Collaborative Projects
St.JanCo: The St. John Heritage Collective
As a President and co-founder of St.JanCo, Dr. Hadiya Sewer is a community-engaged scholar and advocate. Known as “St. JanCo,” The St. John Heritage Collective is a community land trust, on the small island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). St. JanCo is on a mission to preserve the history, identity, and culture of St. John’s people, especially those whose ancestry on St. John predates the 1917 American Purchase of the USVI from Denmark, and the 1956 establishment of the Virgin Islands National Park.
The Virgin Islands Studies Collective
Dr. Hadiya Sewer is a founding member of the Virgin Islands Studies Collective alongside Dr. Tami Navarro, Tiphanie Yanique, and La Vaughn Belle. VISCO is the visionary result of four Virgin Islands women from the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix. We are a multidisciplinary collective whose research interests and artistic praxes center decolonial Black feminist orientations. Members of our team are well-versed in mediums such as painting, installation, writing, ethnography, and philosophical inquiry.
Love City Car Ferries
Dr. Hadiya Sewer’s love of business developed as a co-owner of a Virgin Islands-based transportation company. Love City Car Ferries has a mission to promote a safe, efficient, affordable, maritime experience for Virgin Islands' residents and visitors, in an atmosphere where decisions are made with a heart for the people.