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Global Change Leaders The call for applications for the 2017 GCL program is open from October 3 – November 15, 2016. Applicants will be notified of their application outcome by February 28, 2017. About the Program Established in 2011, the Global Change Leaders Program is a seven-week education program offered by Coady Institute’s International Centre for Women’s Leadership. This program enables women from developing countries to strengthen their leadership capacities in order to contribute to innovation and change in their organizations and communities. Program participants engage in learning grounded in real world experiences and focused on Coady’s core thematic areas. Through a shared learning environment with other emerging women leaders from around the world, participants are exposed to a range of experiences and the beginnings of a potentially lifelong network of support.   The Global Change Leaders program provides successful candidates with a full scholarship that includes tuition, travel, accommodations, and meals. Successful participants are responsible for costs pertaining to acquiring a visa to enter Canada.   Program participants benefit from the guidance and mentorship of accomplished women leaders from around the world. The program is led by a core team of staff in the International Centre for Women’s Leadership and supported by other Coady faculty and associates. Meet our Global Change Leaders class of 2016

The goal of the Caribbean Women’s Sexual Diversity Conference (CWSDC) is to create a forum for Caribbean women to strengthen advocacy and develop a regional network of support for activism related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, with an emphasis on women’s issues. From Oct. 4 - 7, activists from around the Caribbean will meet on St. Croix to focus on individual activism and program development for their organization through confidence-building, knowledge and skills transfer. Liberty Place of St Croix will this year co-host the conference, previously co-hosted by FOKO in Curacao, WomenSWay in Suriname and Womantra in Trinidad. Conceptualized by Kenita Placide, the CWSDC is now vested in the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity and Equality (ECADE), with U&S playing the role of an organizing partner in 2016. “The issue of leadership remains a conflicting one for women in the Caribbean and balance in decision-making continues to be relevant. Yet many LBTQI women are effectively ‘leaders’ at levels of state, organizations and community,” said Kenita Placide, executive director of ECADE. In its 4th year, the CWSDC put this into focus with the theme, “Starting here; starting now: Setting the foundation for sustainable engagement.” Feminists facilitators from a range of backgrounds will conduct sessions that will historically locate women’s movements and explore the current context for LGBTQI activism regionally and globally. They will together examine the intersections of LBTQI activism with other movements and share strategies to strengthen programs and partnerships within organizations, with the LGBTQI community and with other stakeholders. ECADE Board member Lysanne Charles-Arrindel said, “CWSDC2016 will increase awareness of existing positive spaces, resistance and movements by and for LBTQI women and help develop strategies to create and/or expand these movements and spaces.” The CWSDC always exemplifies the inclusion and diversity it seeks to promote. Over 7 percent of activists attending CWSDC 2015 are from Latin America and another 7.3 percent identify as transgender. Four percent are over 50-years-old. The CWSDC tends to be a youth-led conference, and a full 56 percent of attendees in 2015 were under 30-years-old. There will be a mix of activities and teachings. The 2016 Caribbean Women and Sexual Diversity Conference is supported by COC Netherlands, Arcus Foundation, Inter-American Foundation, Astraea, ARC International and Outright Action International. United States Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett will declare the start of the conference at an opening ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Steve Letsike of Access Chapter2 South Africa will deliver the keynote address on “Youth Involvement in Setting the Agenda.” Representatives of organizers Liberty Place, ECADE, and United and Strong Inc. will also address the opening ceremony.

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