THE MONTHLY GLEANER | MAY 9 - JUNE 8, 2024 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | NEWS 5 JAMAICA’S AMBASSADOR to the United States Audrey Marks has hailed the founders of the 74-year-old West Indies Social Club (WISC) of Hartford Connecticut as visionaries who have over the years created a unifying and enduring spirit of the Caribbean diaspora. “Since 1950, when the WISC was formed by a group of farmworkers from the Caribbean, the club has cultivated a culture of togetherness and demonstrated the collective power of our diaspora,” she said. Addressing the 74th annual anniversary gala of the WISC on April 20 at the organisation’s headquarters along main street in Hartford, Marks hails founders of the Ambassador Audrey Marks, along with Associate Professor Africana Studies and History at Yale University Fiona Vernal, views a pectoral exhibition on the history of West Indies Social Club of Hartford, Connecticut on display at the organisation’s headquarters along main street in Hartford. The exhibition will be a part of the club’s museum to be located at its complex, which will be opened in October and will display various items of history in the building of the West Indian community in Hartford. PHOTOS BY DERRICK SCOTT Ambassador Audrey Marks greets 101-year-old Jamaican Kenneth Bennett Snr, the only surviving foundation member of the West Indian Social Club of Hartford, Connecticut, at its 74th anniversary gala, on April 20 at the club’s main street complex in Hartford. Please see CLUB, 5 74-year-old West Indies Social Club
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