{"id":33572,"date":"2016-01-14T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T13:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=33572"},"modified":"2016-01-14T13:23:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T13:23:05","slug":"virgin-islands-and-danish-students-collaborate-on-trans-atlantic-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=33572","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Islands And Danish Students Collaborate On Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. CROIX &#8212; About 22 St. Croix secondary school students congregated with six of their counterparts from Denmark on Monday, January 11 at the Steeple Building in Christiansted for the orientation of the Danish \u2013 U.S. Virgin Islands Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (TST) Collaboration titled \u201cReflections of a Historical Legacy,&#8221; a press release the Department of Education issued on Wednesday says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Local program coordinator for TST Collaboration Duane Howell said the UNESCO exchange program is in its infancy<span class=\"\">,<\/span> but has seen seven different groups of Danish students participat<span class=\"\">ing<\/span> in the program on St. Croix, and looks forward to a Virgin Islands delegation visiting Denmark. He said the exchange, comprise<span class=\"\">d<\/span> of teaching and learning<span class=\"\">,<\/span> prepares students for global citizenship and allows for each group to be aware of the numerous challenges faced in administering a sound educational system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cWe want our students to know that they are competing on the global level as well as locally and that they are making headway with this opportunity to work one and one with the Danish students,\u201d Howell stressed.\u00a0 He added that the program \u201callows for the advancement in the teaching of peace, human rights and intercultural understanding through student-teacher-administrator exchanges between the Virgin Islands and Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Turgay Abat<span class=\"\">, <\/span>a Danish high school teacher who accompanied the students along with Jette Bie Larsen, said <span class=\"\">the group will be on <\/span>St. Croix for about two-weeks and will travel over to experience the other former Danish West Indies islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Presenters included Alscess Lewis Brown, editor for the University of the Virgin Islands\u2019 publication, <i class=\"\">The Caribbean Writer.\u00a0 <\/i>She urged the students to begin writing and to submit their articles to <i class=\"\">TCW. <\/i>\u00a0She describes the publication as regional and incorporates mostly literature and artwork on Caribbean history and culture.\u00a0 St. Croix District Social Studies Coordinator Lauren Larsen, Ph.D.<span class=\"\">,<\/span> <span class=\"\">informed <\/span>the students on the particulars of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and on the upcoming Centennial observance <span class=\"\">in 2017<\/span> relative to the U.S. purchase of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.\u00a0 Ricardo Richards Elementary School teacher Zahra O\u2019Reilly took students and chaperones on a geocaching tour of the historical town of Christiansted, mainly mapping out the Scale House and Free Gut.\u00a0 St. Croix Educational Complex English teacher brought 11 students to the TST orientation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Cultural Education Division Director Valrica Bryson also came to give support to TST cultural exchange program.\u00a0 Other education officials were Faith Dane George, St. Croix District Deputy Superintendent and Chermaine Johnson, Assistant Commissioner of Education.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. 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