On January 4, 2021, the Town of East Hartford and the East Hartford Police Department welcomed Jamaican-born Officer Richard Henry, 41, as one of three new police officers at a ceremony held outside the East Hartford Public Safety Complex.

​Officer Henry most recently worked for the New York City Police Department as a Traffic Agent and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of West Indies in Public Sector Management. He was a Police Officer in Jamaica before migrating to the United States.

Jamaican American civil rights lawyer, Kristen Clarke, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Department of Justice.

​Jamaican-born Founder and CEO of Lauren Simone Publishing House, Melissa-Sue John, PhD., has been awarded the 2020 ‘Buy From A Black Woman’ Award for Book and Paper Company of the Year by the Georgia-based nonprofit organization ‘Buy From A Black Woman,’ Inc. 

In 2020, more than  40 candidates of Jamaican heritage  ran for offices across the U.S. in both the primary and general elections.  Most remarkable, was the election of Senator Kamala Harris, daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, who made history as the nation's first female Vice President-elect to the highest office.  Here is the breakdown of the winners:

The daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris is the Democratic vice presidential nominee for the 2020 election and the first woman of color on a major party ticket.