The Carib News Fourth Annual Caribbean Heritage Reception Celebrating Caribbean Heritage Month & Caribbean Achievers, hosted by Macyʼs Inc., was recently held at Macyʼs Executive Offices, Herald Square, New York. Honorees for the evening were: in education, Dr. Marcia Keizs, President York College and artist Michael Escoffery. The guest speaker was Commissioner Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Mayorʼs Office to Combat Domestic Violence.
The evening’s hosts were Mr. Ed Goldberg and Mr. Bill Hawthorne of Macys, ably assisted by Ty Stone-Adams. Among the guests were Mr. Jay Hershenson, senior vice chancellor, City University New York, who presented the award to Dr Keizs, the Consul Generals of Barbados and Jamaica, Hazel Dukes, President NY NAACP.
Men’s jewelry designer Mateo Bijoux, a participant in The Workshop at Macyʼs program in 2013, was introduced to the audience. Mr. Hawthorne spoke about the many community projects in which Macy’s is involved and mentioned his visit to Haiti and the display of Haitian Arts and Crafts in Macy’s. Jovia Radix, a representative of the governor, presented a proclamation to Carib News on behalf of the governor of New York. The Mighty Sparrow and Calypso Rose entertained the audience with a variety of well loved songs.
