Photo 1 Mr. Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League (left) with United States President, Hon. Barak Obama
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – The date has been set for the Seventeenth Annual New Year’s Gala hosted by The Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, the distinguished Leader of the Opposition and of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party.
According to the Chairperson of the Gala Committee, Hon. Marcella Liburd, the gala event will take place at the Grand Ballroom of the St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino on Sunday 1st January 2017.
Ms. Liburd has disclosed that the guest speaker is Mr. Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, the largest civil rights organisation in the United States.
“Mr. Morial is an entrepreneur, lawyer, professor, former legislator, former Mayor of New Orleans and a former President of the United States Conference of Mayors,” said Liburd.
Mr. Morial has been recognised as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans by Ebony Magazine as well as one of the Top 50 Nonprofit Executives by the Nonprofit Times.
Photo 2 – Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas raising a toast.
Ms. Liburd said the theme for the 2017 New Year Gala hosted by Dr. Douglas, which starts at 6:30 pm on January 1st is “Renewed Strength.”
“It reflects the resilience of our people and our commitment to overcome the challenges that we face personally and collectively,” she said.
Photo 3 – Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas (right) and Nevisian actress Cicely Tyson.
Promising an evening of “sumptuous dining, good company, love and laughter,” Ms. Liburd added that patrons will be treated “to the finest local and international artistes.”
Photo 4 – Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas (right) greets Harry Belafonte (C) while Robert Kelly (left) looks on
Dress is formal and the contribution is EC$270 or US$100.
Persons can contact 465 2756, 465 1047 or 662-2185 or can email [email protected].
Photo 5 – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas (right) and Danny Glover (left)
Guest Speakers at previous galas included prominent United States Congresswoman, the Hon. Maxine Waters; actress Cicely Tyson; Nation of Islam Leader, the Hon. Louis Farrakhan; Emmy Award Winner and Broadcaster, Del Walters; Founder and President of TransAfrica, Mr. Randall Robinson; African-American icon, musician and actor, His Excellency Ambassador Harry Belafonte, Publisher and founder of America’s Black Enterprise Magazine, Earl Gilbert Graves, Sr., the late Prime Minister of Barbados, the Hon. David Thompson; former Jamaica Prime Minister the Hon. P.J. Patterson, Danny Glover, Travis Smiley, Kittitian-born Hon. Randolph Bennet, and America’s well-known journalist and former CNN contributor Roland Martin.
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