Community Leadership and Making the Most of Changing Times
July 1, 2018 – Christopher Visentin
The more things change, the more they stay the same—a familiar saying, but it is hard not to feel that small communities today are facing new threats that will fundamentally change their futures due to global economic change. A unique symptom of that change is the movement of industries, jobs, and people away from small…
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Migration and Asylum-Seeking
May 29, 2018 – Justin Moorhead
We are all migrants. All of us are migrants unless we can trace our roots directly to the Tainos who populated these islands before the Europeans and the Africans. It is appropriate to think about this as we reflect on the issue of migration and asylum-seeking now impacting conversation and governmental behavior in the United…
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Communication begins the process for bringing about change- Powerpoint Slides
April 15, 2018 – Justin Moorhead
Communication Instigates Change A presentation on Virgin Islands Capital Resources, Inc. communication portal, UndertheMarket.com, at the Recovery, Renewal and Resilience Workshop, Thursday March 8, 2018; a jointly sponsored event of The UVI Research and Technology Park, UVI School of Business, and SEAT Caribbean. For a narrative of this presentation please see our blog post.
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As Culture Strengthens Our Communities, We Must Seek To Preserve Our Communities’ Culture
April 6, 2018 – Christopher Visentin
Though its impact is often overlooked, a community’s culture plays a vital role in the area’s survival and prosperity. In fact, while initiatives to preserve and celebrate a community’s culture may seem to some a niche concern or a matter of secondary importance, these efforts help to strengthen a core aspect of community. In a…
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Successful Economic Development Requires a Young, Motivated and Task Oriented Workforce
March 27, 2018 – Justin Moorhead
Essential to economic growth is reversing our migration. We must make our Virgin Islands a realistic location of choice for those completing university training or leaving military service and attract other talented millennials to be part of our community. Our community is aging and our workforce shrinking. Neither is advantageous to economic expansion. Economic growth…
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