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BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARKOWITZ PRESENTS PROCLAMATION TO ORGANIZERS OF THE DOMINICAN DAY PARADE

Photographs by Amelia D’Entrone

Pictured from left to right: Joanna Grullon, Crystal Mejia, Borough President’s Special Assistant for Latino Affairs Italia Guerrero, Reverend Luisa Rivera, Estella Jimenez, Estela Gonzalez, Jorge Velez, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Maria Francisco, Jennifer Urena, Joe Muniz, and Tiffany Hombra.

On Monday, August 30, 2004, Borough President Markowitz presented organizers of the Brooklyn Dominican Parade with a proclamation declaring September 12 the “Fourth Annual Brooklyn Dominican Parade and Festival Day in Brooklyn, USA.” This year’s parade is dedicated to Business People and the Dominican Childhood of Brooklyn. The parade’s young queens joined the parade’s Founder and President Estella Jimenez to accept the proclamation.

“The annual Brooklyn Dominican Parade and Festival is another great example of Brooklynites coming together to celebrate their heritage,” said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. “We truly are the home to everyone from everywhere.”

The 4th annual Brooklyn Dominican Parade and Festival is scheduled for Sunday, September 12, at 1:00 p.m. followed by a music festival ending at 8:00 p.m. The parade will start on Broadway go down along Graham Avenue and ending in Lindsay Park, in Williamsburg Brooklyn.

Organizers hope the parade will unite the hearts and spirits of the Dominican and Latin American community. The goal of the parade is to transport the hearts of those far from the native homeland of the Dominican Republic back to their roots and together to celebrate the richness of the culture.

The Dominican Parade and Festival of Brooklyn, Inc. is organizing the parade.