Wednesday, August 23, 2023
If you’re a Jamaican in New York, then there was no other place to be Saturday last than the New York Hilton Midtown, for the Jamaica Independence Gala.
The event, conceptualised by Alsion Roach Wilson, consul general of Jamaica, New York, fuelled by Jamaica’s Promise Foundation, and hosted with aplomb by attorney-at-law and media personality Khadine “Miss Kitty” Hylton, honoured both Jamaican-born and-blooded individuals who continue to keep the black, green and gold flag flying high. Those making the cut this year were Marc Jerome, Marlon Lindsay, Assistant Chief of Police Ruel Stephenson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Orville “Shaggy” Burrell, Stephen Facey, and Dr Rosemarie Ingleton.
Roach-Wilson shared with Page 2 that the proceeds from the Independence Gala will cover 30 tertiary education scholarships, a dialysis machine (which will be presented to the Ministry of Health) and will further fund involvement in community activities.
