Caribbean InTransit

Our Portfolio

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Dr. Barrow Maignan is a Fulbright Scholar, Social Entrepreneur, Arts Management Consultant and Visual Artist.

Her passion and vocation are to realize real social transformation through arts-based socio-economic interventions. She has worked across the Caribbean, in the US and Africa in cultural programming and as a consultant in the Creative Industries for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), CARICOM and Broward County Florida. She founded Caribbean InTransit in 2010, a non-profit with a volunteer team of more than 33 professionals operating across 13 countries spearheading the production of an open-access peer-reviewed journal, arts festivals, research projects and the This is ME program.

Dr. Marielle Barrow Maignan served as Coordinator of a Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund at a Development Bank from 2018-2021. She led an impressive team of motivated professionals which developed and coordinated programming for the bank’s 19 Borrowing Member Countries including design of programming , managing grantee projects, engagement with a range of stakeholders and mobilizing additional resources for the fund.

Dr. Barrow-Maignan spearheaded the inception of the Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund at the Caribbean Development Bank transforming the fund into a program that executed over 8 accelerators in multiple sub-sectors across CDB’s 19 Borrowing Member Countries leading to university programs in at least 7 institutions across 5 countries. Sub-sector accelerators included Festivals and Carnivals (2), Festival Tourism, Data Collection with a focus on Intellectual Property, Music, Animation and Gaming, Film, Visual Arts (2) and Fashion (2). Establishing the CIIF Community of Practice Guidelines as an intellectual policy based policy to guide interactions, she introduced a range of Knowledge Products including Creative Industry Profiles for 10 countries, Intellectual Property Toolkits by sub-sector, as well as a panel series, CIIF Creative Talk and CIIF Connect Events.

Our Portfolio

This is ME

This is ME- a creative entrepreneurship series targeting at-risk youth (5 editions), and persons living with HIV/Aids; the InSitu branch for research and collaboration (4 editions); and since 2022 an ecosystem platform that hosts courses

Caribbean InTransit Arts Journal

As a site of learning, our programming since 2013 has included the Caribbean InTransit Arts Journal multi-lingual, open access, peer-reviewed journal (7 editions)

Caribbean Creative Alliance

Synapse.Zone

This is ME training program (5 editions); The Meeting Place Festival (4 editions); In Situ (research and development ( 2 editions) and most recently The Meeting Place Community turned Synapse.Zone.

Synapse Ecosystem Incaubator

Our Projects

Programs

THIS Is ME

For At risk Communities
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Partners

Stephen-BIDEC

Stephen Selassie Asuo is the President of the Bureau International Development Exchanges and Commerce (BIDEC). Bidec International He has played...
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Programs

SAIL

For Creative Entrepreneurs
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Partners

Renee Robinson

Renee Robinson is an international creative economy expert with nearly two decades of experience in content strategy, public policy, investment...
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Partners

Marc Alain- Banj

Marc Alain Boucicault is a Haitian social entrepreneur and tech ecosystem builder with over 15 years of experience in international...
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Partners

Kimberley Demagny- CaribeArt

Kimberley Demagny is a Marketing and Digital Strategist with over a decade of experience, having collaborated with more than 80...
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Partners

Erica K. Smith-Intellect Management Services

Erica K. Smith stands at the forefront of pioneering the intersection between intellectual property (IP) and the creative industries. Her...
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Programs

DEI & ARTs INTEGRATION

 For Teachers and Principals
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Programs

ASPIRE NETWORK

For Secondary Level Students
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CARIBBEAN CREATIVE ALLIANCE

Membership & Mentorship

Our Achievements

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Our Partners

Erica K. Smith-Intellect Management Services

Erica K. Smith-Intellect Management Services

Erica K. Smith stands at the forefront of pioneering the intersection between intellectual property (IP) and...
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Kimberley Demagny- CaribeArt

Kimberley Demagny- CaribeArt

Kimberley Demagny is a Marketing and Digital Strategist with over a decade of experience, having collaborated...
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Stephen-BIDEC

Stephen-BIDEC

Stephen Selassie Asuo is the President of the Bureau International Development Exchanges and Commerce (BIDEC). Bidec...
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Marc Alain- Banj

Marc Alain- Banj

Marc Alain Boucicault is a Haitian social entrepreneur and tech ecosystem builder with over 15 years...
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