Christie to present CIN lecture in New York

FRESH OFF his victory of getting the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to rescind its decision to sell a state-owned property in downtown Kingston to Bashco Trading Companies, Contractor General Greg Christie will address what is expected to be a capacity audience at the Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture in New York this evening.

Christie will be the presenter at the 7th annual CIN Lecture Series. He follows a list of other outstanding Jamaicans who have presented for the past six years; Robert Hill, who spoke on 'Marcus Garvey', Rex Nettleford, whose subject was 'The Caribbean Diversity: A Defining Point in the History of the Americas', Edward Seaga, who spoke on 'The Folk Root of Jamaican Cultural Identity', P.J. Patterson whose subject was 'The Importance of the Caribbean Diaspora to Economic Development', Lowell Hawthorne whose topic was 'The Importance of Entrepreneurship and its Contribution to Wealth Creation', and last year Ronnie Thwaites, who spoke on 'The agony of change and the prospect of a new beginning in Jamaica'.

The CIN Lecture Series is sponsored by The Gleaner Company, Richmond Development, Walkerswood, Jampact and Golden Krust.