Barrel Stories

Barrel Stories is a project by @LisaFromTheRock which records and creatively shares stories of Caribbean parents and children separated due to migration.

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Many Caribbean immigrants work in frontline jobs, money for remittances is scarce, barrel shipping is reduced and travel to the Caribbean is almost impossible. How are you being affected by COVID-19?

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@nathanielacole @Nadine_Writes @LivefromMelissa is a Caribbean-American journalist who has won awards for her reporting on barrel children. You can also find links to her work in the articles section of the reources.

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@nathanielacole @Nadine_Writes Check out the resources page on our site https://t.co/9VG4ylJ54B. Update coming soon. Also check out Dr Claudette Crawford-Brown, the Jamaican clinical social worker who coined this term and has done so much work to help families repair the damage of separation.

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Many Caribbean immigrants work in frontline jobs, money for remittances is scarce, barrel shipping is reduced and travel to the Caribbean is almost impossible. How are you being affected by COVID-19?

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I'll kick it off. I'm in London, worried about mum and auntie in Barbados - both vulnerable healthwise. All paid work cancelled so can't help fam if needed. Processing of visa extension likely to be severely delayed. No idea when it will be safe to fly home again. #barrelstories

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Heading to #Toronto to record #BarrelStories like Tonni's, who returned to Trinidad as a teen https://t.co/AWGpfkOZwB . What's your story?

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Heading to #Toronto to record #BarrelStories like C.H's, shuffled to three households as a child https://t.co/yO4g5cPlI9. What's your story?

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Heading to #Toronto to record #BarrelStories like Ashley's, left in JA by her mum for 14 years https://t.co/e92ZKS6N1m. What's your story?

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Ashley https://t.co/VOAbEooEMg

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http://t.co/i0eNIH4Vpv Share your story of parental separation due to migration. #barrelstory

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Come share your story at Barrel Stories Roadshow. Meet us at Combermere School Sunday, April 12 from 9am to 3pm -- http://t.co/6rBkjLvLYm

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Grateful to everyone who came to the launch of my new #oralhistory project last night. Follow me at @BarrelStories http://t.co/7YwbQiAIm6