http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org Commonwealth People's Forum Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:49:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Michael Parris Hello from Trinidad and Tobago, I’m Michael Parris, 24 years old. I am a founding member of the Rights Action Group, a community based organization which educates communities the throughout Trinidad and Tobago on environmental, economic and political issues that affect them. I love the ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/22/blogger-profile-michael-parris/ By Yasmin Esack Yasmin Esack is a fifty two year old national of Trinidad and Tobago. A former Science teacher at Barataria Secondary school, she took a career path change at the age of forty two and ventured into a business of her own. She successfully ran a Microsoft ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/22/blogger-profile-yasmin-esack/ By Martika Percy I grew up in Mayaro. I spent my entire twenty years there in a comfortable home with my two brothers and sister and my two parents. Mayaro is a quiet village. I never had the luxury of the fast paced lifestyle but I never take for ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/22/blogger-profile-martika-percy/ By Evan Salina Hey there, I’m Evan Salina, a 20 year old pursuing my BA in Media & Communication. I spend most of my free time online and I’m an avid gamer. I have a passion for video production, entertainment, traditional media and new media which is where I ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/22/blogger-profile-evan-salina/ By The Editor Those of you following this blog will recognise the name ‘David Galipeau’ as being one of the presenters who participated in the Virtual Events on 3rd November. He’s working here in Trinidad on a series of workshops around the theme of using the Web ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/21/david-galipeau-has-started-a-peoples-forum-chogm-related-blog/ By Adepeju Mabadeje, Guest Writer. Without doubt, the issue security has remained a persistent source of migraine which many nations across the globe grapples with and Nigeria is clearly not an exception. Perhaps, the woes of the country in terms of security are further compounded by the ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/17/kidnapping-the-new-business-idea-in-nigeria/ By Yasmin Esack, Guest Writer So says an article published in a Trinidad and Tobago daily newspaper (Newsday, November 1st, 2009). The article deals specifically with Trinidad and Tobago’s current undertaking to reform its constitution. The author (not named) says clearly that reform means change and constitutional reform should ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/15/citizens-need-more-substantive-democracy/ Those of you who viewed the virtual events last week might be interested to see what was going on behind the scenes. Quite a lot of electronics and equipment to keep it all running eh! And there’s quite a bit more which doesn’t feature in the ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/12/virtual-events-behind-the-scenes/ By The Editor A couple of days ago, I met with Martin at British Council’s offices in London. Whilst sitting with him, I asked if it’d be ok to ask him a few questions ‘on the record’. Here are the questions we discussed: - The Commonwealth Secretary ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/12/interview-with-a-ceo-british-councils-martin-davidson-in-conversation/ By The Editor During our series of virtual events last week, I managed to sit with one of the event leaders, David Galipeau, and asked him about what the web can do for CSO’s. If you can’t see the video below, click here.  If you’d like to ... http://peoplesforum.britishcouncil.org/2009/11/10/why-does-the-internet-matter-to-civil-society-organisations/