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Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Nicole Waldron is an Activist, Event Specialist, Producer, Manager, Motivational Speaker, Research and Development Consultant and a Mom.
Nicole is currently the Outreach Community Officer for Dr. Roz Healing Place, a centre for empowerment and healing that works towards the eradication of violence against women and their children locally, nationally and globally. She also produces for Kingdom Buzz and with Exclusive Entertainment in Toronto.
She has worked with various for profit and non-profit organizations; she has served as the Director of Special Projects at the Planet Africa Group, producers of the Planet Africa Magazine and Planet Africa Television, as the Senior Producer for Canada’s own Gospel Celebration the SHAI Awards, as the Public Relations Consultant for the first Caribbean Drive through restaurant in North America, Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant to name a few.
She is an active volunteer in the community, volunteering her time to various organizations and has contributed to the African Canadian Achievement Awards, the Community Champion Program with SHSC’s Green Light on a Better Environment Program (GLOBE) – A program run by GLOBE (Greenlight on a Better Environment) – which aimed to promote conservation and a sustainable environment through resident engagement in co-op and non-profit housing, as well as “We T’ing”, Cuttin Style, Let’s Celebrate Liberia and other community organizations and initiatives.
Ms. Waldron serves as Vice President of the Ontario Council for the Cooperative Housing Federation of Canada (CHF). She is the past President of the Board at Atahualpa Cooperative Homes, past board member of Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT), past Treasurer of the Board of the Dr. Roz’s Healing Place, former CSAC Chair for Neil McNeil Catholic High School and their ARC Committee and an Advisory Board member for The National Society of Black Engineers Canada (NSBE).
During our conversation, Nicole discusses about various subjects include:
– Why she left Trinidad and Tobago to go to Toronto and how she adapted
– When did she find her purpose which is motivating, enlightening, empowering and unifying people toward their purpose
– The seriousness of the issue of domestic abuse toward women
– That therapy is a subject that many Blacks need to address
– Some concerning statistics shares some stats about women and domestic violence and homelessnes
– The need to promote healthy relationships
– What are we teaching young people about about abuse and what young people need to know about relationships
– The need for adults have to step up and take responsibility to teach youth about healthy relationships
– The reasons why women end up in abusive relationships and what they can do to prevent abuse
– Nicole and @DaWriterChick (from Texas) have a great discussion about various subjects including Black women and abuse and how it effects Black children, Black women and their image they project of themselves, lack of mentor ship for Black boys
You can connect with Nicole via:
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nicolew@drrozshealingplace.com (Email)
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Dr. Vibe
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