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THIS WEEKEND & MORE BLACK & MISSING In the next few months we will be featuring this very important topic, BLACK & MISSING. Stay tuned for additional information. WHAT IS
WRAP - TT Women's Roundtable Action Platform
As a bonafide Trinidad &Tobago network serving the T&T Community in the diaspora, our goal is to inform our community of what is the mission of WRAP-TT. The following post was taken from WRAP-TT's Facebook page. It provides an insight to what WRAP-TT is about. A more comprehensive article will be published in the coming weeks In an effort to expand our engagement, engage followers, members and our community we are expanding our digital reach! We are pleased to announce our digital footprint is on Facebook, Twitter, Twitter Spaces! We are asking for your help in expanding our audience and engagement. If you have a Twitter account/social media handle, please follow @WRAPTT. If you are not on Twitter, please post on your preferred social media platform and use the #WRAPTT @WRAPTT when posting/reposting content. For the months of February and March we will be highlighting and curating content for International Women and Girls Day of Science (February 11th 2022) and International Women's Day (March 8th 2022). We are seeking scientists, STEM related professionals to participate in this campaign. We will be highlighting and celebrating women throughout the month of February with podcasts, sessions, and posts. If interested, please reach out to the Marketing and Communications Team by responding to this email. #IWD2022 #BreaktheBias campaign: In commemoration of the upcoming International Women's Day on March 8 alongside our upcoming panel we are also partaking in the UN's overarching theme of #BreaktheBias. We are asking, if possible, for members to participate in a photo of themselves. We will take the photo and create a post on Twitter and Facebook as part of the UN's #IWD2022 campaign. A sample of expectation is provided below. Sample tweets (Twitter), Facebook and Instagram posts have been provided below (see attachments for graphic posts).
SCHOOL BACKPACK GIVE AWAY PROGRAM | - IT TAKES A VILLAGE - It's Scholarship season for 2022 and The Trinidad and Tobago Association of Washington DC (TTADC) the application period runs from May 14th until July 14th. Applicants are encouraged to CLICK HERE for details on how to apply. If you are interested in supporting our Scholarship Fund, you may donate on a recurring basis, or by making a one time contribution. Our goal is to grow this program into one that eventually offers full scholarships to applicants based on need and academic performance. Please consider clicking on the button below and become a regular contributor.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
The grants will be achievement/need-based, recognizing the outstanding academic achievement, community service, leadership, and financial need of the applicants. The scholarships will help fund full-time undergraduate study at any accredited college, university, vocational or cultural program within the United States. Our goal is to inform and solicit the generosity and philantrophy of those in the audience and community to help achieve the goals of the organization to educate our youth. TTADC supports our members and their families by providing opportunities to ensure that higher education is more attainable for members’ dependents and students of Caribbean descent residing in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. |
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
As the Summer approaches, TTADC is preparing to participate in the Downtown Silver Spring activities in Veterans Plaza, celebrating Trinidad & Tobago's 60th Independence Anniversary with a Pan, Brass & Jazz festival on August 28. Below is the entire itinerary of Veteran's Plaza events. - SAVE THE DATE - HOLIDAY GALA EVENT CARNIVAL CORNER
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