To celebrate the 6th annual Garifuna-America Heritage month, Bronx elected officials honored the ethnic/cultural community, which includes many Bronx members, at City Hall and in Albany this week. The Garifuna-Americans are descendants of West African and Native Americans who settled along the Caribbean Coast in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras centuries ago.
Sulma Arzu(c.), Director of Special Events at the New York City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, holding a City Council proclamation recognizing the Garifuna community New York. To her right ,Bronx Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Also pictured, Councilwoman Anabel Palma (4th fr. l.) and Bronx residents Rose Ordonez Jenkins (3th fr. l.)and Jose Francisco Avila (5th fr. l.) (Photo c/o Facebook/Vanessa Gibson)
Too many Bronxites to name! But we do see Assemblymen Luis Sepulveda and Jose Rivera, as well as Senator Ruben Diaz Sr, Sara Nunez Logan, Marcia Gomez, Sulma Arzu, Rose Ordonez Jenkins,Jose Francisco Avila, and many more. Happy Garifuna-America Heritage Month! (Photo c/o Facebook/Luis Sepulveda)
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