29th Annual Caribbean American Heritage (CARAH) Awards Gala

1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,Washington DC 20004

18 November, 2022

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The CARAH Awards Gala which is held under the distinguished patronage of the Caribbean diplomatic corps, celebrates the achievements of the Caribbean American community and the contributions that Friends of the Caribbean make in support of Caribbean American interests. The CARAH Awards has come to be recognized as the premiere celebration of the Caribbean American community, when Caribbean Americans and Friends of the Caribbean celebrate all that is good about who we are and where we come from. Former CARAH Attendees and Honorees have included: Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell of Grenada; Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony of St. Lucia; Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados; Congresswoman Barbara Lee, D-CA; Congressman Elliot Engel, D-NY; Earl Graves, Founder of Black Enterprise; Garth Fagan, Tony Award winning Choreographer (of Jamaican heritage); the legendary Cicely Tyson (of Kittitian heritage); Rita Marley, Reggae Icon; Jamaican Bert Mitchell, Founder of the top black-owned accounting firm Mitchell & Titus; Sir Edward Chin, NASA Scientist (of Aruban heritage); Barbados-born Dr. Velma Scantlebury, Kidney Transplant Surgeon; Michael Lee Chin (of Jamaican heritage); Dr. Andre Cropper, Inventor of OLED Technology, of Trinidadian heritage; and Guyana born Dr. Frank Douglas, former CEO of the Austin Bio Innovation Institute. The CARAH Awards 2022 returns to live and in-person format at the JW Marriott. We hope that via donations we will raise $20K to support farmers and producer cooperatives in the Caribbean through our LifeSEED project. This year we celebrate the spirit of triumph and transformation, exemplified by our honorees.