Residents of College Land, St John, are calling for urgent action on a multimillion-dollar project aimed at delivering reparative justice for people occupying lands that form part of the Codrington estate.

Backed by the Codrington Estate Tenants and Farmers Union, a group of tenants, many of whom are descendants of those who worked the estate during the plantation era, recently gathered at the college to voice their desire for greater involvement in the $18 million community initiative.

In response to the community’s concerns, the Codrington Trust’s executive secretary, historian Kevin Farmer, shared a detailed vision of the project. He framed the 15-year initiative not as a commercial venture but as a groundbreaking, evolving framework designed to address historical trauma and bring long-term, structural benefits directly to the local population.