Guyanese Sandra Chapman, Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn, NY, and Dr. Monique Davidson-Tucker shared their Sunday evening, March 24, 2013, in the distinguishable company of 14 other honorees at the Tropical Paradise Banquet Hall, 1370 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn.
Guyanese Sandra Chapman, Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn, NY, and Dr. Monique Davidson-Tucker shared their Sunday evening, March 24, 2013, in the distinguishable company of 14 other honorees at the Tropical Paradise Banquet Hall, 1370 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn. Three days later, on the evening of Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at the Brooklyn Borough Hall, Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, the Honorable Sandra Chapman was one of 7 recipients of another award as well as co-convenor of the event.
While the former event was the 21st anniversary of “Women Celebrating Women”, which started as a “thank-you party” by the Honorable Dr. Una S. T. Clarke of the Progressive Democrats Political Association, the latter marked the Annual Salute to Women History Makers by the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. “Women Celebrating Women” purposefully coincides with International Women’s Day and like the “Annual Salute to Women History Makers”, occurs within Women’s History Month in the USA. “Women Celebrating Women” honors women who significantly “improve the quality of life of other women”. The “Annual Salute to Women History Makers” recognizes and salutes “a diverse group of women who are making tremendous contributions in their respective areas including, academic and corporate affairs, business and community leadership.”
Chapman, “problem solver and advocate in the public sector”, and recipient of several community and public service awards, has nearly 30 years of managerial experience spanning several departments of the New York City government. She is a former student of St. Joseph’s High School in Guyana and a masters’ graduate of Long Island University.
Dr. Davison-Tucker, a former student of Bishops’ High School and Queen’s College in Guyana, and doctoral graduate from Howard University, serves as Dentist at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Centre and Nassau County Department of Health. She is bible class teacher among “American and minority populations in Queens, Long Island, and Brooklyn, particularly South East Queens”.
By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon (American International News Correspondent)
