JAMAICA HERITAGE WALL PLAQUE DEDICATION CEREMONY

295 West Avenue,Norwalk CT 06850

17 October, 2022

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We invite your support of our initiative to install a bronze plaque on Norwalk’s Heritage Wall to permanently recognize the significant contributions Jamaican immigrants make to our community today and through the years. Six Jamaican leaders in Norwalk are being honored in this effort: Janet Evelyn, Founder and Executive Director of the Norwalk International Cultural Exchange (NICE); Valerie Watson, Vice President, Patriot Bank; Novelette Peterkin, CEO, Carver Foundation of Norwalk; George Daley, Norwalk Police Department; Ingrid Aarons-Porter, LMSW; and Diane Jellerette, Executive Director, Norwalk Historical Society. Jamaicans are the largest group of immigrants in Connecticut, according to the Pew Research Center’s counting of countries of birth, not ethnicity. It’s time to add Jamaica to the Norwalk Heritage Wall.