What do we do?

Awareness Raising
​& Public Policy

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diaspora Committee of New York Inc. exists to build meaningful linkages between the Diaspora and the relevant institutions and people in SVG and the USA, and to focus on strengthening the policy-making processes in SVG and the USA as they relate to policies directly and indirectly affecting Vincentians living in the USA and in SVG.

Institution Building
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The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diaspora Committee of New York Inc. seeks to build institutions in the Vincentian Diaspora that foster greater participation, cooperation and capacity building across broad sectors including the business, sports, and cultural sectors. We also actively promote the need for a Vincentian owned and operated Community Center.

Humanitarian
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The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diaspora Committee of New York Inc. lends a helping hand to individuals and organisations who are in distress or whose goals are in alignment with our organisations mission and goals. We have supported disaster relief efforts, domestic violence advocacy, sports, culture, and families facing difficulties with the passing of loved ones.

What new?

svg Diaspora committee of ny hosts a successful bingo fundraiser in brooklyn

diaspora committee OF NY INC. partnerS with the carnival development corporation
to launch
"vincy mas" 2018 in new york

Remembering our Founding chairman:
​maxwell "iwaki" haywood

SVG dIASPORA COMMITTEE of new york INC. ESTABLISHES
THE MAXWELL HAYWOOD SCHOLARSHIP & DEVELOPMENT FUND

​The Maxwell Haywood Scholarship and Development Fund (MHSD Fund) is established to remember the organization's founding Chairman, Maxwell "Iwaki" Haywood who served from the inception of the organization in 2010 until his untimely passing in November 2017. The fund will serve to remember Haywood's legacy of development work and to advance his vision for the Vincentian Diaspora and his homeland St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Donations by check to the fund can be made to: SVG Diaspora Committee of New York Inc. (please write MHSD Fund on the memo line ) Checks can be mailed to SVG Diaspora Committee of NY Inc., 181 Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225

SVG DIASPORA COMMITTEE OF NY CHAIRMAN, MAXWELL HAYWOOD honored posthumously AT VINCYCARES ANNUAL LUNCHEON

Just days before Chairman of the SVG Diaspora Committee of NY Inc., Maxwell Haywood, was set to be honored by Vincycares on December 3, 2017, he slipped away quietly after a seven month battle with illness. Haywood was among several other outstanding Vincentian sons and daughters to be honored by the organization. His wife, Sherrill-Ann Mason-Haywood, accompanied by her daughters, graciously accepted the award on his behalf. She noted in her acceptance speech that Haywood had penned a message from his hospital bed in which he noted his admiration for the work of Vincycares and provided suggestions for the way forward for the organization. Haywood died on November 29, 2017. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF Recent Events

2nd Annual
SVG DIASPORA
​HERITAGE AWARDS HONOREES

 SVG Diaspora Committee of NY kicks off Summer Vincy BBQ Season at new location: Friends of Crown Heights, 1435 Prospect Place on May 20, 2017

Diaspora Committee of New York Inc. partners with Rose Hall Development Organization
as part sponsor of the 2016 Rose Hall Culture Fest

First International Flights arrived at Argyle International Airport on February 14, 2017:
Sunwing from Canada and Dynamic Airlines & Caribbean Airlines from New York

Regional Integration and Diaspora Unit (RIDU) Launches new Diaspora Mapping Project funded by the International Organization Migration  (IOM):
RIDU Encourages Vincentians in the Diaspora to Sign up

Carnival Development Corporation Launches 40th Anniversary of Vincy Mas 2017 in New York and Promises a Spectacular Package for the Hottest Carnival in the Caribbean:
June 30 - July 11, 2017

Successful Diaspora Week of Activities:
Celebrating International Migrants Day
​December 18, 2016

SVG Diaspora Week 2016 (Dec 17 - 23, 2016) included a boat cruise up the Leeward coast, church services, a radio program, a development tour to the historic Rose Hall village on the Leeward side of the island, Diaspora Nine Morning throughout the country and a outdoor cookout "Bus-a-lime" at the Rawacou Recreational Park.
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The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diaspora Committee of New York Inc. works in cooperation with individuals and other organizations in the Vincentian Diaspora and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and beyond, to assist in building the capacity of Vincentians and their institutions at home and abroad to develop themselves in the Diaspora and to advance the progress of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

photos of Past Events

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