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BOROUGH PRESIDENT CELEBRATES HAITIAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL AWARENESS WEEK

Photograph by Kathryn Kirk
	In photo: left to right - Dr. Mona Pervil-Ulysee from the Aesclepius Medical Society, Youth for Education and Sports founder Dr. Mathieu Eugene, Haitian Centers Council Coalition on AIDS Program Director Dr. Marie-Carmel Pierre-Louis, Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham and Borough President Markowitz.Pictured 2nd row - left to right - Reverend Philius Nicolas, Minister and President of the Evangelical Crusade of Fishers of Men, Healthfirst Vice President George Hulse, Councilmember Yvette Clarke, Honorable Harry F. Fouche, Consul General of Haiti, Voix and Tambours D'Haiti President Jocelyn Gay and Top City Car Service President Jean Jodel Louis.

Borough President Marty Markowitz welcomed Brooklyn’s vibrant Haitian-American community to Borough Hall today to help celebrate Haitian-American Awareness Week. Borough President Markowitz honored a number of Brooklynites for their important contributions to both the Haitian community and the entire borough. He also raised the Haitian flag over Borough Hall in recognition of this important occasion.

“Today’s celebration pays tribute to the many achievements and contributions of Brooklyn’s Haitian-American community, as well as the many individuals and organizations that have helped make Brooklyn what it is today - the greatest place in the world to live and work,” Borough President Markowitz said. “The motto on the seal of Brooklyn is the same as the motto on the flag of Haiti: ‘in unity there is strength.’ Working together, there is no goal we cannot reach, no obstacle we cannot overcome.”

The reception was graciously funded by healthfirst.