Nassau, Bahamas -- Mojo’s Restaurant & Bar, Nassau’s
newest fine dining establishment has become famous across the country for
successfully fusing culinary flavors from the Southern US and the Caribbean
while providing its customers with a trendy but comfortable space to enjoy
their meals. Now, the owners of the restaurant are moving to introduce new
elements to the Mojo’s dining experience by encouraging and facilitating
thought provoking discussions on issues of national importance.
Diners’ Debates gives patrons of the
restaurant the opportunity to hear from lead voices on the issues up for
discussion and weigh in on those issues in an environment which is open, supportive
and free of judgment.
“Mojo's is committed to being a
space for critical and progressive conversations of national importance,” said
co-owner Joey Gaskins.
On Thursday November 20, 2014 Mojo’s
Restaurant will join forces with the School of Social Sciences at the College
of the Bahamas to host the second in the Diners’ Debates series. The evening’s
discussions commence at 7pm and will center around the constitutional
referendum on gender equality. Initially slated for November 6, the constitutional
referendum on gender equality was postponed indefinitely as a result of
concerns over a lack of education on the subject. As a result, this week’s
Diners’ Debates has been designed to engage more people in the national
conversation about constitutional reform.
“For both Maurisa and I, ensuring thoughtful
discussions concerning the constitution and equal rights for women, as well as
all Bahamians is of the greatest importance” Gaskins explains, “we are
privileged enough to have control over this space and we intend to use it for
good" he said.
The evening’s presenters include Keisha Ellis,
Adjunct Faculty, at COB’s School of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor
Stephen Aranha who will address the subject from varying perspectives including
the right of rebellion as it relates to the constitution as well as the
national distractions which derailed the efforts to secure gender equality in
the first place.
Aranha, who serves as Chair of the school of social
sciences further underscored the need for such an educational campaign on the
issue particularly as the Bahamas continues to move toward national and
democratic maturity.
“The School of Social Sciences at the College of The
Bahamas aims to foster discussion on issues that affect Bahamian society, and that
should not be left solely to the political directorate to decide” he notes. “…not
only must the nation's constitution serve all the people and therefore must not
be monopolized by any one group, but also because the process itself requires
the citizens' participation.”
“We hope that Mojo's young clientèle will take an active interest in
our discussions, to engage Bahamian generations younger than the political and
media elites in a conversation that will shape our country's future.”
