Seven receive SVG Diaspora Heritage Awards
By Nelson A. King
The Brooklyn-based St.
Vincent and the Grenadines
(SVG) Diaspora Committee of
New York, Inc. Saturday night
honored six individuals and a
group during its 3rd Heritage
Awards and Gala ceremony at
the Friends of Crown Heights
Educational Center in Brooklyn
. Former St. Vincent and the
Grenadines national netball
captain Stella Boyea-Ashby
received the Lifetime Achievement
Award for Sports; former
national netball star Gloria
Lewis and ex-national soccer
star Adolphus “Pabits” Davis
received the Sports Award;
Evangelist Bridget Blucher and
soca artiste Shertz “Problem
Child” James received the Culture
Award; and youth leader
Kyra-Lee Harry and the Brooklyn
based St. Vincent and the
Grenadines Ex-Teachers Association
of New York received
the Humanitarian Award.
Blucher and James were not
personally on hand to receive
their respective awards.
Laverne Munro, a retired,
Brooklyn-based, Registered
Nurse and Blucher’s friend,
received on the award for
Blucher, who was, at the time,
in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Master of Ceremonies Atiba
Williams said James had just
arrived on a flight from an
Caribbean L 20 ife, November 8-14, 2019 BQ
undisclosed location.
He read a message, in part,
from James: “I’m very humbled
to receive this award.”
The Diaspora Committee
of New York, Inc. also paid
homage to its late chairman
Maxwell Haywood and member
Moreen King during the
five-hour-long ceremony, presenting
Memorial Awards to
the families of Haywood and
King for “exemplary service
and dedication to SVG Diaspora
Committee of NY, Inc. and the
Vincentian community.”
Sherill-Ann Mason-Haywood’s
the group chairperson,
who succeeded Haywood, her
late husband, said the distinguished
awardees have “collectively
demonstrated the highest
virtues of a people by their
commitment to their respective
talents and passions.”
“They have individually and
collectively espoused the highest
levels of discipline and commitment,”
added Mason-Haywood,
an educator by training,
in her remarks in the souvenir
journal. “Their contributions
have made us, and continue
to make us, proud to call ourselves
Vincentians.
“Their successes are our successes,
and their examples of
perseverance in the face of difficulties
are a testament of our
unique Vincentianness,” continued
Mason-Haywood at the
ceremony, which was attended
by Vincentian Sen. Deborah
Alexander-Charles, Parliamentary
Secretary in the Ministry
of Education National Reconciliation
and Information, and
Consul General to New York,
Howie Prince.
Stella Boyea-Ashby receives Lifetime Achievement Award, fl anked by her husband Keith
Ashby (to her immediate right), David “Skyes” Llewellyn (far left), Philmore Lowe and Sherill
Ann Mason-Haywood. Photo by Nelson A. King
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