SAN­DRA L BLOOD

In cel­e­bra­tion of Re­pub­lic Day and all it rep­re­sents—sov­er­eign­ty, cul­tur­al pride, and the ex­tra­or­di­nary po­ten­tial of T&T’s peo­ple—four dis­tin­guished na­tion­als will be recog­nised for their out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions to jour­nal­ism, film, ad­vo­ca­cy, and fash­ion.

On Sep­tem­ber 20, from 6 pm, the Sir Win­ston yacht will host The Riv­er Run­way, tak­ing over the Hud­son Riv­er for a daz­zling, Met Gala–in­spired soirée in ho­n­our of T&T’s Re­pub­lic Day in the Unit­ed States.

Amid red car­pet ar­rivals, celebri­ty per­for­mances, and breath­tak­ing views of the Man­hat­tan sky­line, the evening will cel­e­brate ex­cel­lence while sup­port­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of cul­tur­al in­no­va­tors.

Do­minic Kaliper­sad will re­ceive the Life­time Achieve­ment Award for Ex­cel­lence in Caribbean Jour­nal­ism and Pub­lic Dis­course, ho­n­our­ing his fear­less ded­i­ca­tion to truth, his role in shap­ing re­gion­al me­dia, and his last­ing im­pact on pub­lic di­a­logue and de­mo­c­ra­t­ic ac­count­abil­i­ty across T&T and the wider Caribbean.

Asha Lovelace will be award­ed the Her­itage Award for Cul­tur­al Stew­ard­ship in Film Pro­gram­ming, recog­nis­ing her cu­ra­to­r­i­al vi­sion, com­mit­ment to pre­serv­ing and re-imag­in­ing T&T’s cin­e­mat­ic her­itage, and am­pli­fy­ing un­der-rep­re­sent­ed voic­es through sto­ry­telling.

Nicole Dy­er will re­ceive the Bea­con Award for Trans­for­ma­tion­al Heal­ing and Ad­vo­ca­cy, ho­n­our­ing her re­silience and abil­i­ty to trans­form per­son­al tri­umph in­to col­lec­tive care. Her courage and ded­i­ca­tion con­tin­ue to in­spire change and guide new ap­proach­es to heal­ing in the Caribbean com­mu­ni­ty.

Rick Davy will be pre­sent­ed with the Van­guard Award for Glob­al Caribbean In­flu­ence in Fash­ion, cel­e­brat­ing his trail­blaz­ing con­tri­bu­tions to fash­ion and his role in el­e­vat­ing Caribbean cre­ativ­i­ty and iden­ti­ty on the world stage. His vi­sion­ary work con­tin­ues to in­flu­ence glob­al con­ver­sa­tions around style, rep­re­sen­ta­tion, and cul­tur­al pride.

The awards will be pre­sent­ed by Chris Banks, coun­cil mem­ber for Brook­lyn’s 42nd Dis­trict and proud son of T&T de­scent. His pres­ence un­der­scores the vi­brant Trin­bag­on­ian di­as­po­ra that con­tin­ues to shape the cul­tur­al and so­cial fab­ric of New York City.

Be­yond glam­our, the evening car­ries a pow­er­ful mis­sion: pro­ceeds will fund a ground­break­ing film pro­gramme for young women in T&T, em­pow­er­ing the next gen­er­a­tion of sto­ry­tellers and cul­tur­al vi­sion­ar­ies.

“Every tick­et funds a girl’s jour­ney from script to screen,” or­gan­is­ers say.

The oc­ca­sion promis­es to be “the Re­pub­lic Day cel­e­bra­tion of the year in New York City—glam­orous, un­for­get­table, and filled with na­tion­al pride.”

For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion con­tact 1 (917) 549-7675 or email theglam­our­col­lec­tive3@gmail.com

Eventbrite tick­et link: www.eventbrite.com/e/1661464959419