The Calabash Consortium is a Caribbean and U.S. based non-profit organization focused on advancing the development of Caribbean youth and communities to cultivate better outcomes. We seek to position Caribbean youth and communities to use their role in the region as a compelling force to help overcome the most pressing challenges.
Comprising of an impassioned cadre of leadership, the organization is dedicated to achieving mission-driven results.To learn more visit http://www.calabashconsortium.org. Port of Spain, Trinidad - July 5, 2011 - The Calabash
Consortium, Inc. will hold its marquee annual Young Women’s Education &
Empowerment Program ("YWEEP") Symposium this month at the Cascadia
Hotel and Conference Center. It is tipped to be the young women's empowerment
event of the year. Having executed a one-day version of this event in 2010,
this year’s symposium will be held over two-days and is free to young women
ages 13-25 from throughout Trinidad and Tobago. On Wednesday 20, July and
Saturday 23, July young women will be immersed in an empowerment experience
focused on unleashing the greatness within them.
The YWEEP is predicated on mobilizing the resources and power of empowered agents, primarily women, to positively change the lives of young women. The YWEEP Symposium 2011 will comprise a composite of high-energy impactful sessions aimed at creating a superlative empowerment experience; providing inspiration, education, exposure and engagement for young women. The objective is to provide a constructive platform through which they can access valuable information and exposure that will inspire and motivate them to be their best by unleashing their greatness. Last year young women left with a different outlook on life, as evidenced in this quote by one the participants:"every moment of that symposium empowered me to come out the hole I was in".
The theme of this year’s symposium is: Cultivating Passion, Power and Potential - Unleashing Greatness! Guided by this, the Calabash Consortium has invited some phenomenal speakers, locally and from the Diaspora, who embodies the theme. Invitees include: the Prime Minister, the Honourable Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam, MACO Caribbean Living Magazine's Editor in Chief, Ms. Neysha Soodeen, Passions to Profitability Expert, Georgina Terry, Grand Master of Fashion Design, Ms. Meiling Esau, Orator Extraordinaire Debra Jean-Baptiste-Samuels and International Celebrity Publicist Karen Hunter, to name a few.
Programmatically
sound in its design and execution, YWEEP was constructed with the local female
demographic as its primary target. Some of the landmark sessions of the
symposium include:- Girl Talk: Sisters Speak - Secrets of Empowerment - How I became
EMPOWERED, Passion, Power and Potential - Unleashing the
Greatness Within, Personal Branding, Financial Empowerment - Female
Empowerment, Women in Business - From Women Who Mean Business and
MYjOURney ™!
Lead sponsors of the YWEEP Symposium 2011 include MACO Magazines and Mapau.
Applications for the YWEEP Symposium 2011 are available on the Calabash Consortium's website http://www.calabashconsortium.org/YWEEP and on Facebook. For sponsorship and information inquires email YWEEP@calabashconsoritium.org.
About the Calabash Consortium, Inc.:
The Calabash Consortium, Inc. is an empowerment collective built on the Calabash Model: the ideology that every entity (human or other) holds a resource to empower another. Founded in 2009, and registered as a Caribbean and U.S. 501 (c) (3) non–profit organization, we work to empower Caribbean youths to achieve their fullest potential and to motivate people to effect positive change within their communities and globally by leveraging the Calabash Model.