New Providence
Mojo’s Restaurant (Nassau) encourages conversation on Gender Equality
By Publishers Inkwell
Nov 17, 2014 - 2:32:04 PM


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.”

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