Four-time Olympic gold medalist and Jamaica-born track star Sanya Richards-Ross will headline the Atlanta Jamaican Association’s (AJA) Annual Independence Ball and Scholarship Awards on August 8, as the organization celebrates Jamaica’s 64th year of Independence while raising funds to support education and community development initiatives.

The gala, one of the premier Jamaican diaspora events in the southeastern United States, will be held at the Atlanta Evergreen Lakeside Resort in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and is expected to attract community leaders, business executives, dignitaries, students, and supporters from across the region.

Richards-Ross, who migrated to the United States with her family at age 12 before going on to become one of the most accomplished female athletes in track and field history, will deliver the keynote address during the evening’s celebrations.