CaribPR Newswire, New York, NY, Apr. 10, 2008: The countdown has begun to the 2008 flag raising of the Guyana`s independence anniversary in the financial district of New York City.

 

The second annual flag raising event is set for May 31^st from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Bowling Green Park, in Lower Manhattan. Entertainers seeking to lend their support to the cultural portion of this event are urged to call 866-487-3419.

 

Last year, cultural performances came from many Guyanese artists including Slingshot Drepaul, H20 Wata Flo, Courtney Noel, Almira Brasse, The Triad Group, the Verna Walcott, Deeraj and dance groups, drummer Akayo, poets James Richmond and Francis Quamina Farrier and musical saw player Moses Josiah.

 

Thousands of Guyanese gathered near The Bull in Lower Manhattan to celebrate the 41^st anniversary. They included Guyana’s ambassador to Washington, Bayney Karran, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and several other elected and appointed officials, Hollywood actor Sean Patrick Thomas, boxer Vivian Harris, Bollywood actor Kumar Guarav and movie producers, Rohit Jagessar and Mikey Nivelli.

 

This year, Hollywood actor Marc Gomes is set to join the celebration. The event is the brain child of Hard Beat Communications, CEO Felicia Persaud, who formed the Committee to Celebrate Guyana with support from Chuck Mohan, Ron Bobb-Semple, Allison Skeete, Rickford Burke and Marina Sahadeo among others.

 

Nationals of Guyana account for the fourth highest number of the foreign born population of New York City foreign and continue to make great strides as entrepreneurs and homeowners. In one area of Queens, NY alone, their annual earnings are more than both native born black and white Americans according to the US Census’ recent American Community Survey report.

 

Many Guyanese New Yorkers have launched their own businesses in striving communities in Richmond Hill, Brooklyn and the Bronx where they create employment for each other in real estate offices, mortgage companies, stores, restaurants and travel agencies. The median income is over $50,000. And most are homeowners, who work hard to send their children to top colleges – where they count among the rising Black and Asian presence on many college campuses today.

 

For more information, log on to: www.celebrateguyana.wordpress.com.

 

 

 

 

 

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