EMPOWER YOUTH BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT 2024!!
This event is where participants were challenged to be innovative and productive in the era of social media, and to recognize Canadian Black History!
EYLTDS has come out with their first ever edition of their annual magazine. Featuring several things from local businesses to the achievements of our youth, the EYLTDS magazine was a great way to end off 2023.
Success!
EYLTDS had their annual award dinner again this last year, on November 18, 2023. It was an amazing event that brought the local community together to celebrate our youth for their great achievements!
EYLTDS INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP ON:
Financial Management and Bully Resistance Empowerment.
This event was aimed at ensuring our youths were equipped with the skills to be financially literate, and to overcome bullying in their communities.
EYLTDS ANNIVERSERAY BBQ - Where we celebrated the start of EYLTDS in ONE year!
Highlights from the Reading Club!
EMPOWER YOUTH has launched The Reading Club!
COMMUNITY SPRING CLEAN UP WITH EYLTDS!
This event was organized to get the youth involved in cleaning up their community.
Youth Challenges and Chances Forum
This fantastic is being hosted to understand the problems in our communities regarding our youth. We want to understand our youth, understand our roles, and propose solutions for their greater success.
Award Recipients
Favour Ezenwa, Success Obi Hezekiah, Daniela Francis, Sahy Marquaye, Ella Francis, Ibuola Ayemlowo, Makeda Maquaye, Stephanie Eneumo.
EYLTDS’ Award Dinner 2022
The purpose of this spectacular event is to celebrate the success of the youth, and to motivate responsibility and resilience among them. EYLTDS’ has the mandate to facilitate our youth’s academic journey, and we want to support them in their challenges, as well as reward their excellence.
Below are our renowned speakers taking on the topics of youth academic success at our event, take a look at their profiles!
This is not an event you would like to miss!
Workshop on Techniques of Goal Setting
Titi Ohiku; BSW, RSW, Rece child, youth, and family therapist; Program Manager
Our amazing guest speaker will be speaking on the topic of "Purpose & Overcoming Peer Pressure."
Napoleon Ogbole is an Information Technology Business Architect
Napoleon is a successful Entrepreneur and he helps to design and manage software development projects for banks and governments. He will be speaking on the topic of "Staying Focused for Outstanding Success."
Marie Arrey-Mbi Educator at TVDSB
Our wonderful guest speaker will talk on the topic of "Seeking for Help when you Need it and Why it is Necessary."
EYLTDS’ Youth Check Up Meeting
EYLTD’S Inauguration
Empower Youth Live the Dream Services will be hosting their Inauguration event to start the organization’s operations. During this event, there will be presentations, debates, speeches and more! All to highlight the great work of youth and the more to come. Below are the pictures from the event!
EYLTDS’ First Meeting – Online Forum
Empower Youth Live the Dream Services held a zoom meeting to amplify the voice of the youth in the community by discussing the important topic of dreams and goals.
Eliminate Youth Academic Stressors Workshop:
Featuring:
- Identify elements of stressors through dialog with experts (Some youth are at lost on what is their stressors)
- Develop strategy to overcome challenges through skill initiatives (Youth that lack the skills on how to confront their challenges)
- Achieve successes through implementation of initiatives with follow-up by mentors (Regular follow-ups that lead to great motivation to stay on track)
Empower Parents to Empower Children Overcome School Overwhelms Forum:
Focusing:
- New immigrant parents meet and greet interactive forum with peers already in the community (Familiarize parents with the school system through listening and answering question sections)
- Showing parents the available resources and their roles in children’s education (It can be overwhelming to know what is available in the community especially where there is language or cultural barriers)
- Pairing parents with comfortable peers to relate with, for an ongoing supports and adjustments to the new environment (Some parents maybe interested to work with people of the same religion or language in the community)
What does Youth Success look like in the Real World Symposium?
Areas of concentrations:
- Highlighting different kinds of success from various points of view (Example: Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Professionalism etc.)
- Encouragement and Motivation for youth to follow goals and dreams by Experts (Self-esteem and Self-Determination will be emphasized)