Cohesion Ministry, Region Four host Black History Month event for East Coast schools

Those honoured at Region Four’s Black History Month event. From left are: CARICOM IKEMBA representative Onika Frank; Regional Executive Officer Pauline Lucas; Beterverwagting student Danelle Goddette; Regional Education Officer Tiffany Favourite-Harvey; La Bonne Intention student Shenelle Harris; Regional Chairperson Genevieve Allen; and Director of Youth Gillian Frank.

Students from three East Coast secondary schools congregated at Beterverwagting Secondary on Tuesday for an event in honour of Black History Month.

Black History Month, which is also known as African-American History Month, was birthed with the intent to create a truer representation of African Americans in history. It is celebrated in February in North America. Tuesday’s event, hosted by the Ministry of Social Cohesion in collaboration with Region Four’s regional administration, exposed the students of the Beterverwagting, La Bonne Intention and Buxton secondary schools to snippets of black world history and Guyanese history, in particular, through a display by the Museum of African Heritage, a motivational talk and a lecture.