{"id":53548,"date":"2025-08-08T03:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53548\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:17:06","slug":"abwu-youth-congress-2025-to-spotlight-entrepreneurship-and-resilience-with-expert-speaker-lineup-antigua-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53548\/","title":{"rendered":"ABWU Youth Congress 2025 to Spotlight Entrepreneurship and Resilience with Expert Speaker Lineup &#8211; Antigua News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Also taking the stage is Sashagay Middleton, a corporate leader and climate justice advocate who has led over 30 environmental and disaster-relief projects across the region, valued at more than US$2 million. Middleton, a Chevening and Mill Reef Fund Scholar, currently manages corporate accounts at Liberty Caribbean and serves as the local crisis management coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Her presentation, \u201cOpportunities and Preparation,\u201d will guide youth in identifying career and business opportunities and preparing strategically for leadership roles in a complex global environment.<\/p>\n<p>Cassandra Simon, a veteran accountant and public sector professional with more than two decades of experience, will round out the speaker lineup. A graduate of Otto\u2019s Comprehensive School and UWI Cave Hill, Simon spent 10 years in government service and now works in public practice.<\/p>\n<p>She will present on \u201cEntrepreneurship with Purpose,\u201d helping young people understand the foundations of building financially sound, sustainable businesses that create long-term value.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/antigua.news\/2025\/07\/21\/antigua-barbuda-workers-union-to-host-youth-congress-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABWU Youth Congress<\/a> has long served as a platform for amplifying youth voices within the labour movement and promoting policies that reflect their needs and aspirations. Organisers say this year\u2019s focus on adaptability and innovation is especially timely.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free to attend, but registration is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Also taking the stage is Sashagay Middleton, a corporate leader and climate justice advocate who has led over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[45,49,48,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-53548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}