5 BRONX WEEKLY April 21, 2019 www.BXTimes.com
Month Celebration HerStory
BY ROBERT WIRSING
Gibson Hosts Women’s
To close out Women’s History
Month on a high note, Councilwoman
Vanessa Gibson hosted her time honored
Women’s HerStory Month Celebration
on Wednesday, March 27 at
Mullaly Recreation Center.
This year’s honorees were Adriene
Holder, The Legal Aid Society attorney
in-charge of the Civil Practice;
Dianne Morales, Phipps Neighborhoods
CEO; Maria Almonte-Weston,
Bronx Community Solutions project
director; Elsia Vasquez, PALANTE
Harlem founder and Jennifer Jones-
Austin, Federation of Protestant
Welfare Agencies CEO.
Judge Sallie Manzanet-Daniels,
associate justice of the New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court, First Judicial Department,
served as the gala’s keynote speaker.
(right) Councilwoman Gibson
(l) honored keynote speaker Judge
Manzanet-Daniels with an award of
her own.
(row 2 right) Elsia Vasquez (l) graciously
accepted her proclamation
from Gibson.
(row 2 middle) Elsia Vasquez (l)
graciously accepted her proclamation
from Gibson.
(row 2 right) Adriene Holder (l)
was honored with a proclamation
from Gibson.
(left) Diane Morales received
a proclamation from
Gibson.
(right) The girls in the
McKinley Clover Steppers put
on a show!
(insert) The National Anthem
was sung by Bronx native
Diane Arroya.
Photos by Kasey Rodriguez
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