4TH EDITION - NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
1st National - International Edition
The Emerging Young Global Leaders Accelerator program scaled nationally and internationally during the summer of COVID-19 and widespread protests & demonstrations for racial justice and equality. This edition brought together 100+ young Black, Indigenous Womxn of Color, and girls (BIWOC) across Canada from Halifax to Vancouve,r to New York to Atlanta. For 10-day engaged and highly motivated young leaders join their cohort, program mentors, guest speaker and the ForUsGirls YGL Program team to elevate their social entrepreneurship experience, skills and knowledge. Meet the highly impressive cohort.
pitch competition winners
Samantha Nyinawumuntu
Samantha Nyinawumuntu
Samantha Nyinawumuntu
The Black Healing Centre
$1,000 Funding
Ashley Hall
Samantha Nyinawumuntu
Samantha Nyinawumuntu
Black Tree Chronicles
$1,000 Funding
About Us
FINAL PITCH JUDGES
Nene Atikan
Thamara Ramirez-Walker
Thamara Ramirez-Walker
Realtor, Co-Founder
I AM. I CAN. I WILL
Thamara Ramirez-Walker
Thamara Ramirez-Walker
Thamara Ramirez-Walker
Senior Director, SAP Purpose & Brand Experience
William Laverde
Thamara Ramirez-Walker
Michelle Winklaar
Senior Support Engineer, SAP
Michelle Winklaar
Michelle Winklaar
Michelle Winklaar
Give customers a reason to do business with you.
Elloise Richards
Michelle Winklaar
Elloise Richards
Business Coach
Custom Personalized Printing
Aminka Belvitt
Michelle Winklaar
Elloise Richards
President & CEO
The FourGirls Foundation & Wofemtech
Help Our Cause
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve conditions. Your generous donation will fund our mission.
C for Coding Spring Cohort
An engaging workshop series introducing essential programming concepts such as user input, selection structure and loops. This series is a continuation of the Java coding series in Fall. Previous experience coding with Java is recommended.