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Youth
Leaders Elect Anguilla National Youth Council Executive |
March 21, 2007: An Executive Committee has been
elected to manage the affairs of the Anguilla National Youth
Council for the next 6 months. The committee will consist of
Ms. Sherianne Roberts – President, Ms. Keria Hughes – Vice
President, Ms. Olufunmike Banks-Devonish – General
Secretary, Ms. Patriese Richards – Treasurer and Mr. Eduardo
Samuel – Assistant Secretary Treasurer.
L-R, Sherrianne Roberts, Keria
Hughes, Olufunmike Banks-Devonish, Patriese Richards. Back ,
Eduardo Samuels
The election was conducted at a meeting of Youth Leaders
organized and managed by the National Youth Council Steering
Committee on the 20th March, 2007 at the Teachers Resource
Centre. It was attended by 27 young people representing 10
youth groups on the Island. Ms. Georgia Mathew, Chairperson
of the now dissolved Steering Committee stressed during the
meeting that, in order for issues addressing youth to be
addressed, young people must take the lead.
Cross section of young people at
meeting.
In addition to electing an executive committee, the meeting
also allowed participants to network; share their views on
issues affecting young people in Anguilla and learn about
the history of the Anguilla National Youth council.
The meeting was chaired by Ms. Anthea Roach a member of the
steering committee and the election process managed by Mr.
Damien Hughes, currently the Executive Director of the
Anguilla National Trust. It included presentations from Ms.
Georgia Mathew, Chairperson of the Steering Committee; Ms.
Sherianne Roberts, a member of the Steering Committee and
Ms. Sonia Skellekie, former Youth Officer at the Department
of Youth and Culture.
The new executive committee will begin work immediately,
with a scheduled meeting with representatives of the
Caribbean Federation of Youth, who will be in Anguilla on
the 22nd of March, 2007 and then with a planning meeting on
Tuesday, 27 March.
The Government of Anguilla’s Department of Youth and Culture
in the Ministry of Social Development – Education, Sports,
Youth and Culture would like to express congratulations to
the new executive of the National Youth Council and thanks
to Ms. Georgia Mathew and the members of the National Youth
Council Steering Committee and previous steering committees
for bringing the process to this point.
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