Better known for her contribution to the local fashion industry over the years, Guyanese businesswoman Sonia Noel, along with women from other countries in the region and the USA, will ‘stage’ a virtual event from Tuesday, July 7 to Sunday July, 10 as part of the launch of two collections of writings, namely, “Women Across Borders: Fulfilling Purpose With A Mission” and “Rising From the Ashes”, which were compiled and published in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Noel says that what she anticipates will be an inspirational and uplifting media event that will feature “captivating and empowering stories authored by women from Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia, Antigua, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Africa and USA, all of whom are probing their creative selves through the medium of the written word.”
The virtual event will be hosted on Zoom from 19:30 hrs to 21:00 hrs on NCN Radio and streamed via Facebook and on NCN Radio in Guyana, NIO FM in Suriname, Caribbean Power Jam in New York, and CBM Radio (90.9 FM) in the British Virgin Islands which covers both BVI and USVI.
Part of the timing of the event has to do with motivating persons who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
And according to Noel, while the women writers indeed come from ‘across differences,’ including backgrounds, ethnicities and careers, there is a common thread of humanity that runs through them all. “These phenomenal women are from various backgrounds, ethnicities and careers but all have something in common, hearts for humanity,” she told Stabroek Business.
The books can be found on Amazon in English, Spanish and French in e-book and hard copy.
