NTAC Gala 2023
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Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic (NTAC) Founder and CEO Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver Durrah welcomed guests to the organization’s White Party and Gala on June 1 at Giando on the Water in Brooklyn. The highly anticipated, annual event featured a steel drum band and stilt walkers who entertained attendees by the riverside on a beautiful, early summer evening.
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Dr. Valerie Oliver Durrah; Caribbean Woman of theYear: Kings County
Civil Court Judge Hon. Dweynie Esther Paul; Bridge Street CEO
Gregory Anderson; and Rev. Tyrone Pittman, Bethany Baptist Church
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Gil Monrose, Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver Durrah, and New Jerusalem Sr.
Pastor Bishop Dr. Calvin Rice
Honorees:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Honorable Hazel N. Dukes – NAACP
- Faith Leader of the Year Award: Bishop Dr. Calvin Rice – New Jerusalem Worship Center
- Neighborhood Nonprofit of the Year Award: Justin K. Rodgers – Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
- Neighborhood Businessman of the Year Award: Andrew D. Walcott – Fusion East
- Caribbean Man of the Year Award: Victor Glemaud American/Haitian Fashion Designer
- Caribbean Woman of the Year Award: Judge Dweynie Esther Paul- New York Supreme Court, 2nd Judicial District