May 27, 2025 – The Parents of Adriana Younge, Mr. Subrian Younge and Ms. Amecia Simon, as well as other family members, are currently in the United States to accept a posthumous honor for their deceased daughter, murder victim Adriana Younge, from the United States Congress.
While in the United States the family will be briefed by pathologists on the findings of a second autopsy conducted on Adriana’s body in the US.
- Advertisement -
Adriana’s parents and other family members will also participate in the annual Guyana Independence Parade in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday, June 1, 2025. This year the parade has been dedicated to the memory of Adriana.
The Committee therefore calls on all Guyanese and friends of Guyana to come out on June 1, 2025, to join the family in honoring Adriana’s memory, as well as support the family’s cry for justice for Adriana. The Adriana Younge Story is attached for additional information on her death.
Several top US officials are confirmed to attend the event including Democratic Leader in the United States Congress, Hon. Hakeem Jeffries, other Members of Congress as well as State and local elected, government and community leaders. New York Mayor Eric Adams is also expected to attend.
The Guyana Independence Parade will commence at Church and Brooklyn Avenues in Brooklyn, New York at 12 noon on June 1; and will proceed on Church Avenue, to Utica Avenue to Glenwood Road, at the venue for the Unity Concert: 1450 Utica Ave, Brooklyn NY 11203 (between Glenwood Road & Farragut Road).
The New York Independence celebration is the largest Guyanese celebration outside of Guyana, and one of the largest for West Indian celebrations in New York City, after the Labor Day parade. Each year, it attracts thousands of attendees, and over one million online viewers via our website and social media.
The Guyana Independence Committee New York has designated June 1, 2025, as “Guyana National Flag Day in the diaspora. Consequently, the Committee calls on all Guyanese to carry a Guyana flag to the parade and concert, as well as to proudly display the Guyana flag on their homes, businesses and vehicles, as a symbol of patriotism, and to demonstrate unbreakable solidarity with the homeland, as Guyana repels Venezuela’s false and ludicrous claim to Essequibo County – two thirds of Guyana’s territory, as well as recent Venezuelan aggression towards Guyana.
