The N.I.C.E. fundraising campaign is almost complete to permanently recognize Jamaican immigrants with a bronze plaque on Norwalk’s Heritage Wall.
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Carver is especially proud that our CEO, Novelette Peterkin, will be named on the plaque as one of the six Jamaican American Honorary Members of the Jamaican Heritage Trust of Norwalk. Novelette came to America as a youth and has served the Norwalk community in her leadership role at Carver since 2004.
The vast majority of Jamaican Americans are of black African-Caribbean descent, and many are of full or partial Indian Jamaican, Chinese Jamaican, European, and Lebanese descent.
Jamaican Americans have always been an important part of the Carver community, especially since the 1950s and 60s. The George Washington Carver Community Center is within walking distance to Norwalk’s Heritage Wall, located at the I-95 exit ramp and West Avenue, across the street from Matthews Park. Heritage Park is the site of many parades and cultural festivals. This new plaque will be a source of great pride to many of Carver’s youth and families now and through the decades.