CARIMAC Times 2016: The JREAM Edition Journalists Reviving Awareness of what Matters | Page 102

Jessica Burton (right) awarded by Dane Lewis (left) for her project
improving the livelihood of the trans community, at Colour Pink
Group’s Media Launch in February 2016
Photo courtesy of Jessica Burton

of way to say you’re not performing well, and
you lose your job,” she said.
But she did not let the negativity discourage her,
and continued to navigate the working world
as she once traversed the streets, eventually
rising to manager of an organization.
“When I started working as a manager, I said
that I wanted to give back to the community,
and that’s how Colour Pink Group started out.”
Burton said she founded the group to serve
as an empowerment programme to help the
poverty stricken, and homel