Public Employee Press

Coming events

The New York Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists will hold its annual Scholarship Dinner Dance on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 6-11 p.m. at the Alhambra Ballroom, 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. at 126th St. Tickets are $85 and can be obtained from Togba Porte at 646-261-9631 or Jackie Rowe-Adams at 212-234-9606. A number of DC 37 activists will be honored.

The DC 37 Education Committee invites you to its annual Scholarship Luncheon on Sunday, Sept. 9, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Tickets for the event at Antun’s of Queens Village will be $125. For more information, call the committee at 212-341-4999 or Committee Chair Shirley Williams at 212-815-1219.

The DC 37 Latino Heritage Committee is planning to celebrate Latino Heritage Month with a series of events including panel discussions, entertaining cultural presentations and programs offered by several locals. Opening night will be Monday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. For more information, please call Committee Chair Santos Crespo at 212-815-1372.

You are invited to join DC 37’s contingent and march with dignity and pride in the African American Day Parade on Sunday, Sept. 16 in Harlem. DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts will be a grand marshal. DC 37 participants will congregate at 2 p.m. at the corner of 112th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (East side).

The DC 37 Italian Heritage Committee will celebrate Italian Heritage Month beginning with an opening ceremony Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. in the lobby at union headquarters and its annual dinner on Nov. 3 at Russo’s on the Bay. For more information, call Committee Chair Michael DeMarco, the president of Local 1455, at 212-815-1023.