ICS focuses on health care disparity and the development of a Diaspora Medical mission Capacity Building Program. ICS promotes the increased transfer of technology to the Caribbean region; ensuring Caribbean-Americans’ equity in health care; and supporting the provision of increased educational opportunities to disadvantaged populations in the Caribbean. To achieve this, ICS established and assist in the continued development of linkage programs between  Universities in the United States and the Caribbean.
Our agenda in this program area includes:
•    National Youth Leadership Dialogue
•    National Youth Essay Competition
•    HIV/AIDS Prevention Awareness Seminars
•    Development of University Partnership Programs

AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LINKAGE PROGRAM

In 1997, ICS, working with the University and Business Technology Summit, organized a study tour of seven land grant (1890) historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to Jamaica.  The purpose of the visit was to identify opportunities for these institutions to create training and technology transfer linkages through the Jamaica Agricultural Development Foundation.  The nine-member mission, which took place in October, included University of Arkansas, North Carolina, A&T, Alcorn State, University of Maryland at Eastern shore, Langston State, University of the District of Colombia, University of the Virgin Islands and the USDA.  The visit provided an opportunity to discuss agricultural interests and training needs with commercial producers and agricultural educators in the country, such as poultry and goat farming, aquaculture, eco-tourism, and the University of the West Indies Biotechnology Center.  Over the next two years, ICS provided advice to the newly founded University and Business Technology Council and 1890 HBCUs to establish a consortium to provide ongoing technical assistance in the area of agribusiness in the Caribbean.