June is designated as National Caribbean American Heritage Month.
The Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), the nation’s leading Caribbean American advocacy and development organisation, commemorated National Caribbean American Heritage Month, by honouring 30 leaders under the age of 30 years old, as Caribbean change-makers for exemplary work in their field of interest.
Guyanese youths; Mahendra Phagwah, Tarik Braithwaite, Francine Wintz, Joel Vogt, Joylyn Conway, Marissa Foster, and Onecia Bacchus were amongst the 30 Caribbean youths recognized as 30 under 30 changemakers for the work they do whether in community service, entrepreneurship, sports leadership or so forth.
The seven Guyanese youths recognized by the Institute of Caribbean Studies and Ignite Caribbean
The “30 Under 30” Awards honored 30 emerging leaders of Caribbean heritage, for their commitment and active engagement: professionally, academically, or personally.
Members of the public were invited to nominate a deserving leader or one could be self-nominated.
After compiling and judging, the names of the final 30 honorees along with their photos were published on Ignite Caribbean Social Media pages and the Ignite Caribbean website.
You can view them here on the Ignite Caribbean website: https://ignitecaribbean.org/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
