Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2016 | Page 129

What are some of the events the
GCABC undertakes to raise awareness
of Grenada in Vancouver?

What else are you passionate about?

In the past we showcased Grenada by performing
our dances and supplying tourism information to
organizations such as Girls Guides of Canada, City
of Burnaby and City of Coquitlam. We continue to
showcase Grenada by performing and volunteering
in the yearly Caribbean Days Festival which is held
under the auspices of the Trinidad and Tobago
Society. Our yearly Independence Banquet, which is
held in February, is second to none. Our members
and volunteers perform plays based on Grenadian
folklore and we raise awareness of our Tri-Island
State by focusing on our national colours, our food,
music and most of all our tourism. Canada Day
celebration is used to merge our Canadian and
Grenadian Cultures. I am especially proud of our
past collaboration with Pumpkinhead Production,
which made a short film “The Maroon Spirit”. This
film was used to show the resilience of Grenadians
after Hurricane Ivan. Funds from the sale of DVDs
were used to assist our charities in Grenada such as
BOCA Secondary School.

Are you personally involved with any
other organizations?

I am very passionate about working with people.
I have spent many years working with youth. For
several years, as President of the Congress of Black
Women, I worked with my colleagues to provide
a Saturday School for Students from Grade 2 to
Grade 12. Most of our students were given remedial
classes and are now very successful adults. I am very
passionate about learning and teaching. I had the
great fortune of working on a Caricom project with
some of the Caribbean Islands in 2013 and 2014. It
was one of my most exciting few months. Working
with professionals and para-professionals from the
Islands, learning from them and teaching them was
exhilarating.

What’s your favou