Popular Guyanese-American actress CCH Pounder joins the VIPs list of notables taking part in the big Guyana Jubilee Week celebration in New York — June 4 to 12 — marking the nation’s 50th anniversary of independence.
According to the Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration Committee in New York, Guyana-born Pounder will be mistress of ceremonies for the week’s State Dinner at Manhattan’s Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel and Towers on June 11, featuring Guyana President David Granger as keynote speaker.
Pounder — a familiar face in entertainment who was born in Georgetown, Guyana — is known for her roles on television shows (such as “L.A. Law,” “ER,” “Law and Order: SVU,” and “NCIS: New Orleans”) and in films (“Bagdad Café ,” “Avatar,” “Face/Off,” “End of Days,” Robo Cop 3“ and others.)
Presented in conjunction with the Guyana Embassy in Washington D.C, and Guyana Consulate and UN Mission in New York, the Guyana Jubilee Week features an interfaith prayer service, a UN reception, a flag-raising ceremony, a unity concert, a symposium, an art exhibition, a day of volunteerism, an investment conference, the President’s Soccer Tournament, the state dinner and the Mashramani festival and parade as a grand finale.
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