“March is here, and the emphasis is on the impressionable mind to start the celebration for Women’s month,” popular fashion designer Sonia Noel has expressed.

As such, her ‘Living with Intention Youth Forum’ is scheduled for today (Friday) at the Theatre Guild, where over 300 young ladies will be enjoying a growth atmosphere, as about five of them will share their inspiring journeys that motivated them to be the best they could be.
“This is the first time for this event and admission is free. The line-up of presenters includes some of the dynamic speakers who are here for ‘Inspire You,’” Noel told `The Buzz’ on Thursday.

Cloyette Harris- Stoute, for instance, is a strong believer that girls need great role models from whom they can draw inspiration. A self-professed “techie,” she created an online platform in 2012, to highlight and celebrate the accomplishments of Guyanese women across the Globe, and launched the Guyanese Girls Rock Empowerment Blog.

Other speakers are Joan Jackie Butcher, an educator, who believes in intentional living; and Captain Sherry Ann Wilson, who stands proudly, pioneering in a male-dominated field, as one of the first female graduating Marine Captains in Guyana, and among an esteemed few in the Caribbean. She earned this title, when she graduated in 2017, as second best graduating female in her batch.

Bestselling author Hilda Bournes from Mississippi, who participated in ‘Inspire You’ from the beginning, travels to multiple locations encouraging women who’ve experienced some form of trauma to ‘Dream’ again.

Thandi McAllister is an Attorney-at-law attached to the Maritime Administration Department (MAD) and a politician who is aiming for the highest political office. Her story of that little girl from the country who was determined to overcome, will resonate with many young girls.

The National Schools of Dance will be presenting an all-girls presentation and Jacobs Ariel will be singing two of his original songs. The talented Renata Burnette will also be expressing herself through spoken words.

Meanwhile, the exhibitors are ready for Women in Business Expo on March 2 and 3, at the Pegasus Hotel, and admission is free.
Dr. Safeeya Mohammed will be handling the last session for ‘Inspire You’ on Sunday. She firmly believes that the greatest medicine of all is to teach people how not to need it, part of a quote initially shared by Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine.

She is a well-known keynote speaker, having shared impacting deliveries globally and locally, with her emphasis being on Work-Life Blend, Workplace Wellness, Positive Mindset and Resilient Behaviour Strategies. She first presented on “The Wellness Concept”© in 2015 at CARAIFA Congress; the feature speaker at AMCHAM, “Winning with Wellness” in 2017 and several corporate and academic entities over the past five years.

In March 2018, she led a team of dynamic women that delivered the panel, “TIME to catalyse change” at the United Nations, Commission on the Status of Women.
“The ‘Inspire You’ event which will motivate you to give the world the best version of you, is scheduled for March 3 at the Pegasus Hotel. Tickets are available at Pegasus and Oasis Café,” Noel informed.