Press Release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3^rd, 2013

CONTACT:  Mrs. Leonne Theodore-John – (758) 285 3823

UNITED WORKERS PARTY HOSTS HISTORIC JOINT NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR YOUTH AND WOMEN IN MICOUD

Over two thousand youth and women will converge on the eastern village of Micoud on Sunday, July 7^th, 2013 in a historic Joint National Conference of the youth and women arms of the United Workers Party.  The event will bring together youth and women from all seventeen (17) constituencies with the main goal of electing national Executives for the Party’s Youth and Women Arms respectively.

Sunday’s historic event has been driven by a ground swell of support and phenomenal excitement and enthusiasm towards the United Workers Party in the build up to its much anticipated National Convention on Sunday, July 28^th, 2013. We are very mindful of the widespread disenchantment expressed by many St Lucians, over the massive failure of the Saint Lucia Labour Party Government. As such, the UWP is moving ahead in a deliberate and strategic manner to position itself to both mobilize and channel the energies of its women and youth supporters and Saint Lucians for meaningful change and good Governance in the future.

The July 7^th Joint Conference which is being staged under the theme: “Empowering our Women and Youth … Emerging Leaders”, will serve as a platform for the Party’s National Convention on July 28^th, 2013. Participants during this weekend’s grand event will receive reports from sub-committees of the Management Committee set up to mobilze women and youth towards reorganization of the respective organs of the Party, engage in revision of updated drafts of constitutions for the women and youth arms and selection of delegates for the July 28^th Convention. The national audience of women and youth will hear what is expected to be an inspiring feature address by Dr. Hon. Gale Rigobert, Parliamentary Representaive – Micoud North who will speak on the topic: “Walking Wounded but Empowered to Fly”.

The Joint Conference will conclude with an entertainment segment featuring two artistes from the constituency in the persons of Hubert “Breeze” Fevrier and the latest national sensation “General Bakes”.

The historic Joint National Conference of Women and Youth is expected to be a massive success which will contribute to stimulating greater interest in the July 28^th UWP National Convention and the process of renewal and transformation of the Party which has governed Saint Lucia for a period of over thirty years and transformed the Saint Lucian economy from a post colonial to modern economy.