Brown Girl Woke News
Keep up to date with all the programs, conferences, aid missions and everything our organisation has been doing. We continue to lift up our communities with our programs, conferences and speaking, being the voice that is heard!
Creating young leaders
Our programs and Conferences are aimed at providing a space and supportive space to all our young pacific men and women. So they can create, explore and speak about issues they may be facing.
Brown Girl Woke provides the tools and our young leaders strive to create a difference in their communities here at home and across the globe.
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BGW Supporting Young Women in Sport
Brown Girl Woke is proud to partner with Samoa Football to donate reusable menstrual health packs to young athletes
American Samoa Alliance
Another program we took part in was a workshop held by The American Samoan Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Organization whom visited both our University clubs, sat down with students and gave workshops using handicrafts and having discussions on self-value, empowerment, personal safety within the home and in other social settings.
Women in Sports
We held a Conference at Aggie Greys Sheraton Hotel in support of Women in Sport. This conference was in line up with a sports campaign for female athletes towards promoting young women in sport and their safety and better treatment, equality within their respective areas of play.
Brown Girl Woke Conference featuring Sister’s United NZ in Samoa
We held a Brown Girl woke young women empowerment conference in Samoa held at Tanoa tusitala hotel
BGW USP & BGW NUS
Following our first Conference in January this year collaborating with Sisters United NZ, came our establishment of NGW University Clubs at The National University of Samoa and The University of the South Pacific, Alafua Campus. These clubs were developed to present a safe space for young university students to gather together, share and support one another.
Joyce – Hold My Hand
An original Joyce came up with for our poetry slam. The theme was to speak up about anything personal to them.
Alabaster & Alataua
An original Alabaster & Alataua came up with for our poetry slam. The theme was to speak up about anything personal to them.
Meet the Founder, Doris Tulifau
"Brown Girl Woke" founder Doris Tulifau speaks to PolyByDesign about her roots, role models that she found inspiration from and where she is taking the movement [wpvideo o0hxN5lw]
Danza for Resilience
Samoa’s Performing Arts and Creativity Exchange
LGBTQI Rally
Location: American Samoa Doris was the keynote speaker for an LGBTQI rally for domestic violence.
Know Your Rights Workshop
Location: California First ‘Know Your Rights’ workshop for immigration and deportation laws for Samoan churches with BGW Model/Immigration Lawyer Gabriela Mendez.
Poetry Slam Workshop
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