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Award-winning Antigua & Barbuda\u2019s soca star, Claudette Peters, known for hits like \u201cSomething Got A Hold On Me,\u201d\u00a0is among the top Caribbean artists set to perform at a star-studded Caribbean American celebration of the US\u2019 first Black Caribbean American Vice President, Kamala Harris.<\/p>

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On Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend, January 17, 2021, Peters will join some of the Caribbean\u2019s most notable artistes, dignitaries, and organizations globally to mark another dynamic moment in history – the pending swearing in of Harris as the first black and female, Caribbean-American US vice-president at the 59th<\/sup>\u00a0Presidential inauguration.<\/p>\n

Invest Caribbean,<\/a>\u00a0the global private sector, investment agency of the Caribbean, founded by Caribbean immigrant Felicia J. Persaud, has initiated the event in collaboration with the Caribbean American Action Network, (CAAN), a collective of Caribbean American and Caribbean organizations. The live, virtual, Caribbean inauguration party is being presented under the theme: \u201cCelebrating #CaribbeanAmericanKamala.\u201d<\/p>

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It will be hosted by the first Black woman in a James Bond movie, Trina Parks, whose roots extend to Barbados, through her mother, and to Antigua through her grandparents and Soca Star Kirk Brown.<\/p>

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Also set to perform will be Jamaican dancehall star Flourgon; Barbados\u2019 own Soca King, Edwin Yearwood of \u2018All Aboard\u2019 fame; Jamaica\u2019s famous Fab Five Band, Jamaican gospel singer Joan Meyers, of \u2018Can\u2019t Even Walk;\u2019\u00a0as well as rising stars,\u00a0Toni Norville and Brown of Barbados; Jamaica\u2019s Janine Jkuhl of \u2018Sway\u2019 fame; Owen Dalhouse who recently released \u2018Heal the Soul of America;\u2019 as well as Guyanese Menes De Griot and Shanto,\u00a0along with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Frankie McIntosh; Maxie Gouevia and Rashid Thorpe.<\/p>\n

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The star-studded Caribbean event, the brainchild of\u00a0ICN CEO and CAAN\u2019s founder\u00a0Felicia J. Persaud<\/a>, will be live streamed by One Caribbean Television on its Facebook, YouTube and Twitter that is set to feature remarks from Caribbean-born US Congressman Adriano Espaillat of NY; Jamaica\u2019s Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, Sir Hilary Beckles; Chair of the CARICOM Consular Corps of New York, Counsel General of Barbados to NY, O. St. E. Mackie Holder; Guyanese-born Dr. Michelle Chester the corporate director Employee Health Services at Northwell Health, who administered the first COVID-19 vaccine in the US and Jamaican-born nurse, Sandra Lindsay, who became one of the most famous nurses in the United States after receiving the COVID-19 shot in the US, and several Caribbean Diaspora leaders, including\u00a0Persaud; President of ICN and CAAN co-founder, Dr. Sheila Newton Moses; Caribbean Immigrant Services founder, Irwine Clare, Sr., O.D.; Global Village Book Publishing LLC\u2019s Aubry Padmore; Coalition for the Preservation of Reggae Music\u2019s Carlyle McKetty and Esther Austin of Esther Austin Global.<\/p>\n

The Vice President-Elect, Kamala Harris, is scheduled to close the event with a message of her own to the Caribbean Diaspora and Caribbean people globally.<\/p>

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\u201cThis is a historic moment for us as Caribbean people in these United States, who have been here since slavery and we are hopeful that VP-elect Harris will represent the best interest of all Americans, inclusive of those who share her Caribbean ancestry,\u201d said the brainchild of the event, Caribbean-America immigrant, journalist, entrepreneur, and advocate, Felicia J. Persaud.\u00a0 \u201cAmerica and the Caribbean region have always enjoyed a positive working diplomacy and trust this will be reinforced now we have the US\u2019 first Black Caribbean American VP in White House.\u201d<\/p>

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The live stream will kick-off at 7 p.m. EST on January 17, 2021 on the\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, Twitter and YouTube platforms of One Caribbean Television, (OCTV) at\u00a0facebook.com\/onecaribbeantelevision<\/a>, as well as\u00a0on Radio 102.9FM in Antigua & Barbuda. On Inauguration Day, OCTV will air the event on broadcast television across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Presenters include: Invest Caribbean, Caribbean Immigrant Services, Team Jamaica Bickle, Coalition For The Preservation Of Reggae Music, Global Village Book Publishing, LLC, Esther Austin Global, One Caribbean Television, News Americas News Network, CaribPR Wire, Hard Beat Communications, and Radio 102.9FM.<\/p>\n

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