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Copyright 2010 by Teofilo Colon Jr (a.k.a. “Tio Teo”) for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved. Contact Tio Teo.
February 19th 2010.
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Bronx, New York — In 2009, NPR (National Public Radio) News published a profile of the Garifuna Community in New York City detailing efforts to make itself known as the 2010 United States Census was on the way.
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A number of Garifuna People were interviewed, quoted and included in the Article in an attempt to shed light on this unique ethnic group. An audio edition of the story is included in the news article.
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Garinagu (plural for Garifuna) interviewed included:
Ruben Guity,
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Mirtha Colon,
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Maria Baltazar,
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Jose Francisco Avila
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and Raul Melendez.
Garifuna Institutions like:
Casa Yurumein (a.k.a. Hondurans Against AIDS Inc) and the Garifuna Language Class taught by Milton Guity Sr is heard in the audio edition of the article.
and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in the Bronx were also mentioned.
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