YOUNG Bahamians from New Providence and Grand Bahama have been learning leadership skills in a joint venture between the United States Embassy and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.
For the first three days, the leadership development seminar, held at the Thomas A Robinson national stadium, brought together a diverse group of Bahamian youth for interactive sessions with Michael Donahue and Wendy Tally, facilitators from BoldLeaders, a Denver-based company.
The training series concluded with a one-day session in Grand Bahama held at the Sir Charles Hayward Library with a group of enthusiastic young adults who were eager to sharpen their leadership and community building skills.
The workshop was designed to explore civic engagement and social entrepreneurship, and targeted youth between the ages of 17 and 30, a sector of the population recognised around the world as having the greatest potential to drive social and economic change.
The overall goal of the workshop was to equip participants with tools and techniques on how they can take action now to address different challenges facing their communities, throughout The Bahamas, and in the region.
The BoldLeaders trainers creatively utilised scenarios and activities to move the participants to become leaders of action while encouraging full participation through the sharing of thoughts, ideas and perspectives.
The Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Daniel Johnson, Director of Youth Darron Turnquest and the US Embassy’s Public Affairs Officer Neda Brown were among the officials on hand for the final session in Nassau. Geneva Rutherford, Executive Director at the library, and Carla Brown-Roker, Youth Officer at the Ministry of Youth were on hand for the one-day seminar on Grand Bahama.
The leadership development programme attracted more than 80 participants and proved to have a lasting impact on many, including Anthorn Forbes who noted that the interaction was both enlightening and invaluable. “Every single thing was informative, thoughtful, creative and innovative,” he said while Keithra Morley noted “my perspective has changed even in the way I view myself”.
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