[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 113 (Thursday, June 18, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





 HONORING GUENET GITTENS-ROBERTS AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL 
             FLORIDA FOR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 18, 2020

  Mr. SOTO. Madam Speaker, Guenet Gittens-Roberts is CEO of GGR 
Marketing & Public Relations, a company which currently markets and/or 
produces some of the largest Caribbean Festivals in Orlando including 
the Caribbean Fusion Festival in Kissimmee, the Orlando Carnival 
Downtown, and the Caribbean American Heritage Month Festival. She is 
responsible for developing and directing their communication strategy 
while also managing the agency's outreach to the advertising, 
charitable, and business communities. GGR Marketing & Public Relations 
was formed to develop and execute programs aimed at reaching 
multicultural communities and niche markets utilizing an effective 
mixture of relationship marketing, event marketing, and branding 
through social media and traditional media sources. They offer a broad 
range of services that include marketing, public relations, branding, 
special event planning and management, sponsorship and fundraising, 
business development, and media relations.
  Gittens-Roberts is also the publisher of Caribbean American Passport 
News Magazine, the largest and only Caribbean owned Statewide Newspaper 
in Florida. Caribbean American Passport is heading into its 10th year 
in September and covers the people of the English, French and Spanish 
communities in Florida. Through their publishing arm, they were 
responsible for the publication of Mision Boricua, a Spanish 
publication designed to raise awareness for the Puerto Rican community 
to vote in the 2016 election.
  As an active member of the community, Gittens-Roberts serves as 
President of the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce. She also 
served as the vice president of the Central Florida Association of 
Black Journalists and vice president of the Guyanese American Cultural 
Association of Central Florida in addition to being actively involved 
in Greater Orlando Cares and United Foundation of Central Florida, two 
organizations focused on youth mentoring programs.

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