Okiki Podcast Episode 48: How to create a collective for Black Women in Vancouver with Nataizya Mukwavi
I met Nataizya through a group called Pitch Better, supporting Black female entrepreneurs all over Canada.
Nataizya Mukwavi is the Founder of Black Women Connect Vancouver, a not-for-profit organization founded in 2017 serving to bridge gaps present in the local Black community, particularly those affecting Black women. Black Women Connect Vancouver has created a community of support based around the shared unique experiences of Black women. It is a collective of women who come together to inspire, empower, leverage their strengths, and embrace their diverse experiences. In this community, Black women can build meaningful relationships, express their solidarity with each other, and celebrate the beauty of Black womanhood. Black Women Connect Vancouver is essential in Vancouver, British Columbia, where the Black population makes up less than 1%, and is unequally dispersed throughout the Lower Mainland (Canadian Census, 2016).
Along with managing the operations of Black Women Connect Vancouver, Nataizya is the Executive Director for a not-for-profit organization serving to meet vital needs and provide emotional support to women in Surrey, British Columbia. Prior to this position, she was the Child Sponsorship Coordinator for an international not-for-profit organization known as Mercy Touch Mission International, where she launched a mentorship program to support marginalized girls in a rural community in Ndola, Zambia. In 2015, her internship with Hope Mission’s Wellspring program in Edmonton, Alberta, gave her extensive experience working with women enrolled in an addiction recovery program.
Nataizya has vast experience working with and alongside people of various cultures and ethnic groups. She is especially passionate about seeing people empowered and advocating for those marginalized in society. Nataizya loves extending compassion, so that others can recognize their purpose in life. Her mission is to influence the development of people, so they too can be influential and reach their potential in becoming who they want to be.
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Fiyin Obayan is the founder of Okiki Consulting, where she helps business owners communicate their personal brand or company brand stories through video content, in order to communicate to their target audience.
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