The Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF), in keeping with their mission to encourage emerging powerful women, will host their 10th Annual Women's Empowerment Conference Luncheon and Scholarship Fundraiser (WEC) at the Fort Lauderdale Marriot Coral Springs Hotel and Convention Center.
Read MoreThe Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF), in keeping with their mission to encourage emerging powerful women, which includes cultural/educational experiences, will host their annual Run-A-Boat outdoor festival at the Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church, Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Read MoreFort Lauderdale, FL – October 30, 2022 - The Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF), in keeping with their mission to encourage emerging powerful women, will host its first Tea Party to celebrate JWOF’s 10 years Anniversary at the Queens Teas House, Parkland, Fl 33067
Read MoreFt Lauderdale, FL – March 21, 2022 - The Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF), in keeping with their mission to encourage emerging powerful women, will host their 9th Annual Women's Empowerment Conference Luncheon and Scholarship Fundraiser (WEC) at the Marriot Harbor Beach, Fort Lauderdale.
Read MoreToday, we celebrate International Women’s Day, and the Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF) accepts the challenge from the International Women’s Day Campaign, #choosetochallenge
Read MoreJWOF Member, Captain Maria Ziadie-Haddad completed her last commercial airline flight on Saturday 17th October when she flew an Atlas Air B747-400 from Riverside, California, to Cherry point, North Carolina after 41 years of airline flying to 108 countries, logging more than 20,000 flight hours.
Read MoreJWOF did it again! The Run-A-Boat was a success due to our talented members, Adrianna Bentley and Joy Thomas who guided the online event while, Run-A-Boat chair Michelle Manley lead the offline team who live-streamed from the participating food trucks and restaurants.
Read MoreThe Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF) will host a virtual fundraiser to raise money for Melody House to ensure young girls continue to have a safe place called home. Join JWOF on Saturday, November 14, 2020, from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm (EST) for an afternoon of food, fun, and partying as they host their annual Run-A-Boat Fundraiser virtually!
Read MoreThese are seriously unprecedented times and so it calls for different behaviors and practices. This is an ideal time for us to adopt the concept of being HIP - Humble, Intentional, Prepared. As we approach the presidential election on November 3rd, let’s start getting ourselves and others ready to vote.
Read MoreJWOF will be hosting its 2020 High School Forum on October 27, 2020, between 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The hour and a half forum will include information on the college application process, tips on selecting your ideal college, attaining academic success in a virtual environment, getting involved on campus, and maintaining your scholarships.
Read MoreSchools spent summer 2020 improving on their distance learning. Focused on keeping the seesaw balanced, here are strategies shared by JWOF parents and teachers as they answered the question, “As a parent or teacher, how are you creatively approaching remote teaching and/or learning during the pandemic?”
Read MoreIs outside open yet? How much longer? What do I do while I wait? Questions we are all asking. What’s awesome about this ‘gift’ of time is the opportunity to change your personal and/or professional perspective. It’s the perfect time to enjoy a new outlook, a new focus, a great time to reset.
Read MoreThere are some seemingly insignificant, prompts that tell us it’s time to rebalance. It’s the ever so slight but impactful changes from our “norm” to some undesirable, unacceptable, place on our personal expectation scale. So gradual that’s not immediately apparent, just like weight gain or loss. We stop listening with intent to those personal nudges that says- get back to the center, you are too far left or right, of whatever center is for you.
Read MoreThe Reclaim session, the first of a three-part series, promises to be truly invigorating. You’ll enjoy moderated discussions with accomplished panelists, who are experts at helping us identify the situation(s) in our unique contexts that may be pressing us down. You’ll learn how to decompress, how to find your “middle ground,” and learn how to take back that portion of ‘YOU,’ that will enable and empower you to move on to your hill capably.
Read MoreIn her new book, Love Out Loud, Natalee Clarke-Richards commits to supporting everyone to take action by self-evaluating, setting positive intentions that bring results, and all it takes to become a better version.
Read MoreCaptain Janice Smith, a past student of Bog Walk Secondary School, now Enid Bennett High in St. Catherine, created history this week in the United States when she became the first African American woman to head the Military Sealift Command Atlantic (MSCLANT).
Read MoreThe Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is proud to again be a sponsor of the Jamaican Women of Florida’s (JWOF) Annual Women’s Empowerment Conference & Scholarship Luncheon, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2020 in Miami, Florida.
Read MoreBroward Meat and Fish has been a proud, long-time supporter of JWOF, and in 2018, volunteered to sponsor a $5,000 annual scholarship to support and encourage another powerful Jamaican-American woman in her educational endeavors.
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