for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com october 3, 2013 • The Courier SUN 27 PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER LEROY COMRIE Councilmember Leroy Comrie hosted a street co-naming ceremony for the late Jefferson Diggs at the corner of 88th Avenue and 178th Street. HONORING A TRAILBLAZER BY MAGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com The late Jefferson Diggs was “someone who I, and many other elected officials in southeast Queens, could rely on to help us represent the community,” said Councilmember Leroy Comrie. On Saturday, September 28, Comrie, surrounded by family and friends, hosted a street co-naming ceremony in which he unveiled “Jefferson Diggs Way” at 88th Avenue and 178th Street, the corner where Diggs and his wife, Sonia Geder, lived for over 40 years. Diggs was most notably a strong voice in the civil rights movement, where he organized and participated in sitins at the local Woolworths and Kress department stores. He was one of the first black reporters for the New York Daily News and served in the office of then-Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, and later as an administrator at the Human Resources Administration. “He was an intellectual who used his background as a journalist to bring an unique perspective to the issues being discussed and explain what could be complicated matters in ways someone hearing about them for the first time could understand,” Comrie said. Diggs later became an aide to then- Councilmember Archie Spigner and Comrie, and was well-known in the southeast Queens community as “enthusiastic and highly respected.” “He helped to improve the quality of life for many residents and I am pleased to have been able to honor him with this street co-naming,” Comrie said. Diggs is additionally a founding member of the Elmer Blackburne Democratic Club and a member of the Guy R. Brewer United Democratic Club, as well as Community Board 12, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the Black American Heritage Board and the Jamaica Branch of the NAACP. Celebrate ‘Hollywood in Jamaica’ BY MAGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com Get ready to dress to impress and celebrate the arts at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC). The Spectacular Fall Arts Gala will be held Friday, October 11 and promises to be a night of art appreciation and neighborhood pride at JPAC, 153-10 Jamaica Avenue, that will benefit both JPAC and the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL). The evening will honor Borough President Helen Marshall, WASA Architects and the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC). Event organizers wanted to thank Marshall for the “support she has given to both JCAL and JPAC,” said Philippa Karteron, event organizer and avid supporter of Jamaica arts Special guests will feature Percy Ellis Sutton, Keisha Sutton James, Vy Higginson, Hariette Cole, Deborah Gregory and Bernard White. “This is something we had been planning over the years but never came to fruition,’’ said Tonya Cantlo-Cockfield, JCAL Board Chair. Cockfield said Councilmember Leroy Comrie pushed for the fundraiser so JCAL and JPAC could get the exposure they need. “We’re calling it, ‘Hollywood in Jamaica,’” Karteron said. “But the evening is really about Jamaica.” VIP tickets are available for $150. The evening will start with a VIP cocktail reception from 6 to 7 p.m. in the “Noire Gallery” where guests can admire various works of art as well as a live painter. 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