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Houston Caribbean Professionals Association

Our Mission:
To support, connect and unite professionals of Caribbean heritage for the advancement of Who should join this group? Receiving financial guidance.

HCPA was created for individuals of Caribbean heritage who are looking to inspire and collaborate with like-minded individuals that are ready to challenge the status quo, commit to their success, support, empower, and to celebrate achievements of one another while building meaningful relationships that impacts our community. Young Adults who are interested in:

Social and networking opportunities.

Participating in a professional mentor-ship program. Professional development opportunities. Volunteering. Traveling with like-minded individual

Personal Growth. Living a healthy lifestyle. Socializing and learning in a diverse circle of influence.

04/04/2025

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Join HCPA’s Health & Wellness Committee volunteers THIS Sunday in support of the initiative- “Coffee and Construction” 🚧

We will be with Brittany Rose ( .theboss .in.realestate) and Andrew Beaver ( ) at:

“Community Impact Day- Houston Clean-Up & Revitalization” 🧹

This event will engage in a hands-on community revitalization project to create positive change in Houston‼️

Date: April 6, 2025

Time: 1:30-5pm

📍Where:
Sunnyside Park
3502 Bellfort Avenue
Houston, Texas 77051

Dress Code: comfortable clothes and shoes for outdoor work

What “Coffee and Construction” will do:

- Clean up and beautify a selected neighborhood or development site.
- Partner with local organizations to assist with housing renovations, park improvements, or a community-driven project.
- Engage in mentorship opportunities by connecting with local youth interested in real estate careers.
- Network while making a difference alongside developers, real estate professionals, and local leaders.

Don’t talk about it, BE about it‼️

Here’s to taking back, taking care of our communities and building together in 2025 💪🏾

🌟 For more information please contact our Health and Wellness Committee Vice-Chair, Danielle M. ( ) and be sure to sign up through the “Coffee and Construction” link 🔗 in our bio:

https://www.simpletix.com/e/coffee-construction-community-impact-day-h-tickets-208767

02/27/2025

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Join us at the G.E.M.S 💎 “Women Empowerment Soiree 2025” for an evening filled with empowerment, networking, and fun‼️

Theme for 2025 is “Spread Your Wings” 🪽

The Annual “G.E.M.S-Girls Evolving Mentally and Spiritually” Soiree will be a spectacular evening of awards, inspirational messages, entertainment and hors d’oeuvres. Connect with like-minded women and gain valuable insights to help you thrive personally and professionally.

G.E.M.S will be honoring some of the most hardworking and dedicated women in the community with PHENOMENAL women speakers. This will be a very sleek and elegant event and we are collaborating this year with “Caribbean Womens Expo”

The Vigorous Women, The Phenomenal Women, The Career Driven Women, The Talented Women, The Educated Women, The Resilient Women, The Motivational Women, The women looking to reignite that flame 🔥 inside of you‼️ Bring your support system (women , men and older children) with you 🙏🏽

🎤 Host Connie Perez

🎤 Mistress of Ceremonies (MC): Chantelle Clarke , Secretary of the Houston Caribbean Professionals Association (HCPA)

🎤 SPECIAL guest performance by: Soleil Soleil .love

🎶 Music provided by incredible female:
DJ 🎧 Koko Blendz

When 🗓️ : Saturday, March 1st

Where 📍:
15209 Westheimer Rd
Houston, TX 77082

Time: Event starts at 5pm CST SHARP

Dress code:
Be red carpet ready‼️ 💃🏽
Wear Purple 💜 (Not mandatory, but is highly recommended in honor of “Women’s History Month”. Butterflies 🦋, Capes & anything that Flows 🤌🏾

Tickets 🎟️ (Link 🔗 in Bio): Limited Pre-Sale tickets, More at the door.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gems-women-empowerment-soiree-2025-tickets-1130013574019

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to uplift and empower yourself and others‼️

02/26/2025

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🌟YOU ARE INVITED🌟

Join the “SAID (Society for Africans in the Diaspora) Institute” in celebration of International Women’s Day at: “ Lead like Her” on Friday, 7th March 2025, from 6:30pm to 9pm.

This is an exciting IN-PERSON “Afropolitan First Friday” monthly 🗓️ event‼️

💥Featured Speaker: Danielle Martin - Business Development Leader in Biofuels and Sustainability, Advocate and President of the Houston Caribbean Professionals Association

In this upcoming conversation, we will discuss how we can help re-define “Women’s Leadership in the 21st Century” with the belief that when women are in positions of power and influence, It is better for people, profits and the planet.

Danielle Martin is a global professional in the biofuels industry, currently serving as Business Development Manager at Gevo, Inc. With a strategic focus on sustainable energy solutions, she has been instrumental in expanding market opportunities and driving the adoption of renewable fuels. Her expertise lies in pipeline development, strategic partnerships, and positioning the business for long-term growth in the low-carbon fuels and chemicals sector.

With over a decade of experience advising on multi-million-dollar investment decisions and driving growth at leading energy and chemical companies, including ExxonMobil Corporation and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Danielle has honed her expertise in commercial strategy, plant operations management, finance, and process engineering.

This discussion will help transform the way the world views women leaders. At “Lead Like Her,” Danielle looks forward to leveraging her deep industry expertise and leadership in male-dominated corporate spaces. Her goals are to inspire, equip, and empower the next generation of Black women professionals to break barriers and step into influential leadership roles.

Date: Friday, March 7th

Time: 6:30- 9:00 pm CDT

📍 Where:
SAiD INSTITUTE
12126 Westheimer Road #118
Houston, TX 77077

💥 Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect and grow professionally ‼️

🔗 LINK IN BIO TO REGISTER AT

02/22/2025

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Happy 46th Independence Day St. Lucia 🇱🇨

First inhabited by the Arawaks and Caribs, Saint Lucia was colonized by the French and British in the 17th century. Previously called Iyanola by the Arawaks and later Hewanorra by the Caribs, Saint Lucia was also known as Helen of the West Indies due to being frequently switched between French and British control. It was then officially ceded to the British by the French in 1814.

Saint Lucia Independence Day is celebrated annually on February 22 to commemorate the day when Saint Lucia gained its complete independence from the United Kingdom in 1979.

Reference: nationaltoday.com

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02/07/2025

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Happy 51st Independence Day Grenada 🇬🇩

Grenada was first colonized in the 1600s by the French, who established sugar plantations and brought slaves from Africa. In 1762, Britain took control of the island. This control lasted until Grenada achieved full independence from the United Kingdom in 1974.

Reference: Wikipedia.org

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02/04/2025

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Happy Black History Month ❤️🖤💚💛

Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States. It is a time to recognize and honor the achievements, contributions, and history of African, Caribbean, and Black Americans all sharing ancestral history that can’t be denied…

To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established “Black History Week”. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

In 1976, as part of the nation’s bicentennial, the week was expanded into Black History Month.

It is celebrated in February in the United States and Canada, where it has received official recognition from governments, and more recently has also been celebrated in Ireland the United Kingdom where it is observed in October.

Reference: en.m.Wikipedia.org

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01/30/2025

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Join the HCPA with the Caribbean Collective of the University of Houston, .uh , in kicking off Black History Month with a performance by Johnathan Lajas, titled:

“The Mis-Educated Latino- A Story Of Afro-Caribbean & LatinX Identity Within The African Diaspora”

This performance is a tribute to Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s book “The Mis-Education of the Negro” which will highlight Latin and Caribbean cultural history as a part of Diasporic African history.

When: Sat, Feb 1, 2024

Where:
University of Houston Theater
*Student Center South
4455 University Dr
#103/203
Houston, TX 77204

Time: 6:30pm

01/30/2025

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To the man that made this all possible‼️

The HCPA would like to wish our esteemed Founder and Chairman, Dr. Sledge Léonidas .belbagay a very Happy Birthday 🎂 Bon Anniversaire 🎉

Dr. Léonidas⁩, Thank you for continuing to foster the love and dedication to the community, specifically to those of Caribbean descent, that has allowed for the HCPA Family to continue exponential growth.

May the Almighty continue to keep, guide and protect you for many happy returns 🙏🏾

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01/28/2025

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Congratulations to our newly installed Executive Team:

President: Danielle Martin
Vice President: Noel Rock
Treasurer: Frederick Dubique
Secretary: Chantelle Clarke

Community Service Chair: Phelecia Scotland
Marketing Chair: Ramona Toussaint
Health & Wellness Chair: Dr. Thalia Micah

The Houston Caribbean Professionals Association (HCPA) looks forward to your leadership in the organization and within our communities both locally and abroad.

This is an exciting time for HCPA and we look forward to the next two years of growth and wider impact‼️

Thank you in advance for your dedication and service team 🙏🏾

01/21/2025

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BREAKING NEWS: Prior to leaving office, Former President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned the late Marcus Garvey.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940), was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder and first President-General of the “Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League” (UNIA-ACL, commonly known as UNIA), through which he declared himself Provisional President of Africa. He promoted the ideology of Africa being a one-party state, unifying Africans and the African diaspora.

This civil rights leader, who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923, served 4 years in prison in Atlanta before President Calvin Coolidge commuted his sentence in 1927 and deported him to his home country of Jamaica.

Mr. Garvey was ideologically a black nationalist and Pan-Africanist. His ideas came to be known as “Garveyism”. He believed that Black people should become financially independent from white-dominated societies and launched various businesses in the U.S. He also became president of the Black Star Line shipping and passenger company.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. credited Mr. Garvey as the first man, on a mass scale and level, to give millions of Black people a sense of dignity and destiny.

Reference: en.m.wikipedia.org

📸: Britannica and David Lienemann/The White House

01/21/2025

Enjoy cuteness and fun over load from some of our members and their pickney (kids) on this snowy day in Houston. Before you go out and make some menteurs of your own, here’s some useful tips from one of our New York snow expert member, Lajas ❄️☃️🏂

1. Yellow snow is NOT for play. Do not eat yellow snow either. ❄️
2. ⁠when making snow angels 😇 , both arms and legs need to work together in symmetry so you don’t make snow devils 😈
3. ⁠Do not make snow angels in the dog park area. That’s not dirt under the snow. 💩
4. ⁠Timberland boots are for fashion, not for snow. Use Vasque gore tex boots. 🥾
5. ⁠Yes, you can use two pair of socks and use two pair of socks as hand gloves as well. 🧦
6. ⁠Snowballs must be smaller than a grapefruit but larger than apples.
7. ⁠this may not be enough snow or right type for a snowman ⛄️

Finally, Houston drivers are not good in summer. There’s no way the roads will be safe in the snow. So, stay home.

01/20/2025

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day ✊🏾

On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law, designating the third Monday in January a federal holiday in observance of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The holiday in his honor is timed to honor Dr. King’s birthday which was on Jan. 15, 1929.

Dr. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal & state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States.

This Civil Rights icon, whose work to end segregation and racism through nonviolence earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, is the ONLY non-president with a federal holiday named in his honor.

The legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first introduced just four days after his assassination on April 4, 1968. Still, it would take 15 years of persistence by civil rights activists for the holiday to be approved by the federal government and an additional 17 years for it to be recognized in all 50 states.

Today, it is the ONLY federal holiday designated as a “National Day Of Service” to encourage all Americans to volunteer and improve their communities.

Reference: en.m.wikipedia.org, americorps.gov, usatoday.com

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