From left: Honourees Acquinonette Bryant, Renee Gordon, Andrew Chin, and Lililita Forbes-Johnson.
FLORIDA--A St. Maartener was among those honoured by the Caribbean American Heritage Council in Tallahassee, Florida, as part of National Caribbean American Heritage Month.
Honoured were singer/songwriter and international Afro-Caribbean artiste Lililita Forbes- Johnson (St. Maarten heritage), Acquinonette Bryant, M.D., managing member of Jasmine’s Women’s Center (friend of the Caribbean), professor and assistant dean at Florida A&M University’s (FAMU’s) School of Architecture Andrew Chin(Jamaican heritage), and Renee Gordon, Ph.D., STEM afterschool programme director at Tallahassee Community College (Jamaican heritage), for their contributions and accomplishments.
Forbes-Johnson is half of the Johnson Sisters twins. They have been singing gospel music for years and have produced albums under their artiste name Jumelle. She was recognised by Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey for her contributions and accomplishments as a singer, songwriter and international Afro-Caribbean artiste.
Forbes-Johnson was congratulated on her recognition by Culture Minister Wycliffe Smith in the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday. Smith has appointed her as a student counsellor and mentor to local students in Tallahassee.
Forbes-Johnson is the Vice President of the Tallahassee-St Maarten Foundation and for more than a decade she has been involved in helping local students who go to Tallahassee get acclimatised to their new living and study environment in Tallahassee. She attended FAMU in Tallahassee where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a minor in Theatre.
