CCJ & NYC Council Awards Bishwo Shahitto Kendro Seeds of Change & Cultural Ambassador Cultural Collaborative Jamaica (CCJ) and New York City Council awarded four organizations and individuals the “Seeds of Change Awards” last Saturday, October 01, 2014 at the State-of-the-Art auditorium Jamaica Performing Arts Center in New York. Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (World Literature Center, New York) was one of the four awardees that got citations by New York City Council and the Seeds of Change Awards by CCJ. The other awardees were nationally acclaimed flutist Bobby Humphrey, the architect and owner of Works in Progress Ms. Debra Inwald, young dynamic financial advisor of the Capital One Reeza Gibbons and the Executive Director of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro Azhraful Hashan Bulbul who simultaneously works as the Executive Editor of the most popular dual-language newspaper The Runner. The auditorium full of audience, appreciated all the recipients as CCJ’s Executive Director Tyra Emerson and television host Denise Richardson were announcing the names of the awardees with a little note of appreciations. The audience enjoyed the performance of world-class flutist Bobbi Humphrey with full orchestra. The CCJ organizers invited few Bangladeshi-Americans working here as community activists and journalists. Among them were Mr. Mahmood Khan, the Chief Editor of The Runner News, Mr. Enamur Reza Dipu, Editor of the Weekly Runner and Ms. Najmunnesa Piyery, journalist from Berlin, Germany. The audience guests and awardees appreciated the organizers, the New York City Council, Jamaica Performing Arts Center and the CCJ executives. New Yorkers will remember the performance of the Seeds of Change Gala as long as they live. Cultural Collaborative Jamaica hosted the Seeds of Change Awards Gala to honor the people and organizations that have been at the forefront in helping the NY City bring the arts and economic development to the community. Over the years, they have helped sustain and strengthen the goals of Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, as well as having a profoundly positive and long-lasting effect on arts and culture. The special musical guest for the evening and Honoree was the Legendary Jazz Flutist, Bobbi Humphrey.... Over the years CCJ has successfully explored approaches for linking community, cultural and economic objectives and has tested and developed methods of grappling with the challenges and opportunities of local collaborations. As an important facet of community development goals in Jamaica, CCJ efforts focus on bringing greater exposure to the arts and cultural sector, thereby creating more focal points for the core of Southeast Queens and Jamaicas downtown redevelopment.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:09:54 +0000