Jamaicans Overseas
Jamaican & Caribbean Organizations in Atlanta
Published Mar 1, 2003Atlanta is reputed to have to have the highest number of Jamaican organizations for its size of any city in the US. Many of these organizations are alumni groups that raise funds to support the schools back in Jamaica. Below is a partial listing:
Atlanta Caribbean Association
http://www.atlantacaribbean.org/
404-377-5506
Atlanta Jamaican Association
http://www.ajaatlanta.org
email: secretary@ajaatlanta.org
770/593-9290
Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee
404-508-4711
Atlanta Sports and Dominoes Association
770-465-9004
Benevolent Missions of Atlanta
http://www.benevolentmissions.com/
770-833-8179
Calabar Old Boys Association
http://www.calabaratlanta.org/
404-918-9168
Clarendon College Alumni Association
404-284-7725
Caribbean Association of Georgia (CAG)
www.caribbeangeorgia.org
(678) 464-0680
P. O. Box 1386
McDonough, Georgia 30253
Caribbean Sports & Social Club
770-369-0288
The Carilanta Players
404-296-6600
Ferncourt High School Aluni Association of Atlanta (FHSAAA).
Contact: President, Carmelitta Sewell Boden
email: mcbodden@att.net
Holmwood Technical Alumnae Association
678-485-4112
Integrity Children’s Fund
http://www.www.integritychildrensfund.org
800-304-2862
Jamaica Movement for Social Change
770-277-1357
Jamaican Tourist Board
770-452-7799
Kingston College Old Boy’s Association
www.kcobaatl.org
Kingston Technical Alumni Association
770-469-1134
Queens Alumnae Atlanta Chapter
770-413-6216
St. Andrew Old Girls Association GA Chapter
Email: sahsgeorgia@yahoo.com
Phone: 678-933-6886
St. Hugh’s High School Alumnae Association
404-731-8461
Stone Mountain Youth Soccer Association
www.smysa.org
770-879-1123
Tropical Sports Club
770-365-7684
Union of Jamaican Organizations in Atlanta
404-289-3358
United for Jamaica
http://www.unitedforjamaica.org/
404 533 1248
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Thank goodness for this website! It is so good for jamaicans in different locations to reach out to each other to support our home country, and our culture.
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