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Powerful Women International Presents
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The
2010 PWI Global
Leadership Awards |
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We are proud to announce the
PWI Global Leadership Award. The women receiving this
award exemplify global leadership by creating programs that make
a difference for communities around the world. Their
vision, dedication, commitment and compassion not only create
heartfelt hope but also possibilities for expanded futures for
the people they serve. |
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Sharyn Abbott
-San Francisco; Belize, Central America |
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 Sharyn
Abbott created Ultimate Business University, "Converting
Kids at Risk to Kids in Power," a non-profit, to support youth
at risk as a legacy for her brother Tony. After her brother
became terminally ill in 1998, she became his caregiver for ten
years. During this time, she became aware of the number of
children living on the street. UBU's mission is to provide a
reliable alternative to incarceration for youth at risk in San
Francisco and in Belize in Central America. UBU education
systems transcend conventional methods to help those at risk
discover their true genius. Sharyn has appeared on Oprah and
Phil Donahue. She has owned three entrepreneurial
companies and spent the better part of 23 years as an
entrepreneur. Sharyn founded Youth Enterprise in 1977; was on
the Board of Directors for the American Diabetes Association and
Easter Seals; and did fundraising for Rubicon Homes for abused
children. Sharyn is the author of seven books and three
educational programs which are dedicated to leading
entrepreneurs to success, Be Your Own Boss Guide, for
anyone who has ever thought about starting a business. |
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Alpha Buie -
San Mateo County, California |
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 Alpha
Buie founded The Peninsula Omega Youth Club ("POYC") in San
Mateo County in 1991 as a detention based counseling program in
memory of Kofi Luster and Khari Johnson, two 18-year-old youths
who were murdered June 28, 1990, on the streets of San Francisco
in a double homicide. The Peninsula Omega Youth Club ("POYC")
formed its mission in 1992 and in August 1997, was formally
established as a 501(c) 3 Non Profit Corporation. In July 2001
Alpha Buie expanded her outreach efforts to the San Francisco
Bay View Hunters Point Community. Alpha has received numerous
awards and accolades for her work with “at risk” kids. |
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Grace Gitaka -
Nairobi, Kenya |
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 Grace
Gitaka is the founder of the Wholistic Care and Counseling
Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Grace founded the centre in 1994 as a
safe place where women in crisis can locate food, shelter and
loving support. It includes a clinic for single pregnant women
and a school for local children whose parents have died. Grace
worked in a medical centre for 5 years before embarking on
Wholistic, to which she has dedicated her life, home and
belongings. The main building was built by a team of
architecture students from Edinburgh University, and on land
given to Grace by her father. The centre has become a place of
refuge and peace. |
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Evelyn Green -
Central City, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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 Evelyn Green
is the Chair of the Central City Partnership Youth Committee (CCPYC)
which is committed to restoring normal adolescence to the young
citizens of Central City. It recognizes the wealth of knowledge,
experience, and resources that exist, and seeks to build a
foundation of opportunities for Central City youth. The CCPYC is
working to build a network of organizations that will
collaborate to advocate for Central City youth. The committee
engages these organizations to provide services that fill
identified gaps in youth programs. The committee seeks new ideas
and information that will create innovative and effective
solutions for issues identified by youth, their families, and
their surrounding community. As a means to address these
concerns, CCPYC has developed an innovative project ~ The Youth
Think Tank. |
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Barbara Lacen-Keller
- Central City, New Orleans, Louisiana |
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 Barbara
Lacen-Keller is Co-Founder and Chair of Central City
Partnership, a collaboration of community-based organizations,
faith based institutions, public schools, businesses,
universities, residents and community leaders (both grass roots
and elected) in the Central City Neighborhood of New Orleans,
Louisiana. Barbara is a grassroots leader, who has unselfishly
worked for over 40 years for and in the community, to actively
engage residents and community based organizations to
collaborate on identifying and solving problems that affect
their lives. Barbara has played a pivotal role in the city’s
recovery. The examples are many, traveling thoughout Texas and
Georgia connecting with folks from New Orleans to assist where
possible. Her love for the “living culture” of New Orleans was
the incentive to become founder of the Social Aid and Pleasure
Club Task Force, Gathering of Sisters, and co-author of the plan
to develop Resident Councils. To work with her, is to go where
the “action is.” |
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Cristal
Montanez Baylor - Pakistan |
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 Cristal
Montañéz Baylor, a former Miss Venezuela, runway, print and
television model, is the Executive Director of the Hashoo
Foundation, USA, a non-profit organization committed to
empowering communities to be independent by facilitating
opportunities through economic development, education and skills
development, supporting people with special needs and providing
emergency relief and social welfare. Cristal leads the
initiatives to promote Hashoo Foundation’s Women's Empowerment
through Honey Bee Farming Project Plan Bee - winner of the
prestigious BBC/Newsweek World Challenge Competition and is a
Clinton Global Initiative featured Commitment. The project
empowers women in the remote areas of northern Pakistan by
expanding employment opportunities and generating a stable
source of income through the sale of high-quality honey. Plan
Bee was based on a system of social barter, designed to promote
social change. Hashoo Foundation buys the beekeepers' honey and
successfully links them to the lucrative markets of 5-Star
hotels and grocery stores in Pakistan provided that the families
agree to send their children to quality schools, have regular
health check-ups and improve nutrition at home. Cristal believes
that expanding income generating programs will strengthen the
communities and help prevent the influence of extremism in
Pakistan. Cristal is a dedicated public servant and humanitarian
who is very passionate about her work promoting democracy and
freedom. Her exceptional passion for helping children has been
highlighted in various local and international publications. She
was distinguished as one of Latin American’s most prominent
Humanitarians. |
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Ella Waldrup -
Durban, South Africa; Houston, Tx; Nueva Leon, Mexico;
South Dakota |
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 Ella
Waldrup is the Founder & President of The Phillip J. Waldrup
Foundation, in memory of her son Phillip. Ella began laying the
groundwork for the organization in 2006 by raising funds to
launch the first HIV/AIDS orphanage in the Welbedatch community
of Durban, South Africa: Phillip's Rest South Africa. The 501c3
organization continues to support the orphanage, and has since
expanded to provided renal failure family services in the
Houston area. Additionally, the Foundation supports the Casa
Hogar orphanage in Linares Nueva Leon, Mexico, and Lakota Indian
children by contributing funds to the St. Joseph's Indian School
in South Dakota. Ella's untiring dedication to serve children
and families in need worldwide is an inspiration. |
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