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Sheron Hamilton Pearson, noted community development activist, along with 14 other sector leaders from the New York area, was awarded The Foundation Award, for contributions to community development and civic life at the Lawman Lynch Foundation’s 2023 Music for Life and Foundation Awards, held at the Maggie Walker Auditorium in Brooklyn on Saturday May 13, 2023.

WHYY By Ayana Jones, The Philadelphia TribuneApril 16, 2021 Careda Matthews is the owner of Careda’s Caribbean Cuisine located at the Reading Terminal Market. (Abdul R. Sulayman / The Philadelphia Tribune) Careda Matthews’ restaurant had only been in business for a year and half when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and wreaked havoc economically. Her restaurant, Careda’s Caribbean Cuisine, faced a significant downturn in customers when the pandemic caused the downtown area to be closed off last...