Borne out of the still bellowing black smoke of insurrection that had split the nation wide open along all its fractured fault lines seeded by colonial trauma and replanted by the neo-colonial inheritors to stamp out diversity hanging over the body politic, the nation raised hands in praise, as their fingers penned The Good News to raise the vibrations and aspirations for hope. So what killed the Good News of the Day? A requiem, s News of the DAy closes its eyes!

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Power Politics & Press Freedom

Find out about why the news of the day is struggling for survival: 

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The Power of ONE!

One AuthenTHINK Intel AnalyEthics of one of the thousands of news and other articles, speeches, papers, presentations that form part of my unstructured, undigitized archives. In there are the seeds for cultivating new pathways for development. Not just in news, culture, education, gender empowerment, environment, cultural economics, and more recently in data science and AI technologies. Wherever I saw gaps and lag, I learnt the core elements of the arena so I can understand what it would take to being healing.

It is from this pad of competence and confidence and optimism in our future that the GloCal Knowledge Pot is now set to launch into full form!

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Power Politics & Press Freedom

Find out about why the news of the day is struggling for survival: 

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The Power of One!

A close look at the Power of One Newstory: https://krisrampersad.com/power-of-one-an-authenthink-intel-analyethics-autopsy-of-news-of-the-day/

 

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Autopsy of the News of the Day

It had all the components of the news of the day, but none of its flavour.

That was what made the difference!

 It was, in fact, a marked departure from the news of the day. Newsday’s advertising, in days ahead, the building-up to this morning had teased of the coming of the ‘Good News.’ This was Good News fleshed and flashed in the headlines of a new newspaper about life, not death, not despair, but about hope, success and triumph. It was about ‘5000 Lives Saved.’

But there was more to that first article, something that has been largely overlooked in all assessments of Newsday’s birth to date. Why these early pieces of my mid-journalism career, bore a marked brand of difference, why it was a signal for the new journalism I continue to champion. What was it?

Find out more in links below. Autopsy of the News of the Day https://krisrampersad.com/power-of-one-an-authenthink-intel-analyethics-autopsy-of-news-of-the-day/

 

The Power of ONE!

One AuthenTHINK Intel AnalyEthics of one of the thousands of news and other articles, speeches, papers, presentations that form part of my unstructured, undigitized archives. In there are the seeds for cultivating new pathways for development. Not just in news, culture, education, gender empowerment, environment, cultural economics, and more recently in data science and AI technologies. Wherever I saw gaps and lag, I learnt the core elements of the arena so I can understand what it would take to being healing.

It is from this pad of competence and confidence and optimism in our future that the GloCal Knowledge Pot is now set to launch into full form!

Call To action

Want to Support, Sponsor, Donate or Find out how you may collaborate for the benefit of your sector or community? Make Contact and Let's Discuss

See also:  Find out More about Reengineering the Newsroom of the Future  

https://krisrampersad.com/renaissance-in-global-conscience-local-intel-defying-algorithms-for-media-futures/

Power Politics & Press Freedom

Find out about why the news of the day is struggling for survival: 

https://krisrampersad.com/power-politics-pursuit-of-press-freedom-rip-news-of-the-day/

The Power of One!

A close look at the Power of One Newstory: https://krisrampersad.com/power-of-one-an-authenthink-intel-analyethics-autopsy-of-news-of-the-day/

 

See more about News & Media in today's Age of Information 

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Reengineering the Newsroom of the Future

As news media entities crumble, The emergence of the GloCal Knowledge Pot provides a potent example of the triumph of foresight and visionary leadership.

 It is triumphant example of proof of concept, existing against odds of censorship and erasure and the minefields that continue to explode in its chosen path, including starvation from funding.

The Glocal Knowledge Pot refutes the lie that small states cannot build big thinking systems; that post-colonial societies cannot author our own futures. It treats journalism not as a dying industry, but as a civilisational necessity.

This new knowledge ecosystem is about journalism and media remembering what it was always meant to be, as an architect of public intelligence, guardian of collective memory and catalyst for structural change.

Dr Kris Rampersad, Rennaissance in Global Conscience: Local Intel Defying Algorithms for Media Futures in Demokrissy at the GloCal Knowledge Pot

Find out More about Reengineering the Newsroom of the Future  

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Power Politics & Press Freedom

Find out about why the news of the day is struggling for survival: 

https://krisrampersad.com/power-politics-pursuit-of-press-freedom-rip-news-of-the-day/

The Power of One!

A close look at the Power of One Newstory: https://krisrampersad.com/power-of-one-an-authenthink-intel-analyethics-autopsy-of-news-of-the-day/

 

See more about News & Media in today's Age of Information 

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Calling New Tech Emperors: One Minute To Reverse the Macaulay Minute

 12 Emperors of Tech, one globe-trotting truth-seeker with a coveted roadmap & one tech minute to Reverse the Macaulay Minute & change the course of the New Age War for Peace

 Twelve Tech Emperors of Indian affiliation command the global landscape of emerging industry, education, culture &technology. One small-island globe-trotting knowledge-seeker holds the coveted roadmap to Reverse the mentality of the Macaulay Minute. Multilateral Policy Change Agent Dr Kris Rampersad challenges the Giants of Modern Tech to the new age Mahabharata War for Peace, One Minute to Reverse the Macaulay Minute to net Traditions with Tech power, Reprogramming the Colonised Human and as she straddles concurrent global India forums of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage & Diaspora Conference in Varanasi, while giving scholars a glimpse of the future face of academia in sneak peeks of the world’s newest creative genre ...

Tech Emperors of Indian origin — Pichai, Nadella, Narayen, Krishna & others — reprogram global education in one Tech Minute? Trillions in value, billions reached, centuries of bias undone. #CharterOfReversal #TechForEquity”

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    Tech Emperors of Indian origin — Pichai, Nadella, Narayen, Krishna & others — reprogram global education in one Tech Minute? Trillions in value, billions reached, centuries of bias undone. #CharterOfReversal #TechForEquity”

EPIC War for Peace Oil Gita of the New Age

 

Did someone say war? So what's a War without an EPIC, or an EPIC without a War, eh. See sneak peak video above and subscribe also to my You channel!

Offering a sneak peak at my EPIC WAR for Peace from the unfolding MultiMedia MicroEpic Landsapes & Mindscapes of Heritage & History as we commemorate the 5000th anniversary of the revelation of the Bhagavad Gita, one of the world’s most enduring epics. Observed globally as Gita Mahotsav, Gita Jayanti, or the birth of the Bhagavad Gita, it is the period when Lord Krishna delivered his timeless teachings to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

Here is a preview of my creation of a New World extension of the Gita as expressed through the world’s newest creative genre, the Multimedia MicroEpic of the Anthropocene. This segment of my EPIC, Divine Dialogue on the Battlefield of Diaspora, adapts and extends the Gita’s eighteen chapters into a contemporary, globalised frame, encompassing the lived experiences of the world’s largest diasporas and the unfolding Divine Dialogue in the War for Peace and Sovereignty in the digital age within the crises feeding this fraught culmination of the Anthropocene.

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Into the Heart of Light EPIC Landscapes & Mindscapes of Heritage & Histo...

My newest creative initiative. EPIC Landscapes and Mindscapes of World Heritage & History invites you to journey with me through the visible and invisible, seen and unseen, where the contours of planets meet and morph into currents of time through memory. We explores landscapes that hold imprints of civilizations, in mindscapes echoing myth, dream, spirit, intuition and imagination.  For full details go to www.krisrampersad.com and see links:

Introducting  EPIC - Landscapes & Mindscapes of Heritage & History - https://krisrampersad.com/epic-landscapes-and-mindscapes-of-world-heritage-and-history-new/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PCsNmCJU-c&t=28s

Sneak Peak EPIC: Vol 1  India - Ch 1 This is Kashi City of Infinity:  
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 (See sneak preview YouTube video teaser – EPIC Landscapes and Mindscapes of World Hertiage & History – Volume 1 – India. Ch 1 – This Is Kashi linked here!

Life Altering Journey Through India

 Early 2025 found me in India for the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the legendary once-in-a lifetime Maha Kumbh Mela and and extended visit through ancestral districts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar  and beyond into the ehart of India and our ancient heritage ...find out more at www.krisrampersad,com

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Congratulations to Kamla Persad Bissessar, the First & Second Woman Minister of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

025  Demokrissy Congratulates The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissesar for her unrparallel victory and history triumph in the Trinidad and Tobago Elections which has made her the first woman Prime Minister in the region to assume office twice along with being the first woman Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago!. 

This remarkable journey from rural backwaters was documented in the first book on the first woman Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Through the Political Glass Ceiling.

Demokrissy has been on the forefront of an agenda for change and change in the political climate for a new era for Development and looks forward to working for implementation of the unfinished gender agenda and the platform for inclusion of all sectors on the way forward!

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Gender Mainstreaming The Unfinished Agender in Global Elections All issues Are Women's Issues

 The evolving character of global democracy from bipolar to multi-polar appreciation for diversity will impact the USA's future role in changing global dynamics towards a new world order. There have been impassioned pleas by regional leaders for upgrade to the international agenda. What does this mean for the US Elections?   

So how does this translate future forward for this US elections in relation to economic, gender, ICT and emerging challenges 

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...recommended introduction of the award from the Women Agents of Change initiative it was meant to recognise the contributions to advancement of women and the mandate of gender equality 

--  Dr Kris Rampersad, Gender Empowerment Specialist/Consultant

No medal for development of women at national awards - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: 

AT this year’s national awards ceremony on Republic Day on Sunday, no one was awarded the Medal for the Development of Women, raising questions in the minds of some members...

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No medal for development of women at national awards

Sean Douglas

 Tuesday 26 September 2023

Dr Kris Rampersad and former President Paula-Mae Weekes at the 2018 national awards ceremony. - Office of the President

AT this year's national awards ceremony on Republic Day on Sunday, no one was awarded the Medal for the Development of Women, raising questions in the minds of some members of the public.

Office of the President sources told Newsday on Sunday their only role was to host the event by way of Her Excellency Christine Kangaloo and the provision of President's House. The selection of awardees was done by an awards committee chaired by Chief Justice Ivor Archie.

The Office of President website said the award is for "any person for outstanding contribution to the development of women’s rights and issues."

It may be awarded in gold, silver or bronze in accordance with the assessed value of the service rendered, up to a maximum of ten awards in any one year.

Contacted by Newsday, Network of Women's NGOs former head Dr Kris Rampersad congratulated all recipients and especially the women awardees.

"I am not sure why no award was given for the category of the Medal for the Development of Women. As you may recall when we recommended introduction of the award from the Women Agents of Change initiative it was meant to recognise the contributions to advancement of women and the mandate of gender equality.

"We have seen over the years that there were shifts in it being awarded in some instances to women or groups whose work was not necessarily focussed on development of women." She had originally advocated to establish a women's award.

A deficit still persists in the numbers of women receiving national awards in other categories, said Rampersad, who received the National Award for the Development of Women (gold) for contributions to advancement of women and journalism in 2018 and is now an international development specialist.

“While we have seen increased focus on the role of women and the drive for gender equality that work is by no means over.

"What we do need is for the many women who are benefiting from our tireless efforts and are occupying higher places in management and other positions including in the office of the President, Parliament and elsewhere to ensure that equality remains at the top of developmental agenda with targeted actions to achieve this.

“The work in relation to gender equality is by no means over and in fact we have only just begun."

She said the Women Agents of Change initiative has now been absorbed into the development work of the UN and other international bodies.

Rampersad concluded to Newsday, "Perhaps it is best that you get from the awards committee if it felt that there were no women deserving of the award this year or why none was awarded. There is certainly need for rededication to advancing the work to bridge gender gaps and build on the achievements we have made to date as well as to concerted address the persistent and systemised dimensions of the gender gap that is inhibiting progress and change."

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Impact the Future International Women's Day All Issues are Women's Issues

Theme of This Year's Women TechMakers' Ambassadors International Women's Day is Impact the Future. That may be not be an easy task if we do not understand why we are where we are at, the journey, the struggles, the triumphs! Support digitisation and productions in new multimedia forms of our extensive archives of the development agenda on women, culture, media, agriculture, environment, heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean and  the Global South. After all, All Issues are Women's Issues!

Let's partner to enhance digital education, refresh the digital culture with new directions for the Global South!

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Silver Fox who dared Lions Prime Minister Basdeo Panday passes on

 He would be known as the Silver Fox who dared Lions. Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday, the boy from the impoverished canefields of South Trinidad who has indelibly altered the political landscape of the Commonwealth and the Caribbean as Trinidad and Tobago’s fifth Prime Minister died at age 90 on New Years Day, 2024.

Find out more at Remembering the Silver Fox at the GloCaL Knowledge Pot

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New Year for embracing the World When Your WorldView is the World's View

 

What will the New Year Bring? Twelve New Chapters 365 New Chances! After a year in which we reached into almost every nook and cranny of the world we are poised to consolidate a world for peace, prosperity and progress. Thank you for your support and Happy NewYear! More details and stats and how you can get involved in this link

Experience Demokrissy and CEIBA-EDUtainment at the GlocaL Knowledge Pot  

Regional Implications of the Guyana-Venezuela controversy on Latin America and the Caribbean

The Border Dispute between Guyana and Venezuela heats up as the date for a Venezuelan Referendum approaches while Guyana has taken the issue of Venezuela's threat to occupy some two thirds of its territory to the International Court of Justice. What are the implications of this for the Region and why we should be glued?

Demokrissy takes a close look to the socio-cultural, historical and geopolitical factors in this dispute. Go to the link below for details. 

Brokering the Border Wars – LAC limbo on barbed lines of demarcation as Venezuela-Guyana dispute heightens
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AI and I Reengeneering Education Culture Media in the Digital Age

 

On World Folklore Day I follow an invitation from a search engine to explore information about the day and folklore. It takes me down a rabbit hole of the representations and misrepresentations of information by AI, the new digital tool now widely available in the internet landscape. This takes a close look at how AI is altering that landscape. it is aimed to inform and build critical awareness around uses of AI across sectors.

In this post I look closely at how AI is misrepresenting and misinterpretation information which it shares along with semblance of 'moodiness' aligned to attitudes that are unnerving in a technical environment.

See post: https://krisrampersad.com/abused-by-a-moody-angry-ai-on-world-folklore-day-taking-on-the-tech-giants/

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Heritage Educator Dr Kris Rampersad in an alien landscape on World Folklore Day declares Open I is Not Open-Minded AI -  distortion of information in the digital age Reengineering Education Retooling all sectors for the Digital Age

Race for Respect in the Era of Augmented Reality on Social Media New 'R's' in literacy Happy World Literacy Day

 An advertisement by a bank sparks a letter to an editor which is published in a newspaper, released on social media and stirs and sparks a virtual racial war.

The fingers point now to a cycle of blame: Who's at fault?

Is it that the advertising agency and the bank were insensitive to the deeply entrenched racism and other historical hurts festering in the society? Was the media fuelling racism to sell a few to a gullible public who is sure to jump at the ongoing race-baiting, consciously or subconsciously perpetrated on a society that cannot rise out of the scars of the past? Each may have very sound and solid justifications on its actions, but the reality is that media, culture and gender sensitive literacy have moved to the forefront of the challenge for social literacy, virtually replacing the traditional three R's with a new one - Respect!

And we are way past the time to begin to unravel and rethread the flaying and flawed social fabric.

It points to the challenge for social, cultural, gneder sensitive literacy and re-educating the education setor ...

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UNESCO supports Trinidad's challenge to World Bank classifications of island states - Caribbean Times News

UNESCO supports Trinidad’s challenge to World Bank classifications of island states

OCTOBER 21, 2015 BY EDITOR IN OECS & CARICOM, REGIONAL, WORLD

    

PARIS – UNESCO’s Finance Commission has unanimously supported the call to challenge the development categorisation of countries according to gross domestic product (GDP) tabled by Trinidad and Tobago’s representative to the UNESCO Executive Board, Dr Kris Rampersad.

Rampersad advocated revision of the GDP basis for economic categorisation of states into small, medium and large categories promoted by global financial organisations such as the World Bank, noting it does not reflect the tremendous disparities in income, levels of poverty and inequalities within countries. It is part of a draft resolution proposed by Caribbean representatives and global SIDS with support from others for UNESCO to develop a focussed strategy of programme implementation and means of financing and resourcing an action plan for SIDS.

It requests that UNESCO’s Institute of Statistics collate the relevant data for phased presentation to the Executive Board, “taking account of the vulnerabilities linked to limitations of size and resources economies of scale, indebtedness, external economic shocks and natural hazard occurrences and resources.” 

Support for the resolution came from not only small island developing states (SIDS) of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans but also ‘developed’ island states as the UK as well as countries like the United States, Sweden, and China who recognised the place of SIDS in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and to ‘the future of the planet.’

UNESCO’s Finance Commission (FA) is charged with examining budgetary provisions of the organisation. It is one of two commissions, with the Programme and External Relations Commission (PX), which is co-chaired by Dr Rampersad with the representative of Mexico. 

“This has implications for not only on SIDS but all of the developing world, Unless these misrepresentations are addressed we are likely to face the same pitfalls in meeting the United Nation’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),” said Rampersad, an independent development educator/consultant who has been promoting culture-centred approaches to development as the UNESCO-trained heritage facilitator for the Caribbean and Trinidad and Tobago’s Representative to the Executive Board, 2013-2017. 

She noted that persistent poverty and other glossed-over internal challenges have hampered achievement of the Millennium Goals. She observed that the GDP classifications have also restricted access to technical and other resources by civil society and others working to redress the imbalances at poverty, gender disparity and other inequalities at ground level.

Trinidad and Tobago became a member of the UNESCO Executive Board with the highest number of votes among the Group of Latin American and Developing Countries (GRULAC) at UNESCO elections of 2013. New members will be admitted to the 58-member Executive Board following elections carded for the upcoming UNESCO General Conference in November 2015, where all Executive Board resolutions will be finalised and adopted. (Caribbean News Now).UNESCO supports Trinidad's challenge to WB classifications of island states - Caribbean Times News

 National Award Winner Oliver Chapman provided the sound track for my biopic, One Night To Bloom in the innovative new creative genre the MultiMedia MicroEpic.

As the themesong of the first television series I wrote, the award winning original Cross Country series. It was the first local programme to occupy top spot on prime time TV produced by Dale Kolasingh of AVM Television. Here's how the Cross Country themesong became the sound track of my life... read more Sound Track of My Life

Break The Bias International Women's Day 2022 Global Gender Specialist Dr Kris Rampersad on MultiCultural Television

Break The Bias and the prospects, challenges and opportunities for gender equality into the Post Pandemic Planet. How a small island can make a difference. International Gender Development Strategist and Multimedia Educator and Journalist, Dr Kris Rampersad discusses futuring gender equality into the Post Pandemic Planet, the role of Caribbean Women Leaders, the impact of Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, cultural change and transformations and the challenge onward towards effective sustainable development in changing the culture of politics, culture of business, commerce, trade and economics, culture of education... and so much more at the GloCal Knowledge Pot 

Suffrage Literarily

Suffrage Literarily from
 Encyclopedia Literaria 

Ever wondered what Suffrage means in a banana or other fructoid republic? Reinterpretation traditional into contemporary phenomenon see Suffrage Literarily in Encyclopedia Literaria at the GloCaLKnowledgePot read more in link
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