Brooklyn Honors Caribbean Stalwarts for Caribbean Heritage Month 2011

BP MARKOWITZ, DEPUTY BP GRAHAM CELEBRATE CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AT BOROUGH HALL

Photos by Kathryn Kirk

Photo 1: Deputy BP Yvonne Graham with the honorees, from left to right: Horace L Morancie, Claire Ann Goring, Graham, Sabrina Antoinette HoSang, Roy Hastik, President/CEO CACCI, Tony Best

Photo 2: BP Markowitz addresses the crowd while holding the flag of his self adopted Caribbean “home country,” Trinidad and Tobago.

June 24, 2011

*PHOTO RELEASE* BP MARKOWITZ, DEPUTY BP GRAHAM CELEBRATE CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AT BOROUGH HALL

On Thursday, June 24, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham celebrated Caribbean-American Heritage Month at Brooklyn Borough Hall in conjunction with the Caribbean-American Heritage Month Committee. Honorees included:

Lifetime Achievement Awards
Mr. Horace Morancie
Community Activist
Trinidad And Tobago

Mr. Tony Best
Journalist
Barbados

Entrepreneur Award
Ms. Sabrina Hosang
Coo Caribbean Food Delights
Jamaica

Community Service Award
Ms. Claire Goring
Hybiskus Creations
Guyana

Jon Paul Lupo
Office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Director of Communications and External Affairs