African American Day Parade 2025: A Day of Solidarity and Celebration

SEPTEMBER 22—On Sunday, TWU Local 100 members danced and celebrated at this year's African American Day Parade in Harlem, with house music, gogo and classic hip hop being played from our float as it sailed proudly up Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.

Influential Black electeds including New York Attorney General Letitia "Tish" James and Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark stopped by the Local 100 contingent to say hello as members waited their turn to march.

The TWU Honor Guard Guard led the the Local 100 group and behind them, two members holding large African-American flags flanked President John V. Chiarello, Treasurer-Secretary Carlos Barnabel, Administrative Vice President Alexander Kemp and PAC Director Sharase DeBouse.

With perfect weather, Southern-style cuisine, vintage cars, double dutchers skipping rope and Local 100 solidarity, the African American Day Parade was an event to remember.