About
Aminka Belvitt is an international speaker, award-winning entrepreneur, a Goalkeeper with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UN Women/Empower Women Champion of Women's Economic Empowerment, a humanitarian, and senior strategy consultant. Recently, she was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Canadian Consulate General, in New York City.
Aminka designs innovative solutions for organizations, companies, and governments to create more equitable systems for underprivileged populations. Her work focuses on diversity & inclusion training, sustainable community consultations, digital transformations and the advancement of women in leadership strategy development & implementation.
While developing strategies Aminka focuses on empowering professional and entrepreneurial women through technology and learning via her tech startup, Wofemtech Solutions Inc. Wofemtech's Virtual Collective is a learning management system providing online course creation, webinars, and video conferencing services, exclusively to women.
Aminka is passionate about women and girls' involvement and advancement in the STEM fields, particularly, in the tech industry. Through her partnership with SAP Next-Gen New York City, she created A NEW REALITY: Tech Summit for Girls. Since 2018, A NEW REALITY: Tech Summit through its 1-day summit, experimental learning experiences & coding workshops has impacted over 500 young women & girls in the NYC & NJ area. A NEW REALITY: Tech Summit is a brand of The ForUsGirls Foundation Inc.
Aminka founded The ForUsGirls Foundation Inc, in 2015. ForUsGirls is an international feminist not-for-profit organization empowering young women and girls in Canada, the United States, and Caribbean. The organization provides innovative, leadership, skills development and mentorship programs and opportunities for underserved and underprivileged young women and girls. To date, the organization has impacted over 5,000 women and girls.
Aminka has been recognized for her entrepreneurial and humanitarian leadership by Vanity Fair, the Independent UK, BUILD Studio, and other international and Canadian publications.
To book Aminka for speaking engagements and other professional services, please visit: www.aminkabelvitt.com
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Contributions
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How can you find the most innovative public relations agencies for digital storytelling?
I agree, in addition, it is equally important that an agency understands the nuances of your industry and brand. No two brands are the same. The trick with agencies there is a tendency to paint same industry brands with the same brush. With this, agency offer the same strategy and content style and template. Find an agency that provides you concierge like service. A agency to highlight the uniqueness of your brand assets & offers to create a propelling story that carves out your presence within your industry that is compelling, authentic, and metrics results oriented.
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Allow me to reintroduce myself! 👀👋🏾 My old headshots were beautiful, but didn’t represent me anymore because I was wearing a wig and I barely do…
Allow me to reintroduce myself! 👀👋🏾 My old headshots were beautiful, but didn’t represent me anymore because I was wearing a wig and I barely do…
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Black musicians have significantly influenced the Canadian music landscape across various genres, making lasting contributions to jazz, blues, rock…
Black musicians have significantly influenced the Canadian music landscape across various genres, making lasting contributions to jazz, blues, rock…
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On Friday, June 7 I had the privileged to speak on the Digimillennials Media Companies, “Black Innovators in the Digital Age” panel hosted at Den…
On Friday, June 7 I had the privileged to speak on the Digimillennials Media Companies, “Black Innovators in the Digital Age” panel hosted at Den…
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Experience
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Education
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Activities and Societies: Student Association, Vice-President External Affairs
The School of Community and Public Affairs offers a unique interdisciplinary education to undergraduate and graduate students in public policy analysis and advocacy and community and economic development.
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Activities and Societies: Equal Voice(VP Finance), Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, "END Genocide NOW: Darfur" (Campaign Coordinator) Black History Month Committee (Co-Chair & Co-Founder) Black History Month Gala. Supporters: former Governor General Michaelle Jean & Jean-Daniel Lafond & Allan Rock
Licenses & Certifications
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Digital Marketing; Customer Engagement, Social Media, Planning & Analytics
Columbia Business School
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Google Ad Words
Google, Social Marketing Tools
Volunteer Experience
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Immediate Youth Worker
The Boys & Girls Club of Ottawa
- 1 year 7 months
Children
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After School Youth Drop-In
Cote-Des-Neiges Black Community Association
- Present 9 years 3 months
Children
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Board of Directors
Concordia University Television
- Present 9 years 4 months
Arts and Culture
CUTV provides facilities, equipment and training which members of Concordia and Montreal communities may gain the knowledge of, and experience with, video and TV production, programming, distribution and management.
The board of directors governs the bylaws of CUTV and acts within amendments directed or required by the members in a General Meeting.
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Youth Peer Educator & Community Outreach
ACCKWA
- 3 years 5 months
Health
Participated in regional public health conference durings HIV & AIDS Awareness Week.
Delivered HIV preventuon and sexual health information and referral services in bars, highschools, special events and public venues (parks).
Developed recommened and implemented workshops in a varity of venues and workshops for in-service traiing.
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Board of Directors
Student Federation of the University of Ottawa
- 1 year
Social Sciences, Faculty Director
Elected faculty representative responsible for the management of the federation.
Oversaw the implementation of policy decisions, to budgetary oversight, reviewed and approved audits & financial statements, to arbitrated disputes involved violations of the constitution.
Inducted student federation policy to recognize and support Black History at the University Ottawa
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Youth Advisory Board
The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
- 10 months
Poverty Alleviation
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Rotary Peace Fellow (Ambassador)
Institute For Economic & Peace
- Present 7 years 4 months
Human Rights
The Institute for Economics and Peace and Rotary International have partnered to train selected Rotary Peace Fellows to be ambassadors for the Global Peace Index.
Projects
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A NEW REALITY: Tech Summit for Girls
See projectA full day summit to spark the innovative creativity in the minds of young girls and boys from marginalized communities in New York City & New Jersey to consider careers in the STEM field. In partnership with SAP Next-Gen, sponsored by Think SyS Inc. Participants will create prototype solutions in response to 1 of the 17 SDGs using Design Thinking.
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Modern Day Feminism In A Beyonce World Conference
A day-long series of workshops, presented and facilitated by young feminist academics and professionals.The goal: to inspire potential feminist leaders by providing them with strong, relatable and motivating messages and life skills.
Speakers: Amy Kishek, Junior West, Dorothy Attokora, Catherine Lovatt-Smith, Sara Bourquin, Katlyn Harrison and Yuriko Cowper-Smith.Other creators -
Honors & Awards
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Emma Watson Scholar
One Young World Ottawa Summit
Selected 1 of 9 Global Gender Equality Activists.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Professional working proficiency
Organizations
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Institute for Economics and Peace
Global Peace Index Ambassador
- PresentIn celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Global Peace Index, the Institute for Economics and Peace and Rotary International have partnered to train selected Rotary Peace Index. Ambassadors receive training and resources to bring the empirical stuy of peace to cities around the world.
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One Young World
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Chambre de commerce du Montréal métropolitain
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Any professional success I’ve experienced is connected to the education and support I’ve received from Brock University. I am very proud to be…
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