For the ninth straight year, UFT members were among the thousands who thronged to Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway to celebrate Caribbean culture at the West Indian Day Carnival Parade on Labor Day. Revelers enjoyed a sun- and fun-filled day of music, dancing, food and the breathtaking costumes for which the 47-year-old parade is known. The 80 UFT members present made their way down the parade route in style, riding on or dancing alongside the union’s blue-and-white float emblazoned with the message “One Community. One City. One New York.” The UFT fans that they distributed to the crowd mixed with the sea of flags from the islands that onlookers waved. “The UFT celebrates diversity, and we value the contributions made by the West Indian American community,” said Anthony Harmon, the union’s director of parent and community outreach and an assistant to the president. “We’re proud to support events that celebrate the communities from which our teachers and students come.”

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Jonathan Fickies