EDGE Academy Workshop
Pan-African Caribbean
Youth Leadership Workshop
August 3rd-30th
Ages 15–19 · Virtual · Group & Individual Work · Live Facilitation · August 3rd - 30th
Your Voice
Your Heritage
Your Time to Lead
Overview:
This is not a program about someday. This is about right now.
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The Pan-African Caribbean Youth Leadership Workshop was born from a simple but powerful truth — that the young people of the African and Caribbean diaspora are not leaders in the making. They are leaders already. What they need is a space that sees them, challenges them, and connects them to each other and to the world.​
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Rooted in Ubuntu, “I am because we are," this workshop is a four-week journey that bridges Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. It affirms identity as a source of strength, builds the skills to communicate, advocate, create, problem-solve, and lead, and connects young people across borders who share a common heritage and an uncommon future.
Who this
is for?
Ages 15–19 August 3rd - 30th · Virtual · Group & Individual Work · Live Facilitation
Ages 15–19
Future Leaders
(Now recruiting)​​
You have something to say. This is where you learn to say it — and where the world starts listening.
Ages 20–35 — Rising Leaders (Launch in 2027)
You are already moving. This workshop gives you the tools, the community, and the confidence to lead with intention — not someday, but now.
What will
you gain?
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A deep understanding of who you are and where you come from culturally as a leader
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The skills to communicate powerfully across cultures and social contexts
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The confidence to pitch ideas, advocate causes, and move people to action
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Ability to identify and solve community problems
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A global network of peers who are rising alongside you
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A meaningful certificate that reflects real job skills and critical thinking
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The opportunity to become an Ambassador for the program (This is a link that explains the role of the Ambassador CLICK HERE)
Workshop Components
Week 1 — Roots:
Who Am I?
Identity, culture, values, basic assumptions, and self-concept are foundational to leadership. Select your work group. Reflective journaling, community circle discussions, and Ubuntu-centered activities that connect inner strength to outer impact.
Week 3 — Connection: How Do We Rise Together?
Collaboration, conflict resolution, and building across differences. Ubuntu in action — learning how to lift others while you rise. Community engagement. Research. Data collection.
Week 2 — Voice:
How Do I Speak?
Communication skills across contexts: public speaking, advocacy, intercultural dialogue, and storytelling. Because your voice is your most powerful leadership tool. Identifying a community problem within the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Problem-solving model.
Week 4 — Action:
What Will I Do?
Implementation & presentation. Leadership planning, pitching ideas, and committing to a next step. Participants leave with a personal leadership statement and a plan they can actually use.
DELIVERY
Virtual · Live Facilitator · Live Coach Interactions · Cohort-Based Learning
Full Scholarship Available · Certificate Upon Completion
THE UBUNTU PROMISE
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I am because we are.
When you join this workshop, you don't just gain skills. You join a circle. A growing community of young leaders from Ghana to Barbados, from London to Maryland, who are choosing to lead now, with their whole selves, their full heritage, and each other.
