First and Only Female Grand Marshall of the 41st Brooklyn Carnival Festival:
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08-27-2008, 11:21 AM
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First and Only Female Grand Marshall of the 41st Brooklyn Carnival Festival:
Dr. Elizabeth Nunez, Provost of Medgar Evers College, to Serve as First and Only Female Grand Marshall of the 41st Brooklyn Carnival Festival
August 14th, 2008 Dr. Elizabeth Nunez, Provost and Senior Vice President of Medgar Evers College, will serve as the first and only female Grand Marshall of the 41st Carnival Festival Parade and celebration on Labor Day on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. Provost Nunez will join Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg as they cut the ribbon to start the parade at 11 am at Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway, from where they will lead the parade down Eastern Parkway. Dr. Nunez is an internationally known scholar of Caribbean literature and an award-winning novelist. She is co-editor with Dr. Jennifer Sparrow of the anthology Stories from Blue Latitudes: Caribbean Women Writers at Home and Abroad. Her novel Bruised Hibiscus won an American Book Award, and her latest novel Prospero’s Daughter was the 2006 Novel of the Year selected by Black Issues Book Review. She is the executive director of the CUNY-TV Emmy nominated television series Black Writers in America. Dr. Nunez has also authored grants that brought millions of dollars for programs in Ocean-Hill Brownsville |
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08-27-2008, 11:35 AM
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Mind my ignorance... what does the grand marshall do?
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08-27-2008, 11:42 AM
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It's like an honor, the person who opens the parade.
"Grand Marshal: A parade dignitary" |
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08-27-2008, 11:42 AM
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Does anyone know Dr. Nunez background?
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08-27-2008, 11:46 AM
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I thought Hillary Clinton was a Grand Marshall one year ......?
if not thats a shame it took them so dang long
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08-27-2008, 11:56 AM
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Yes, she was one of my professors when I was at Medgar and she's also from Trinidad.
"Prospero's Daughter" was an amazing book btw! |
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08-27-2008, 11:57 AM
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I should be the grand marshall.
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08-27-2008, 11:59 AM
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08-27-2008, 12:04 PM
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Robez, I find yuh holding back info
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08-27-2008, 12:09 PM
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you would be in a bikini at my side
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09-02-2008, 03:19 PM
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while i didnt have the honor of being taught by her, i did spend some time with her and she is amazing! glad to hear she was finally recognized for her work... |
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09-10-2008, 10:31 PM
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DON'T TELL ME that them Goddamn Fools in New York Shitty never asked Shirley Chisholm to be Grand Marshall(Congress Woman, Presidential Candidate, Bajan Roots)
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