Eleven-year-old Guyanese college lady Adrianna Younge who was discovered useless in a pool on the Double Day Lodge in Guyana.
Picture courtesy Younge’s household
The Brooklyn-based Guyana Independence Celebration Committee New York (GICCNY) mentioned on Wednesday, Could 14, that it’ll honor Guyana’s 11-year-old homicide sufferer Adrianna Younge at Guyana’s annual Independence Parade and Celebration in Brooklyn on June 1.
The celebration, which marks Guyana’s 59th Anniversary of Independence, will comprise the Independence Parade on Church Avenue, Brooklyn, the flag-raising and award ceremony, and the grand Guyana Independence Unity Live performance at 1450 Utica Ave. Brooklyn, between Glenwood Street and Farragut Street.
GICCNY mentioned the homicide of Younge in Guyana has “rocked Guyana, and has impressed folks from all walks of life, races, ethnicity, and creed worldwide to come back collectively for a standard goal – the pursuit of justice and to appreciate the aspiration of unity.
“The influence of her dying can be momentous and indelible,” GICCNY mentioned. “Consequently, Guyana’s Independence commemoration in New York 2025 has been devoted to Adrianna Younge’s reminiscence, and can embody a robust tribute to Adrianna, in addition to the presentation of a posthumous US Congressional Proclamation for Adrianna in recognition of life and to rejoice her reminiscence and legacy.”
Moreover, GICCNY mentioned the annual Guyanese Independence Parade has been redesignated “the Adrianna Younge Justice March.”
“Due to this fact, we ask all Guyanese and pals of Guyana within the New York tri-state space and past to attend, and rejoice her life,” it mentioned.
GICCNY mentioned the Parade/Adrianna Younge Justice March kicks off at midday on Church and Brooklyn Avenues in Brooklyn. It can proceed east on Church Avenue, south on Utica Avenue, and conclude on the live performance venue at 1450 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn.
GICCNY mentioned the Unity Live performance begins at 3:00 p.m. and can be preceded by the flag-raising and award ceremony.
GICCNY mentioned the ceremony will function outstanding Guyanese DJs, radio personalities, and “a shock Caribbean worldwide famous person artiste. ”
It mentioned it’s going to current the customary Kaieteur Award of Distinction and United States Congressional Proclamations to excellent Guyanese at residence and within the Diaspora, amongst others.
GICCNY mentioned the 2025 honorees embody Dr. Gregory Benn, M.D; Sookranie Dhanpat of the workplace of New York Mayor Eric Adams; Dr. Orin Douglas, M.D; Linda of Linda’s Restaurant, Church Avenue, Brooklyn; Sharon Barnwell, CEO of Caribbean Worldwide Delivery, Atlanta, GA; Guyanese Member of Parliament and Shadow Legal professional Common, Senior Counsel, Roysdale Ford; and Vice President for Youth and Younger Grownup Ministries of the Atlantic Union Convention of Seventh day Adventist Dr. David McKenzie.
Others are: Guyanese Member of Parliament Nima Flu Bess; Adrianna Younge (posthumous); Brooklyn Mechanic Harry Hazle; Deputy Warden Duayne John, New York Metropolis Division of Corrections; Akira Mackel, common supervisor of the Newport Hospitality Group/Marriott Resorts, Grater Philadelphia; and Chelsea Grant, advertising and marketing and DSP relations supervisor, Rutgers State College of New Jersey.
“This celebration is the biggest Guyanese celebration exterior of Guyana, and the one of many largest for West Indian celebrations in New York Metropolis after the Labor Day parade,” mentioned GICCNYG, stating that, annually, the celebration “attracts hundreds of attendees, and over a million on-line viewers through our web site and social media.”
