- SAMAAP participates in a TV discussion about Afro-Panamanian Women in the 21st Century.
- Members of the Board of Directors provide support to the community in the area surrounding the Children’s Hospital.
- Members of SAMAAP actively participated in parades held in Río Abajo, Parque Lefevre, and Colón, showcasing their solidarity and enthusiasm for the celebrations.
- On May 3, 2025, SAMAAP officially launched National Black Ethnicity Month 2025 with an event titled: “A Day with SAMAAP Members and the Community.”
- Recognition was given to members of SAMAAP and other Afro organizations for their contribution to the Marcus Garvey Statue in Amador.
- Members of the Barbados Embassy visited with SAMAAP members.
2024 – 2025 SAMAAP members in action
Newsletter 2024- 2025
SAMAAP 2024 -2025 Newsletter
Newsletter of the Society of Friends of the West Indian Museum of Panama
January 1 2014 to December 31, 2025
Message from the President of SAMAAP I am overwhelmingly pleased at being able to present to you this edition of the SAMAAP Newsletter 2026, a publication that we had not been able to o5er in printed form since 2022. We managed to o5er a digital publication in 2024, but it has not been until now that we are able to present to you a printed version.
Editors:We need to recognize and offer sincere appreciation, particularly to our relatively new member Viodelda Mrkham-Burts, who joined SAMAAP just a little less than two years ago, bringing with her a wealth of talents and abilities, with which in coordination with a few other members, was able to complete the publication of this booklet in a record time of only two months. To Viodelda and her
team, I say a resounding thank you.
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