Caribbean American Heritage Awards

...A Celebration of Excellence...A Tribute to Triumph & Transormation

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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.

HOST AWARDS GALA

Ave-joye Burnett is an Emmy award-winning Journalist on WJZ, the CBS affiliate in Baltimore. Prior to Joining WJZ, Ava-joye worked at WRIC-TV in Richmond, Va. as a reporter and anchor.Ava-joye is a board of Governor’s members of the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Artd and sciences.

Ave-joye is also a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta, Sorority
Incorporated and the National Association of Black Journalist

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Honorees

2022

Eric Adolphe

Excellence in Science and Technology

Haiti

Dr. Trish Bailey

Luminary Award

Jamaica

Prof. Carol Davis-Boyce

Outstanding Scholarship in African Diaspora Studies

Trinidad & Tobago

Bihari Lall

Outstanding Entrepreneurship

Guyana

Ainsley Gill

Trailblazer Award

Trinidad & Tobago

Josanne Francis

Vanguard Award

Trinidad & Tobago

Stacy Mollison

Outstanding Community Service

Guyana

Dwight Thanos Smith

Forerunner Award

Trinidad & Tobago

Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement

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Jamaica

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Institute of Caribbean Studies

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