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Garifuna Advocate Urges Greater Representation, Launches Walking-Tour Brochure to Preserve Community History
Summary
Jose Francisco Avila, chairman of the Garifuna Coalition, said New York hosts the largest Garifuna population outside Central America and urged community education ahead of the 2030 census and redistricting; he announced a March walking-tour brochure and several events tied to Garifuna Heritage Month.
Jose Francisco Avila, chairman of the Garifuna Coalition and host of the Garifuna Experience podcast, told BronxNet he wants greater political representation for a community he said has been in New York for nearly a century.
"Within that period, there's currently only one Garifuna elected official," Avila said, arguing that undercounting in the census reduces political power because redistricting and…
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