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Several local entertainers are excited that they will have the opportunity to perform at a virtual concert to celebrate the inauguration of United States Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.
Edwin Yearwood and Kirk Brown confirmed that they were asked to participate in the Caribbean American Action Network’s (CAAN) live virtual Caribbean inauguration party on January 17, which will be held under the theme Celebrating #CaribbeanAmericanKamala.
Toni Norville is also down to perform.
“I feel blessed, honoured, excited, a little emotional and very proud because this is history in the making. This is the first female vice-president and the first black female vice-president of the United States with heavy Caribbean roots,” Yearwood said.
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Caribbean-American immigrant, journalist, entrepreneur, and advocate, Felicia J. Persaud, is all about celebrating history, and at this moment in time, the name Kamala Harris is nothing short of historic. Persaud has seized the moment to rally the Caribbean to stage a super party in honour of the fact that United States VP-elect, Harris, is the first black woman to hold this post, and she is Caribbean to boot.
Significantly, however, Persaud was persuaded to take this stand owing to the fact that somehow, Harris’ Caribbean heritage is all too often being overlooked. “It upsets me how Caribbean people continue to be ignored. Kamala Harris is the first black Caribbean-Indian-American VP, except that her Caribbean/Jamaican heritage is being ignored. Most of the reports speak to her Indian/American heritage and that’s it. So we have to put some spotlight on the Caribbean community and make some noise,” Persaud told
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US vice-president elect Kamala Harris.
Two Caribbean organisations have joined forces to put on a star-studded Caribbean celebration for US vice-president elect Kamala Harris ahead of her inauguration.
According to a release on CaribPR Wire, global private sector investment agency Invest Caribbean (ICN) and the Caribbean American Action Network (CAAN), a collective of Caribbean American and Caribbean organisations, will be presenting a live, virtual, Caribbean inauguration party under the theme: “Celebrating #CaribbeanAmericanKamala.” Caribbean American voters turned out in huge numbers to select the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris ticket on November 3, 2020. On Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, January 17, 2021, there will be an impressive gathering in cyberspace with some of the Caribbean’s most notable artistes, dignitaries, and organisations globally to mark another dynamic moment in history the pending swearing-in of Harris as the first black and female, Caribbean-A