Guyana Oozing Oil movement launched
By Tangerine Clarke
Three Counties Foundation
- Guyana Oozing Oil Movement,
was launched with grand
fanfare on Dec. 7, in Brooklyn,
with an aim to mobilize
Guyanese across the world to
ensure everyone has a voice at
the table, in Guyana’s developing
oil and gas sector.
During an evening of celebration,
festooned with a
cultural presentation, talks
of Guyana’s oil discovery, and
calls for unity to make sure
all nationals benefit from the
new sector, President, James
Richmond said, the mission
of the organization was to
empower underserved communities
at home, while mobilizing
members of the diaspora
and beyond, to be educated
about oil.
Named for the three counties
of Guyana, Demerara, Essequibo
Berbice, Richmond, Guyana’s
pre-eminent poet, further
explained that the organization
sought to promote debate and
discussion about the best policies
and programs that should
be implemented to benefit the
most needy, on a sustainable
basis from oil reserves.
Richmond, also penned the
poem “Guyana Oozing Oil,” to
honor the new industry that
will see extraction of oil in the
first quarter of 2020.
“Some Guyanese may not be
ready to move back to Guyana
permanently, but they have a
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vested interest in our country,
and remains open to lending
their skills and talents to companies,
and the country as a
whole,” said Richmond, adding,
“the organization looks
forward to collaborating with
oil companies involved to discuss
with our professionals in
the diaspora, how best they
can get involved.”
Sherif Fraser, district manager
of Brooklyn Community
Board 17 in the 21st Senate
District, in her opening
remarks, expressed excitement,
at the launch of the organization,
and noted, that the group
hopes to use the organization
as a conduit to enlighten fellow
Guyanese on the oil boom in
Guyana, while using its work
as a platform to bring information
and opportunities to those
residing here in the diaspora.
“Guyana is now slated to
become one of the richest
countries in the world and we
do believe the economy can
grow faster, creating better
jobs, with the right skills and
workforce, so businesses can
become more competitive,
and organizations, like, Three
Counties Foundation –Guyana
Oozing Oil Movement, can be
more effective, with Guyanese
being involved,” said Fraser.
Dr. Terrance Blackman, professor
of mathematics, Medgar
Evers College, in his presentation,
commended Richmond
on his brainchild, and echoed
the President’s sentiments,
that Guyana’s potential windfall
must benefit poor communities
of Guyana.
He opined, that Richmond
was putting this aspect, squarely
on the agenda, as Guyana
experiences potential windfall,
from its oil economy.
President of Three Counties Foundation - Guyana Oozing Oil Movement, James Richmond,
front, recites his poem “Guyana Oozing Oil,” as Dr. Terrance Blackman, professor of mathematics,
Medgar Evers College and Sherif Barker, district manager of Brooklyn Community
Board 17 in the 21st Senate District, at far left, and musicians Menes de Groit, Akoyow, and
others, celebrate the launching of the organization. Photo by Tangerine Clarke
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