Phenomenal Caribbean Women Symposium to be documented

Plans for the documentation of, as well as the introduction of a new segment to the VF Inc. Phenomenal Caribbean Women Symposium (PCWS), are said to be in the pipeline.

“I am also pleased to inform you, that plans are underway to have a publication for the stories for the 7^th which will be in 2016, and not only will it be the stories of the speakers over the last 6 years for the 7^th year, but what we have plans to do, and what we have started to do, where as we have the follow ups, in Dominica, this year we are going to have follow ups where the speakers come from,” said Chief Executive Officer for VF Inc., Dr. Valda Henry.

Dr. Henry, who was speaking at the launch of the 6th PCWS over the weekend, added, “At that follow up we are going to invite all the women, especially the older women to tell their stories, so that we can document the stories and that those stories will also appear in the publication that will come out for PCWS 2016.”

She was responding to a challenge from the Parliamentary Representative for Portsmouth Ian Douglas to have the five years of PCWS documented.

“I want to leave this challenge that we must ham out, the five years, and the years to come, in a thesis, we have to have a book, we cannot just allow this to just be an exercise for a day or two and then we go back to our own homes. We must record, not only on video, but in print all the five years, because I believe that, we’ve leant a lot and we have a lot to give to the rest of the world through this Phenomenal Women Symposium.”

He said the stories can also serve as inspiration to those who are trying to find their true self.

Douglas was addressing the official start of the 5^th Phenomenal Caribbean Women Symposium at the Cabrits national park.

Meantime, delivering the sermonette, Fr. Herman Sharplis urged women to find their own inspiration in their lives.

“You have the power and influence to change people, no matter the challenges that we are going to go through, God is always make us successful. The power is also there for us to share in that power because we can use that power to do good and to do evil. We can use it to build people and we can use it to destroy people and we can use it to be a better world or we can use it to make a very sad world.”

He also urged them to use Queen Esther in the Bible as inspiration, “a woman, who ensured that her people, would be a saved people.And so women, you have a role to play in Dominica, in your family, wherever you are, remember like Esther use that power in you to save people, and so God will empower you, and God will give you that power to deliver what God has promised,” he said.

Over 300 women attended the symposium, which aims to inspire women to reach their full potential. It is being held under the theme: “What you conceive you can achieve, because god has the power to deliver what he promises.”