Brown Girl Woke News
Keep up to date with all the programs, conferences, aid missions and everything our organisation has been doing. We continue to lift up our communities with our programs, conferences and speaking, being the voice that is heard!
Creating young leaders
Our programs and Conferences are aimed at providing a space and supportive space to all our young pacific men and women. So they can create, explore and speak about issues they may be facing.
Brown Girl Woke provides the tools and our young leaders strive to create a difference in their communities here at home and across the globe.
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MEDICAL SUPPLIES DRIVE FOR SAMOA’S MEASLES EPIDEMIC
Samoa is now in a state of emergency due to the devastating outbreak of Measles taking over our small island country.
Miss Samoa / Miss Pacific Islands working with Brown Girl Woke
We are honoured and humbled to be working along side the stunning and caring Miss Samoa / Miss Pacific Islands, Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland Seumanu to continue on the efforts of vaccinating the last remaining people in the community.
Our Young Local Talent on Coconet TV
Check us out ! Dream squad is a platform for young local talent in Samoa to promote their music and safe space to encourage their passion
Our After School Program Kids Perform for UN Child Rights Conference
Today our BGW team along with our kids under our After School Program had the opportunity to attend the UN Samoa Convention on the Rights of a Child held at Taumeasina Island Resort.
Brown Girl Woke Scholarship Program
Our Scholarship programs allow our BGW Club members to further their tertiary studies in which their skills and knowledge go towards the development of our community in which they provide much help and support through different programs and events we hold for youth.
Doris Tulifau TedTalk
Maluseu Doris Tulifau explains how cultural norms in Samoa make it more important to create safe spaces for those impacted by domestic violence and sexual abuse.
Samoa Measles Epidemic Benefit Concerts
We are very pleased to be teaming up with overseas groups in continuing this act of support, holding benefit concerts to raise awareness and collect donations for Samoa.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES DRIVE FOR SAMOA’S MEASLES EPIDEMIC
Samoa is now in a state of emergency due to the devastating outbreak of Measles taking over our small island country.
BGW Boys
While BGW stands for Women Empowerment we are open to male participants and quite enough we have many young males who are part of our University club at USP, led also by a male student and another one of our BGW Executive members, Victory Tamalelagi
External Research
Our Founder Maluseu Doris Tulifau and BGW Executive Chrioni Posini had the privilege of speaking to few overseas journalists and researchers working on articles and dissertations in Samoa ho had known and heard of our organization and wanted to seek more as to what we represent, our movement and involvement in the community.
College Outreach
This initiative is to allow engagement amongst our young students and enabling them to be open to free expression, team building and safety along with leadership skills that may help them with barriers and different obstacles to come in the future.
One Solitary Life – Charity Concert
BGW USP and BGW NUS Clubs collaborated with the NUS Performing Arts Department in preparing for what was a significant event, The One Solitary Life Concert as in love and support of all lives seeking sole purpose and in dedication to Sexual Assault Awareness month.
Women in Finance
We had the opportunity to sit inn with representatives of the Central Bank of Samoa as they taught us about Financial Literacy and Leadership.
Learning how to be financially aware and smart with spending and saving money, to be wise in decision making.
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A contribution in any amount to the funding of BGW program will help to make this once in a lifetime opportunity a reality for underprivileged Samoan youth.