
Cultural Conversations @ Moray House Trust
The second Loyola Documentary Film Festival has taken place in Guyana. It is an initiative of the Jesuit-led CatholicTV (CTV) that aims to create and promote awareness among people about socio-economic and cultural issues that affect Guyana as a nation. It allows film-makers and corporate bodies to actively engage in developing the skills and expertise of Guyanese.
July 10, 2015
2nd Loyola Documentary Film Festival
Dr. Paloma Mohamed was the guest speaker: https://youtu.be/32F__XzpuiU
To sit in on the Reception, check it out on youtube: https://youtu.be/7ttZh0q_aIw
Interested in the Laureates' journey?:
Interview with National Awardee Dr. Paloma Mohamed.
Catholic Media congratulates Dr. Mohamed for her for contributions to the Arts and especially to Theatre Education.
June 8, 2015
Interview with Catholic Media
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To sit in on the talk check it out on youtube: https://youtu.be/g7qG9ApPMoE
The interaction included the visiting team from the Caribbean who are partnering with the new Institute for Gender Studies at UG. The team includes: Professor Kamala Kempadoo, of York University, Canada; Dr Gabrielle Hosein of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, St Augustine Campus, UWI, Drs Renuka Biharie, Coordinator Institute for Women, Gender and Development Studies (IWGDS),Anton de Kom University of Suriname Dr Peter Weller, President of the Caribbean Male Action Network (CARIMAN) and Professor Verene Shepherd of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Mona Campus UWI.
August 28, 2015
Rap Session on Gender with Caribbean colleagues
With the aim of bridging the gaps created by social, economic and ethnic divides, the Social Cohesion Ministry staged a roundtable at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre come September 3 and funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the British High Commission, which will pave the way for the development of a strategic framework for the implementation of Guyana’s five-year social cohesion plan.
September 3, 2015
Ministry of Social Cohesion Round table 3
September 11, 2015
United Nations Media Awards Workshop - Day 1
September 12, 2015
United Nations Media Awards Workshop - Day 2
The members of GNNL & NCN boards with PM Moses Nagamootoo (GINA photo)
September 15, 2015
New member of NCN Board
September 19, 2015
Media Owners working lunch (United Nations Media Awards)
September 26, 2015
The Inaugural Trent Salon Seminar Series, Ontario, Canada
To sit in on the Opening check it out on youtube: https://youtu.be/HvREzpRTAY8
PAHO/WHO Guyana and other UN Agencies, held a two-day workshop with Journalists, to share information on the programs and funding of the UN in Guyana.
The UN agencies held a meeting for media Editors-in-Chief and Owners for the purpose of editors encouraging journalists to practice responsible journalism; and also to inform them of the UN Awards and the PAHO/WHO Media Awards to be held in October and December respectively.
PAHO/WHO Guyana and other UN Agencies, held a two-day workshop with Journalists, to share information on the programs and funding of the UN in Guyana.
The board members are as follows:
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Bishwa Panday (Chairman)
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Mark Archer
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Dr. Paloma Mohamed
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Margret Lawerence
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Kojo McPherson
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Dhanwanti Sukhdeo
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Carolyn Walcott
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Imran khan
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Colin Thompson
The Trent University Cultural Studies Ph.D Program, in collaboration with the Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research, and Trent Department of International Development Studies hosted an Inaugural Trent Salon Seminar Series. Dr. Paloma Mohamed's presented a case study based on "Facing Down the Feral on Facebook" - using social media to diffuse hate speech, misinformation and incitement to violence in two Guyanese General Elections (2011-2015).
National Investiture Ceremony in Georgetown, Guyana
His Excellency President David Granger bestowing the National Arrow of Achievement on Dr. Paloma at the National Investiture Ceremony in Georgetown, Guyana, for her extensive and exceptional contributions in education and culture at the national and international levels. The Golden Arrow of Achievement (A.A.) is the fourth highest award in the Order of Service of Guyana.
October 6, 2015
EXTRACT FROM KAIETEUR NEWS --- The event, which was held on Saturday evening at the Georgetown Club, coincided with the UN’s 70th anniversary. About a dozen local media workers received awards for their stellar coverage of the developmental work of UN agencies, funds, and programmes in Guyana. Prizes were up for grabs on 11 social issues: HIV and AIDS; human rights; food and nutrition security; involvement of youth and women in agriculture; health; child protection; youth and adolescent development and participation; sexual and reproductive health; adolescents and youths; the environment; and poverty and governance. Additionally, the competition was open to all sections of the media – print, radio, television and even online.
October 24, 2015
UN Day Dinner & Media Awards
On Monday, October 26, 2015, the Theatre Guild of Guyana Multi Arts Centre officially inaugurated its Eucalyptus Garden Theatre on the grounds behind the Theatre Playhouse in Kingston, Georgetown.
The Guild’s Eucalyptus Garden Theatre is an open air theatre that harks back to the origins of theatre in ancient Egypt, Africa and India which pre-date even the Greek theatre traditions.
Originally performance was thought to be a special communion with God. Since God was thought to be vested in nature, natural spaces were optimal to this communication and union.
This idea also revolved around the idea of community and participation, in which the audience is inside and close to the action and not alienated from it as in the proscenium arch (square stage with actors above and audience below) that has become the popular norm worldwide.
The Stage of the Guilds Eucalyptus Garden Theatre is a perfect circle, the audience is seated around it coliseum style and all this is settled softly in a beautiful therapeutic garden behind the Guild's Playhouse.
October 26, 2015
Launch of Theatre Guild's Garden Theatre
October 29, 2015
Creative Problem Solving Using the Arts: An Introduction
Members of the Queens College Alumni Association conducted a conference on a wide range of topics including; mental health, entrepreneurship, mathematics, interview etiquette and resume preparation among others.
December 18, 2015
Duenne performed at The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA) at UWI St. Augustine Campus
December 14, 2015
Courtesy call to the Minister of Tourism
December 13, 2015
Closing concert of the G-Jazz Festival 2015
November 18, 2015
Walter Rodney Awards for Creative Writing
November 13, 2015
Launch of G-Jazz Festival 2015 @ Moray House Trust
February 15, 2016
G-Jazz Donation to Joshua House of $104,000
February 28, 2016
Medical Research Lecture @ Convention Center
March 7, 2016
International Women's Day Programme on NCN
International Women's Day Award Ceremony @ Convention Centre
March 8, 2016
March 16, 2016
Suicide Symposium and Discuss @ The Theatre Guild Playhouse
One Act Foundation Launches @ 704 Sky Lounge
April 4, 2016
The International Committee of the Queen’s College of Guyana Alumni Associations (ICQC) in collaboration with Healing Arts Foundation and Theatre Guild launched the G-Jazz Festival at the Moray House Trust.
G-Jazz, which the organisers describe as a festival to “protect jazz that is created by Guyanese, jazz that is performed by Guyanese and inspired by Guyana,” is for the most part a charitable event that will be supported largely by the work of volunteers and will see half of all proceeds made going to 11 identified charities across Guyana. However, the broader goal of the festival, which will be held annually, is to fund the development of a ‘Centre of Excellence for Fine Arts’ at Queen’s College.
The Walter Rodney Awards for Creative Writing are named in honour of the scholarship, research and writings of Dr. Walter Rodney, a Pan-Africanist historian, educator and political activist, recognized as one of the Caribbean’s most brilliant minds. Rodney spoke about research, scholarship and creative writing, noting that even in challenging times, great literature has been produced.
The Award which is under the patronage of a private philanthropist, seeks to improve the standard and discourse of creative writing in Guyana; the main focus being on rewarding original works from recent and current students of the University of Guyana. The Walter Rodney Awards for Creative Writing was launched in October 2013 under the auspices of the Walter Rodney Foundation (WRF) based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
2015 Winners
“The Answers are Never on Time” by Andrew Hutson
“Once Upon a Renegade” by Jivita Pyneandy
“The Awakening” by Akola Thompson
Dr. Mohamed was tasked with presenting on the importance of Medical Research.
The Ministry of Social Protection arranged for several activities to be held during the period set aside to observe Internation Women's Day, which was held this year under the Theme:" Pledge for Parity." Dr. Mohamed was featured along wiith a group of influencial women to discuss the importance of women's role in society.
Duenne examines positions that arise with any woman who becomes pregnant – issues of motherhood, of selfhood and choice on the physical, psychical and spiritual realms in the cycle of life.