Jamaican Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Babsy Grange (4th l) with former World 100 metres record
holder Asafa Powell (3rd l) and members of the men’s 4×100 metres relay on Saturday at the annual Penn Relays
Carnival 2011 in Philly
Honorees with their award at the 25th
anniversary of the Trey Whitfield
School, April 24, 2008, at the El
Caribe, in Brooklyn, New York. From
left are Ms. Janie C. Whitney, Founder
of The Trey Whitfield School, Ms.
Sheron Joseph, Ms. Emily Jackson,
Ms. Iris Griffith, Ms. Auguste St. Eloi,
Ms. Ava Bradshaw, Ms. Veronica
Jordan and Mr. A.B. Whitfield. Ms
Bradshaw, from Guyana, was the first
teacher that was hired when the
school opened in 1983, with an enrollment
of a surprising 283 students.
Jordon and Griffith are also from
Guyana while Eloi is from Haiti. Ms.
Janie C. Whitney, vision and mission
was simple, a faith and character
based school with high academic
achievement at an affordable cost to
families.
-Hayden Roger Celestin Photo
-Photo by Amir Akbar
United States Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (2nd l) presents proclamations to (l-r) Tony Ryan, Winston Blake and Ken Williams, Jr on Saturday, (February 2) at the 3rd Annual Dennis Brown Memorial Scholarship and Awards Dinner held at the Ramada Adria Hotel in Bayside, New York. Clive Williams, publisher of Where It At magazine looks on.
MINORITY/WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS:
(l-r) Melva Miller, Borough Pres. Office, Jessica Simpson, Senior
Project Manager. Assemblyman William Scarborough, Michelle
Keller, CB12 Co-Chair, Cynthia Murphy, York College Adult Ed
Exec. Dir. H.L. Grays. CB12, Connie DeLaigle, Port Authority. The
workshop was held recently by the NYC Economic Development
Corporation and the NYC Dept. of Small Business. Over 80 local
business owners attended the first of a two part series. For more
information about the M/WBE workshops or certification
process, call Eliberty Jimenez at 212-513-6311.