Monthly Archives: February 2020

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BARRY COPPINGER? – NOMINEE FOR AFRICA4U AND SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

Barry Coppinger – Police & Crime Commissioner, Cleveland Police

Barry Coppinger was first elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland on 22 November 2012. He was re-elected by the people of Cleveland on 5 May 2016 for a further four years.

He has worked in the steel industry, when first leaving school; later in public sector finance, where he gained an accountancy qualification; and in helping develop community businesses at a local enterprise agency.

He brings to the role a long track record of public service, including wide experience of policing and public protection services. He served as a local councillor for 28 years and has held numerous posts including Executive Member for Public Protection, Chair of a Crime and Disorder Partnership and of the Cleveland Joint Emergency Planning Committee, as well as serving as a member of the former police authority.

In 2019, Barry played a central role in introducing Cleveland Police Positive Recruitment Roadshow, with focus to engage African, Asian and Minority Ethnic (AAME) communities directly, to encourage and support application for the role of police constable.

Barry also introduced Neighbourhood Policing in Cleveland and has experience of developing a wide range of public protection and community safety projects. He has built a wide range of political and professional contacts over many years, working with many residents and community groups on which he has built a wide-ranging 53 point Police & Crime Plan for the Cleveland area, which he is focussed on implementing.

A lifelong Teessider, he is married with 2 sons and in his spare time enjoys walking, cycling and sampling local produce and culture.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND BELOW

ABOUT THE EVENT
This year’s 2020 event is a two (2) day interactive&empowering event as a retreat to explore African Community Prospects in 2020 & Beyond.
About this Event
Theme: African Community Prospects in 2020 and Beyond
Happy prosperous new year to you. As you recall our Big Shout out went to Luke Pottage – Graduate Intern @ Student Recruitment & Marketing, Teesside University for a well-planned and successful Commonwealth for Africa 2019 event held on Friday 15 March 2019.
Here is the link to last year event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2fcqXLDRDs&t=260s
Here we come again, as we are aspiring to keep it fun, more exciting, engaging and inclusive.

If you require assistance for an affordable hotel reservation please contact Number : 07404817935
This year’s event is a two day interactive and empowering event as a retreat for stakeholders and all parties concerned with the journey of rebuilding homes and support of African families within the UK. Our guests will be travelling from Ireland, Scotland, Bradford, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle and Oxford. Would you like to partner or sponsor, please email us at olalekan-odedeyi@save-the-woman.org for further discussion on possible partnership and sponsorship.
Day 1: Friday 6 March 2020
11am – Strategic Meeting with Sue Butcher – Director, Children in Care, Middlesbrough Council
Venue: Meeting Room 1, Student Union Building, Teesside University, TS1 3BA
6pm – Commonwealth Praise Night Unlimited
Venue: RCCG OUR SAVIOURS PARISH, 110-112 Norton Rd, Stockton-on-Tees TS20 2AQ . For directions please contact 07957730151
Guest Minister : Dr Sola Adesola
Day 2 : Saturday 7 March 2020
11.00am – 16.00
Venue : Middlesbrough Citadel Salvation Army, Southfield Road, Middlesbrough TS1 3BZ
Keynote Speaker : Councillor Favour Ezeifedi
Award Presentation, Child Protection Workshop, Showcase of Business, Networking and Signpost on Jobs/ Business Opportunities.
For general enquiries, please call:
Ola: 07404817935
Osiobe: 07440684777
James: 07852986998
Esther: 07597372302

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT COMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 , CONTACT Comr Olalekan Odedeyi

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ALMA HELLAOUI? NOMINEE FOR OUR AFRICA4U & SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

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Councillor Alma Hellaoui – Newport Ward, Middlesbrough Council

Alma Hellaoui have been a Ward Councillor for Newport Ward in Middlesbrough since 2015. She is keen in defending the residents’ rights, supporting their interests and seeking to help them help themselves in improving their lives and their life chances. Alma passion for the town is to see it develop into a cohesive and diverse community which reflects the humane values and human rights of each one of us.

All roads lead to Middllebrough in less than a fortnight as we organize THE AFRICA4U IN COLLABORATION WITH SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

This Award initiative is part of THE AMAZING COMMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 TAKING PLACE IN MIDDLESBROUGH – A TWO DAY EVENT INITIATIVE YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND BELOW

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT COMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 , CONTACT Comr Olalekan Odedeyi

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT LUKE POTTAGE? NOMINEE FOR OUR AFRICA4U & SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

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Luke Pottage – Teesside University Graduate
Luke studied at Teesside University, graduated with a first-class honours degree in Business Management in 2018. During his studies, he took an active role in a project with County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service to address the fight for equality that women are facing in the fire and rescue services industry.

The experiences that Luke gained throughout this project fuelled his desire to promote equality in whatever way possible.
In 2019, Luke was given the opportunity to return to Teesside University for three months as a Graduate Intern in the Student Recruitment & Marketing department. In his first week, Luke met with the CEO of Save The Woman. Following this meeting, Luke helped to organise the Commonwealth for Africa 2019 event held on the final day of Luke’s internship. Despite leaving the University, Luke remains in contact with the Save the Woman and is a supporter of the Teesside African and African Caribbean Network events and what they stand for.
Currently, Luke works in finance in a young, growing company called Para-Sols. Para-Sols’ employees come from a wide variety of backgrounds and are doing their bit to improve the future of financial services, one step at a time.

All roads lead to Middllebrough in less than a fortnight as we organize THE AFRICA4U IN COLLABORATION WITH SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

This Award initiative is part of THE AMAZING COMMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 TAKING PLACE IN MIDDLESBROUGH – A TWO DAY EVENT INITIATIVE YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND BELOW

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT COMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 , CONTACT Comr Olalekan Odedeyi

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SADE SANGOWAWA -NOMINEE FOR OUR AFRICA4U & SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

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Sade Sangowawa – Founder and Chief Executive, Cultures CIC

Sade Sangowawa is the founder and chief executive of Cultures a community interest
company based at 66 Dovecot Street, Stockton which aims to advance the economic, social and cultural integration practices for disadvantaged BME, Refugee and migrant
communities in the Northeast. She is also co-founder founder of YFT Consult a Health and Cultural awareness consultancy.

She has designed various projects for schools and communities aimed at promoting social and economic inclusion of new communities. She is a strategic thinker with a passion to increase cultural awareness and entrepreneurship in disadvantaged communities through collaborative work. One of such project is Cultures Homes aimed at providing affordable housing for Migrants while helping to develop skills needed in a new environment.
She is the founder of the A Taste of Africa events in its 17th year in Tees Valley and The Black History Youths awards.
Also co-founder of the first integrated enterprise women’s network in Tees Valley called
Buddy group. She is also a cultural awareness trainer and author of various books e.g. Similarities and Differences, Dare to be Different (Religious Resource), Black inventors, Black achievers, Black British Achievers resource for young learners, RAWE (Raising Awareness of Work Ethics) etc.
She hold a BA in Business Management and MBA (Masters in Business Administration).
She has won few awards over the period. Married with 3 children.

All roads lead to Middllebrough in less than a fortnight as we organize THE AFRICA4U IN COLLABORATION WITH SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

This Award initiative is part of THE AMAZING COMMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 TAKING PLACE IN MIDDLESBROUGH – A TWO DAY EVENT INITIATIVE YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND BELOW

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT COMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 , CONTACT Comr Olalekan Odedeyi

OPEN STUDIO BY FAROUK AGORO AT THE BRIXTON VILLAGE THIS WEEK, DO NOT MISS IT

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Completing an art residency , so from Thursday 27th Feb – Monday 2nd March, I will be having an open studio to show some new paintings and paintings in progress.

If you around the area, drop by and come check it out.

Brixton Village
Studio 73B
5th Avenue
(1st floor above Supercute Bar / side door entrance to Studio 73 takes you upstairs)

Thursday 11am – 6pm
Friday 12noon – 9pm
Saturday 12noon – 6pm
Sunday 12noon – 4pm
Monday 11am – 4pm

Hopefully see you there 🏾

An Instinctive Journey through Time and Space on a Path to Find Place

My work is defined by markings as a process of visual expression. In repetitions and in colours, these markings form a pattern or language as a way of understanding emotion and body in space.

These new works explore the narrative of markings around various themes which explore ‘Markings’ as: scarification, identity, paths, journeys, body in space, energy; all occupying space.

About the Artist:

Farouk Adegboyega Agoro is an artist and architect based in Brixton, London. Originally born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria to a Nigerian father and Jamaican mother, he moved to England as a young teenager to attend school. Farouk’s parents studied in the USA in the 1960-70s before returning to Nigeria to settle and he was greatly influenced by their music, art and literature collections from that period. His father, now a retired town planner, was always sketching and doodling while his mother, a retired pharmacist, is still very crafty – crocheting, sewing, making dolls, quilts, bags etc… Farouk was surrounded by a lot of creativity which guided him towards him pursuing architecture as a career.

He has been working as an architect for over 12 years and has been painting on and off during that period. With a desire to pursue other creative projects, he decided to divert more attention in the past three years to his passion for painting as a form of expression.

Website link below

Farouk Agoro

RIBA/ARB

07734957835

https://faroukagoro.com/

ALL ROADS LEAD TO MIDDLEBROUGH IN LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT

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ALL ROADS LEAD TO MIDDLESBROUGH IN LESS THAN A FORTNIGHT FOR THE AFRICA4U IN COLLABORATION WITH SAVE THE WOMEN AWARDS

Dear Family and Friends,
All roads lead to Middllebrough in less than a fortnight as we organize THE AFRICA4U IN COLLABORATION WITH SAVE THE WOMAN AWARDS

Congratulations to the following nominees on the day who will be honoured with Award certificates for the great work they continue to do in communities

1. Barry Coppinger, Police and Crime Commissioner, Cleveland Police
2. Pastor (Mrs) Toyin Amao, Mountain of Fire, Miracle and Ministries,
Middlesbrough
3. Andy Price, Former Head of Academic Enterprise, Teesside University
4. Ibim Banigo Fapohunda, Former Director, Save The Woman
5. Sade Sangowawa, Founder & Chief Executive, Cultures CIC
6. Luke Pottage, Teesside University Graduate

7. Councillor Alma Hellaoui, Newport ward, Middlesbrough Council

This Award initiative is part of THE AMAZING COMMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 TAKING PLACE IN MIDDLESBROUGH – A TWO DAY EVENT INITIATIVE YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND BELOW

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT COMONWEALTH FOR AFRICA 2020 , CONTACT Comr Olalekan Odedeyi

The difference between LinkedIn & Facebook – by Oscar Bimpong

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Difference Between LinkedIn and Facebook

These two are social media sites but they operate differently.

The following are my own opinionated differences and advise on how to manage the two platforms.

1. LinkedIn is designed for professionals and business entities to dialogue and share ideas and experiences whilst Facebook is designed to connect people to share their social experiences.

2. Your profile on Linkedin must be strictly professional whilst Facebook can be casual. For example your profile picture must be professional on LinkedIn and can be casual on Facebook.

3. You have to fill your bio in full on LinkedIn but on Facebook you can choose not to.

4. On Facebook, you can post anything but on LinkedIn, you have to be strategic.

5. Facebook is an open space for the educated and the uneducated whilst LinkedIn is strictly for professionals pursuing a career or an entrepreneur.

6. Limit the posting of social issues on LinkedIn as compared to Facebook and post things that are relevant to a professional life.

7. The class of people on LinkedIn are highly educated as compared to Facebook.

8. Whatever you post and comment on linkedIn must strictly be educational.

9. Don’t use short hand on LinkedIn. Write words and sentences in full to make sense to the other professional reading it.

10. Lastly, separate your professional life from your social life and know how to manage these two huge platforms to your advantage.

I will therefore want to reiterate the fact that, you must know how to operate these two platforms. Understanding how the two works can be an asset to drive your vision to these two ecosystems.

Success is based on knowledge. Learn to seek knowledge.

Thanks and have a blessed week.

Oscar Bimpong

TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR STORY & YOUR HERITAGE – BY TONY TOKUNBO FERNANDEZ

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The West Africans will tell you that their Jollof rice is the best

The East Africans will tell you that their Pilau rice is the best.

The Caribbeans will tell you that their Rice and peas is the best,

The Indians will tell you that their Biriyani rice is the best

The Spanish will tell you that their Paella rice is the best.

The Italians will tell you that their Risoto rice is the best

Every son and daughter will tell you that their mothers rice is the best .

THE BEAUTY IN THIS IS TO TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR STORY AND YOUR HERITAGE .

BY TONY TOKUNBO ETEKA FERNANDEZ

ROLE MODEL OF THE WEEK , DR SOLA ADESOLA – ORDAINED MINISTER & LECTURER

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Dr Sola Adesola is an ordained Minister of the Gospel in Pastoral leadership since 2006 at Holding Forth the Word Ministry in Milton Keynes. Over this time Sola served as Minister In Charge at Cranfield Pentecostal Assembly at Cranfield University.

Sola now heads up the lunch-time ;Finding God @ Brookes a weekly Bible Study she founded 3 years ago at Oxford Brookes University where she works as Senior Lecturer in the Business School. Her spiritual strengths lie in the areas of expository Teaching of the Word, carries an unction in the Ministry of the Holy Spirit, functioning in Apostolic Authority, and helping to strengthen the Intercessory gifts and Youth Leadership Development within the Body of Christ. Sola is a sought-after leader and featured speaker at gatherings.

Dr Sola Adesola is a published author of 'Reflections of God's Word for Strength' and shares bible thoughts and insights on her Facebook blog through #reflectionsofgodswordforstrength

Dr Sola Adesola is blessed with 29 years of marriage, two adult children and a grandson.

BENJAMIN OKON NYONG – CALABAR REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR UK BASED AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION

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We are pleased to announce that Mr Benjamin Okon Nyong has just been named as The Calabar representative for our UK based organisation – AFRICA4U ASSOCIATION .

Benjamin Nyong is a Graduate Research Assistant in Arthur Jarvis University, Calabar. He has specialinterest in Efik language, with several published works to his credit. He is a two time awardee of theObong of Calabar Executive Forum Scholarship for studies and researches in the Efik Language.

He is an Oxford English Dictionary Consultant for Efik terms. Benjamin is passionate about applying histheoretical linguistics ideas to solving community related problems, He is currently the Head of Research at Save the Deaf and Endangered Languages Initiative (www.s-deli.org), there he combines his love for selfless service and linguistics by being involved in the advocacyfor the development of literacy and numeracy of deaf children together with the reproductive health rights of deaf girls in Nigeria and the documentation of the Indigenous Nigerian Signed Langauge.

He has contributed chapters (with Profs. Stella Ansa and Ako Essien) in Fonetik Efik: Nwed Ukpepñkpo mme Uyom Iko and two Efik poetry texts titled; Ñkpasip Ñkpo Kiet: Ñwed Uto Iko Efik (2018).

He is an Arthur Jarvis Scholar, a Masters fellow in the University of Uyo and a member of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN).