Magdalah Silva Opening at White House Caribbean Heritage Month Celebration

On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, the White House hosted a National Caribbean-American Heritage Month Celebration that featured the people, arts, music and gastronomy of Caribbean culture.June is Caribbean-American Heritage Month and this year marks the tenth anniversary of its declaration, announced by the White House on June 6, 2006. There are roughly 2.5 million people in the U.S. of Caribbean-American heritage, and one of the many large Caribbean populations of U.S. immigrants are from Haiti. This event coincides with several activities the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) will hold throughout the month of June.