As a part of its mission to promote the understanding and appreciation of the Dominican culture, values and heritage, and to create opportunities for discussions of contemporary issues relevant to the Dominican society in the homeland and abroad, GFDD reaches out to the Dominican community living abroad and to all those interested in the Dominican culture by organizing ongoing events: Dominican Get-togethers in the Big Apple.
Every three months, GFDD creates an opportunity for wide audiences to enjoy a Dominican movie, meet a Dominican prominent figure, and participate in a discussion on topics of interest to the Dominican community in the US and in their homeland.
At the same time, the events are a part of the GFDD’s mission to facilitate and support a collaboration and exchange between the Dominicans in the home country and those that live abroad as well as the Dominicans and the greater NY community.
The objectives of this program are: