2024 UNESCO Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination

June Soomer

June Soomer (Saint Lucia) is the Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African descent. She was the first woman to receive a PhD in History from the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, the first woman to serve as the Saint Lucian Ambassador to CARICOM, the OECS and Diaspora Affairs; an OECS Commissioner; the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (2016 -2020) and Chair of the Open Campus Council of the University of the West Indies. She is a member of the Saint Lucia Reparations Committee. She writes on regional integration, reparations and on women during enslavement.