The Guyana Independence Celebration Committee New York (GICCNY) stated on Tuesday that Home Democratic Chief Hakeem Jeffries will on Sunday, June 1, current a posthumous award to the dad and mom of Adriana Younge throughout Guyana Independence Anniversary Celebrations in Brooklyn.
GICCNY stated the dad and mom of Adriana Younge, Mr. Subrian Younge and Ms. Amecia Simon, in addition to different relations, are presently in the USA to just accept the posthumous honor for his or her deceased daughter, homicide sufferer Adriana Younge, 11.
Whereas in the USA, the household might be briefed by pathologists on the findings of a second post-mortem carried out on Adriana’s physique within the US, GICCNY.
It stated Adriana’s dad and mom and different relations can even take part within the annual Guyana Independence Parade in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday.
GICCNY stated this yr’s parade has been devoted to the reminiscence of Adriana.
“The Committee, due to this fact, calls on all Guyanese and pals of Guyana to come back out on June 1, 2025, to affix the household in honoring Adriana’s reminiscence, in addition to assist the household’s cry for justice for Adriana,” the assertion stated.
GICCNY stated a number of high US officers are confirmed to attend the occasion together with Jeffries, different members of Congress, in addition to State and native elected, authorities and group leaders.
New York Mayor Eric Adams can be anticipated to attend, GICCNY stated.
The Guyana Independence Parade will begin at Church and Brooklyn avenues in Brooklyn, at midday on Sunday, and can proceed on Church Avenue to Utica Avenue to Glenwood Highway, on the venue for the Unity Live performance, 1450 Utica Ave., between Glenwood Highway and Farragut Highway.
GICCNY boasts that the New York Independence celebration is the biggest Guyanese celebration exterior of Guyana, and one of many largest for West Indian celebrations in New York Metropolis after the West Indian American Day Labor Day parade.
GICCNY stated, every year, its parade attracts 1000’s of attendees, and over a million on-line viewers through its web site and social media.
Moreover, GICCNY stated it has designated June 1, 2025 as “Guyana Nationwide Flag Day” within the diaspora.
Consequently, it calls on all Guyanese to hold a Guyana flag to the parade and live performance, in addition to to “proudly show the Guyana flag on their properties, companies and automobiles, as a logo of patriotism, and to exhibit unbreakable solidarity with the homeland, as Guyana repels Venezuela’s false and ludicrous declare to Essequibo County – two-thirds of Guyana’s territory, in addition to current Venezuelan aggression in the direction of Guyana.”
