Sierra Leone + Jamaica

Youth Entrepreneurship Exchange Program

This program will connect youth across cultures, communities, and continents to provide students with opportunities to develop the skills they need to become socially responsible, culturally aware, financially literate, disruptive of inequities and compassionate and fearless leaders in their communities.

Program

Opening Remarks

Gordon Tapper

President, United African Congress, and Founder, Give Them a Hand Foundation

Welcome

The Honorable Gale Brewer

Host

Opening Prayers

Rabbi Jill Hausman | Imam Yahya Luqman | Rev. Abdul K. Sesay

Musical Interlude

Russell Daisey

Internationally known composer/singer

Title Sponsor

Dr. Judy Kuriansky

International Association of Applied Psychology, Columbia University Teacher’s College

Remarks

Amb. H.E. Sidque Abou-Bakarr Wai

Ambassador and Chief of Mission, Embassy of Sierra Leone to the United States President Emeritus, United African Congress, USA

Al Ferro

Mayor of Millstone, NJ

Dr. Julius Garvey

Garvey Vascular Specialists

Menashe Shapiro

Deputy Chief of Staff to New York City Mayor Eric Adams

Sierra Leone + Jamaica Youth Entrepreneurship
Program Overview

Rosalea Hamilton

Honorary Consul for the Republic of Sierra Leone in Jamaica

Rev. Jayson Downer

Executive Director, MoGAVA

Fergus Maclaren

Principal at MAC-DUFF Tourism | Heritage | Planning

Presentations of Sponsors

Rakie Macarthy

Minister Counsellor/Head of Chancery at Embassy of Sierra Leone, Co-chair of Free Education Basket Fund

Pastor David Vandy

Co-chair of Free Education Basket Fund

Ezrah Aharone

Founder and Executive Director of Center for Global Africa at Delaware State University

Tom Moverman

Partner, Lipsig, Shapey, Manus & Moverman, P.C.

Closing Remarks

H.E. Sidque Abou-Bakarr Wai

Founder and Executive Director of Center for Global Africa at DSU

Event Photos