Tag: Garifuna Veterans of America
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Garifuna Veterans Helping To Identify Garifunas in 2020 Census
Featured Veteran: Hospital Corpsman Second Class Edson Arzu of the United States Navy, July 2001 – April 2008. Arzu is the President of Garifuna Veterans of America (GVOA). GVOA started as a way of acknowledging and chronicling the achievements of Garifuna service members. Since it is difficult to categorize the Garifuna service members in military documents through current ethical and…
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Garifuna Veterans of America: The Pride of the Garifuna Community
Executive Officer Edson Arzu looks over the growing crowd of supporters for this years 4th Annual Garifuna Veterans of America Core Values Award Ceremony hosted by Monroe College. This year’s event honored five Garifuna throughout the country along with a mix of Caribbean and Spanish entrees. There was an array of entertainment to include dancing,…
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Garifuna Rising
Featured On The Bronx Chronicle: Garifuna Rising by Gonzalo Duran This week’s featured Veteran is Petty Officer 2nd Class Edson Arzu of the United States Navy (USN). Edson was born in Guatemala but raised in the Bronx, New York. He currently works at Renaissance Healthcare as a Human Resource Recruiter, the President of Garifuna Veterans…
