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| IPTC INFO | | Caption | In photo from left: Reverend Daniel Ulysse; Michael G. Flannigan Citibank; Hon. Dr. Harold Robertson Consul General to Trinidad & Tobago; Carl Kenel-Pierre Central Brooklyn Medical Group; Dr. Claire Nelson ICS; Council Member Mathieu Eugene; Commissioner Guillermo Linares Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs; Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Yvonne Graham; Dr. Roy Hastick President/CEO of the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Council Member Leticia James; Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; Yolanda Lezama-Clarke VP of CLACC president of WIACDCA; and Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs. _____________________ On Wednesday June 27 Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined the Caribbean Heritage Event Planning Committee and members of Brooklyn’s Caribbean community civic leaders dignitaries authors artists and others at Borough Hall for a full day of festivities readings exhibitions and colloquia in honor of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. Home to the renowned West Indian American Day Carnival and Parade and our nation’s largest Caribbean population Brooklyn is known as the “Caribbean Capital of the USA.” “I was ecstatic last year when June was finally designated as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month ” said Borough President Markowitz. “Brooklyn’s current renaissance would have been impossible without Caribbean Americans.” . Commenting on the day’s theme of “celebrating our national identities — committed to our collective strength ” Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham said “As a proud Brooklynite with Jamaican roots I am honored to join in this day of celebration and enlightenment and look forward to a long future of working together for the collective good.” For this unprecedented gathering of islands and cultures at Brooklyn Borough Hall a wide array of events embraced the sounds sights tastes and richness of the diverse cultures of the Caribbean as well as confronted issues facing both | | Headline | JUNE: National Caribbean-American Heritage Month “Brooklyn’s current renaissance would have been impossible without Caribbean Americans.” | | Credit | brooklyn-usa.org | | Byline (Photographer) | Kathryn Kirk |
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