A three-year-old youth movement — the Jamaica Youth Motivators (JYM) — has taken on the challenge of seeking public support in keeping hope alive that missing University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, student Jasmine Dean will be found.
But Rodain Richardson, a youth leader and organiser who is also a student at The UWI, has made Dean's disappearance the focus of the Jamaica Youth Motivators, which he started while at Ardenne High School in 2017.
He told the Jamaica Observer that they have noticed that little has been achieved since February 27, “when the nation was crippled with a tidal wave of emotion, when news struck of the unfortunate disappearance of UWI student Jasmine Dean”.
I remember the distinct feeling of wanting answers; that feeling still exists today, now, more than ever, as it seems our nation has forgotten about Jasmine Dean,” Richardson told the Observer.
He said that while the JYM, with a membership of 200 young people including students at UWI, Mona, understands that Jamaica has been distracted and on edge about the global coronavirus pandemic that has had a drastic effect on the general population and the economy, Dean's disappearance should not be forgotten.
