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Diane Brown gets her award from bank Senior VP Lynn Smith.
The Hillhouse High marching band led a parade down Sherman Avenue. But first there were three women to honor.
Elephant in the Room Boxing Gym offered a demo.
That was the scene on Sherman between Whalley Avenue and Percival Street Saturday afternoon. Start Community bank, along with Neighborhood Housing Services, held a “Multicultural Family Fun” block party in its parking lot there. The event drew some 300 people.
Hillhouse’s Marching Band.
Along with free food, the event featured performances by the Latin band Carlos y Su Momento Musical, DJ White Rock, a hip-hop and breakdancing troupe under the banner “Poetry in Motion,” “Estampas de Mexico” and “Generation Latina Virgen del Cisne” dancers, and the Bomba Y Plena Puerto Rican ensemble.
Mubarakah Ibrahim’s Balance Fitness offered a presentation.
The event featured as well an award ceremony for community activists who make a difference. Honorees were Diane Brown, who’s in charge of the Stetson Branch Library on Dixwell Avenue; Marsha Royster of FISH; and Newhallville Rising Dream Team’s Latoya Agnew. (Read about her here.)
Bomba Y Plena.
Bank President BIll Placke with state Rep. Pat Dillon and Lynn Smith.