The Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc. (GCA) honored some of the best and brightest for their outstanding contributions to the community at its Awards Ceremony on Aug. 28.
This event is one of the signature events of the Annual Folk Festival weekend of activities.The festive evening was celebrated in a fundraising Dinner Reception format, from 6 p.m. with a Cocktail hour in St. Gabriel’s Golden Hall on Hawthorne Street, against a backdrop of the colors of Guyana’s Golden Arrowhead flag of achievement.
The awards ceremony, where GCA joins the Brooklyn community and beyond to express heartfelt congratulations to cultural exemplars, recognized a wide section of the diaspora in various categories.
Recipients received GCA Stick Figure statues, designed by Jonathan Locke, Proclamations from U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, and Citations from Senator Roxanne J. Persaud.
They are Lifetime, Dr. Vibert Cambridge, Exemplary; Roxanne Lashley, GCA; Errol Hazelwood, Lorraine Croft-Farnell, Andy Ninvalle, Calvin Booker, Anthony Alleyne, and GCA Business Partner Emblem Health, Ann Marie Adamson-Serieux, Godfrey Chin 1st Prize, Leon More 2nd Prize – The Shabna Show (Shabna Rahman), 3rd Prize Philip Wallace, Derry Etkins Composition, Preservation, Rudy Bishop, Claire A. Goring Youth Award, Jean Moise Merable, ISAAC Scotland, and Johannah Rae George.In her message on behalf of the executive and members, Ave Marie Brewster-Haynes, president of GCA, extended greetings to the sold-out audience, noting that it was a joyous yet solemn occasion.“We celebrate and document the achievements of contributors of distinction at home and abroad through the “2024 Guyana Cultural Association Awards.”
